Pink Eye?!...On a 25 year old?!

So I've had this nasty cold, or so I thought, for a week now. I woke up this morning and my left eye was matted shut....eww, gross, I know! I finally decided this was it and I probably should go to the dr. as my ears still hurt and my coughing was not improving and now the eye. I went to the walk-in clinic on the skywalk downtown and got in right away. The nurse practitioner did her normal thing...weight, height, BP, etc...then came to look at my ears, nose, throat, and eye. She couldn't believe I still had my tonsils...me either as they are HUGE even when they're normal...but as I thought, I had a full blown sinus infection. This is the thing that gets me...this sinus infection caused me to get pink eye! I had no idea this was a possibility...until now! What 25 year old gets pink eye? Well I guess this one does!! So I guess when a sinus infection gets that bad and to this point and all the other ways of trying to get rid of the infection are blocked, it can then go to the eye. Eww...gross...again, I know! Ick!! But they put me on some antibiotics and gave me stuff for my eye so I'm sure I'm on the road to recovery. Or let's hope. But the next, and last, thing I'm going to complain about is they gave me an ointment to put on my eye. Do you know how hard it is to get this stuff on the inside lower part of your eye, blink for a while to spread it, then have a nice film over your eye? Not easy!! I'm wondering why I couldn't have just gotten drops...but I guess that would be too easy. Oh well...I'll live! :)

And all this sickness lately has made me lame-o. So I can't wait to be healthy and go out sometime SOON hopefully! Watch out Des Moines...haha!!

The Holidays Re-cap

So it's been a couple of weeks and I've been meaning to get on here sooner...but just now making the time for it. I can't believe it's already Jan. 5th!! Where did the time go? Christmas wasn't even two weeks ago but yet seems like a month ago. I had a wonderful Christmas with my family. I made it back in time to my sis's to go to Christmas Eve mass with them. Mr. Reese was in charge of bringing Baby Jesus up to the altar. The boys did a fabulous job...Aunt Wisa was proud! Here is a picture of me and the nephews before mass.

Jackie and Mark were planning on heading back home Tuesday before Christmas, but the weather didn't make that possible. They were hit with storm on Tuesday AND Wednesday therefore not able to leave until early Christmas morning...we're talking 5 AM early. I didn't envy them at all that day. Milwaukee was pounded with snow in December and they said there was about 2 feet of snow standing when they headed this way....that's quite a bit of snow in my book. But I don't think they mind the snow too much because that means OT for Mark out on the streets plowing. So they made it to Mom & Dad's about 1:30 Christmas Day. Angela, Steve, and the boys and my Uncle Ernie were already there so we ate as soon as they got there. Once again, Mom prepared a wonderful meal...as usual! :) Mom asked for special requests from everyone the week before Christmas and mine was corn and noodle casserole...it's a must for my holidays; but Mr. Reese made a request for Mom's taco salad he so called loved. Sure enough, when it came time to eat, the little stinker wouldn't touch it! Dad and I were thrilled considering we requested a different salad but Reese won and didn't even eat it. What a turd!!

Here's a picture of my sisters, their hubbies, the nephews, and me before the unwrapping of too many gifts!

Mom and Dad, of course, over did it with gifts once again. We all got too much!! We especially enjoy watching the boys tear into their gifts and to see their face when they realized they got. Some of their favorites were a pair of cowboy boots they each got, Mickey Mouse clubhouse for Rylan, and Reese's very own digital camera. I think by the end of the night, we all could sing the tune to the clubhouse set and had our picture taken way too many times! Angela got Steve and the boys a Wii and brought that along. It provided us many hours of entertainment and I can easily declare myself Guitar Hero champion of the Skahill family!! haha!! The game Apples to Apples also provided a lot of comic relief for us. Dad somehow managed to win the first game and I think we all can still him say, "Yes......Yes.....YES!"

Friday was another day of family bonding. Steve and Mark went hunting for awhile, while the rest of us chilled at home. We did a few more games of Apples to Apples and then I knew it was time for me to get out of the house for a while...so I ventured out to a local watering hole and met up with some friends. It was a great time!! And then we woke up on Saturday to have the weather once again change our plans. We were supposed to travel back up to Des Moines to celebrate Christmas on the Skahill side at my uncle and aunt's, Mark & Alyson's, house but an ice storm decided to hit Des Moines that morning and travel was not advised. I'm still bummed we weren't able to make it...dang Iowa winter weather!! So it was another day of R&R and then on Sunday we all had to head back home...and to reality...ugh!

I had been looking forward to New Year's Eve for quite a few weeks and was not happy at all when I woke up on Tuesday with a sore throat. I went home early from work on Tuesday, hoping some extra ZZZ's would help kick the sore throat, hurting ears, cough, etc. before it got worse....to no avail. I managed to go back to work for a few hours on Wednesday though I could have easily stayed home but I HATE using PTO for being sick. Since I wasn't feel well at all, it was a pretty low key NYE....low key, but fun! I hung out with my two good friends, Jen and Sarah, and had a night full of good eats, Wii, and Phase Ten. I think I have them convinced we're going all out next year!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a very happy New Year's. My major resolution is getting back on the "plan" from last year and to hopefully lose a good 30 lbs!! I managed to do it last year (but the Holidays weren't so nice this year...) so I can do it again this year, right?! Let's hope! And this will help me get back in shape for the upcoming 5K's I'm determined to do this year. There are a few other resolutions I have but they're not as big as this one and I figured if I told you all about that one...I would have to stick with it, right?! :)

So here's hoping that 2009 is a healthy, wonderful, and blessed year for you! Cheers!