The Couch, Girlie Movies, and lots of Tissues

This has been my life for the past couple of days. My sinuses decided to rebel against some allergen that was floating around, leaving me with a clogged up, foggy head.

I guess the nice thing is that I've gotten to lie around and try to get better. This is such a switch from college days. Getting sick while in college was such a nightmare because tests still occurred, papers were still due, and catching up always seemed impossible.

The horrid fall of 2006 comes to mind. I had I don't know how many sinus infections before my doctor sent me to an ENT who ran a CT scan. He told me that the anatomy of my sinuses were all messed up, that I had a deviated septum, and that I needed surgery. Yup. That was a fun semester. Can I just say that my grades weren't exactly the best? However, after the surgery, this crazy thing happened: I could breathe through my nose. And crazier than that, the number of sinus infections significantly decreased. :)

David's been wonderful about insisting that I rest and not do anything more than watch TV. He watched Becoming Jane with me (it's a movie about the life of Jane Austen), rented more Gilmore Girls DVDs for me, washed dishes, and hasn't complained about the lack of real dinners, the sink full of more dishes, or the fact that the only place to find clean socks and underwear is in the laundry basket (they've been washed; I just somehow couldn't put them in drawers until this afternoon).

But as much as I've enjoyed an excuse to watch hours of TV (specifically, girlie stuff that I try not to torture David with) and getting to sleep 10 hours (at least...), I was getting a little tired of walking around with the tissue box, blowing my nose, and talking with a stuffy nose.

Here's to life not sick :)

46 Days

That's how long David and I shared a car. :)

We bought a second car almost 2 weeks ago, and life has seemed to get a lot simpler. Sharing 1 car is do-able, but it's not very convenient. Plus, little things were happening to David's car, like the driver's seat getting stuck a couple of times in my position...

Anyway, we found a 2000 Nissan Altima that seemed in decent shape with not a lot of miles, so we made an offer. Can I just say here that I have an awesome husband? :) He decided what we should pay and totally stuck to it. We even left when they didn't accept our offer. I thought we were finished with that car and started looking again, but the place called back twice. The first time they asked us if we wanted to pay what we could and finance the rest, and the second time they agreed to our offer. :) I totally would have caved, but David was determined to not pay any more than what we'd agreed.

Granted, the car is older and needed a couple of repairs, but David is working on those and doing a great job. The car also needed some serious cleaning. The dealership vacuumed the carpets and greased down the steering wheel and dash, but they didn't get all the details. I scrubbed the cup holders and had David completely take the backseat out of the car. I didn't even know you could do that. The people before us definitely had kids, and messy ones at that. There were food, toys, crumbs, wrappers, and just grossness under the backseat. Lysol's great :)

All in all, it's a pretty nice car (especially after being attacked by Lysol). It has leather seats, a sunroof, and the driver's seat raises. That's become a requirement in a car for me. What can I say, I'm short...