A Horrible Week With A Good Ending

this week felt like it would never end, and it seemed to be one thing going wrong after another! i caught a cold, then Connor caught it. and we even passed it to Caleb :(. Connor was miserable and had a 101 degree fever for four days, and when it finally broke he developed a horrible horribe HORRIBLE rash. he refused to eat, and after three days of having to coax even a few bites into him, i finally called his Doc and brought him in. turns out its once again, ANOTHER EAR INFECTION! ugh. now he's on another strong antibiotic, which of course gives him horrible diarrhea. we are not enjoying it...  and yesterday his rash was itching him so bad i called his doc and asked what i could do to help him, and she told me to give him bendryl. i feel like he's on all sorts of meds and i hate it. but it will all be worth it if we can just get our little guy feeling better!!!

yesterday lifted our spirits alot though when we filed our taxes and found out we should get alot more back than we were expecting :) i'm very excited about it because i'll be able to take Connor on a trip to Idaho next month, and if we're lucky Caleb might be able to come too! i've been feeling like theres plenty of good things to look forward too now. and also, tomorrow is my birthday. i wasn't thinking i'd get anything for it, and we're not doing anything special because its a Sunday and we have church, and then Caleb has work as usual. but i woke up this morning and decided that i was going to give myself a present and get a much needed haircut, and buy some color and give myself a makeover. my good friend Marne went with me and it was really fun. doesn't seem like running errands would be enjoyable, but it was for me. i dropped Caleb off at work so i had the car, and it was the first time in a really long time. it felt like freedom! lol the only downside to it was that the lady cut off twice as much hair as i'd asked for. oh well. i'm glad to say i've matured a bit over the years and it doesn't traumatize me like it would have before. its more of a small annoyance  now. if you ask for 2-3 inches, you should get it, not 6! but atleast i feel better now and it looks healthy. it feels tons better! and i'm very excited to do the color later. ill have to post pictures after its all done :). happy early birthday to me!!!!