A Holiday?

Today is Memorial Day and all 5 of us have the day off together, which would be really nice. Except it's not. Because I have Strep throat. I feel like I'm dying every time I swallow and I sound like my throat is stuffed full of cotton. About once a year I end up with strep and a round of antibiotics. Last year it happened over a long weekend and I wasn't able to get treatment until 5 days into it and ended up with rheumatic fever, it took three different antibiotics to finally beat it out of my system. I wasn't about to let that terrible experience repeat its self so I had Jeremy call a doctor friend of mine from a church I consulted and he prescribed me some kick-butt antibiotics. Yeah, I know, it's not good to take antibiotics for Strep without a throat culture, but seriously, I've had Strep and viral sore throats enough times to be able to tell the difference and I wasn't about to go down the road I did last year. So today I've been laying on the couch, sleeping, drinking the coldest drinks I can find, and complaining about feeling terrible. The girls and Jeremy have been taking care of me and cleaning house. I'm actually writing a complaining blog post! Sorry. Not exactly the fun filled Memorial Day we had planned. Oh well! Hope your long weekend was better than ours and I pray that you were able to take a little time to remember our veterans.