Saturday we got Andrea married off to Graig!! :) They are an absolutely beautiful couple with an amazing love for each other and God. I felt so blessed to have been a guest for their day!!
Next comes Sunday. Unfortunately this begins my marathon of exhaustion. :( I feel like I haven't been able to catch up on sleep since Saturday night. Alex met me for dinner then we went back to my place and literally sat in the dark for about an hour trying to figure out what to do. Our solution? Go to bed. He went home and I got a text about 8:30 saying he was going to bed and I went to bed myself about a half hour later. How pathetic are we?!?!
Then Monday come and the exhaustion continued. Then the chills and achyness started. BUT... no fever!! So there's a plus I guess.....
Tuesday - still exhaustion, chills, and achyness... but also throw in the cough. The dreaded cough I was able to avoid last year but seem to be getting this year. :(
Unfortunately Tuesday night turned into a rough night for other reasons... Dexter got attacked by another dog. :(
His eye had popped out of the socket and once at the vet, they had to perform surgery but they were not able to save the eye. :( We're not exactly sure what happened but the vet found bite marks around his neck. The vet seems to think that Dexter and Bear must have gotten into a fight and Bear bit him around the neck and shook him like a toy and that's what caused his eye to pop out. I should probably mention Bear is a chow/rot/mastif mix (aka he's HUGE) and Dexter is a little 27 lb. cocker spaniel. So Bear is fully capable of throwing Dex around a bit. :( The vet said if their hadn't been bite marks he would've thought he got it by a car based on the amount of damage. He also said there there was quite a bit of blood loss. :( Poor guy... Anyways... after picking him up at the vets office we had to take him out to Mishawaka to the Emergency Animal Clinic for the night. Since he was still coming out of the anesthetic he needed to be monitored and there was a good chance he'd need a cone, more iv pain mends, and fluids.
This is Dex while we were getting him checked into the emergency clinic for the night. Poor pup was so scared and confused. He just wanted to be cuddled. :( He was supposed to be picked up this morning from the clinic and depending on how he did over night he was going "home" (to Scott's mom's house for the next few days) or back to the vet for more observation throughout the day. I still haven't heard what's happening yet. My mom's been talking to the vet and everything trying to make arrangements.
Needless to say, this was not how I wanted to spend my Tuesday night. :( I was scared to even see him. I just wanted to hold him and squeeze him like I usually do but couldn't for obvious reasons. :(
And now we're on to Wednesday. Take all my previous illness symptoms and add a sinus headache and drainage plus more coughing. ((If anyone has any idea what this could be - please let me know :/)) Bottom line: I feel like poo. Today also happened to be Dr. Seuss's birthday - aka high energy levels from children all. day. long. I was also smart and chose this day to do a science experiment with the class about mixing colors. Before you get all worried - I DID survive!! However, now that it's my "prep time" my non-existent energy level is hitting hard. BUT nonetheless - here are some snapshots from Dr. Seuss's birthday!! :)
The crystals that we made after mixing some colors.
Cat in the Hat reading to all our Pre-K through 2nd graders
My 4s class with Cat in the Hat, Thing 1 and Thing 2
My 3s classes with Cat in the Hat, Thing 1 and Thing 2
Now, here's to hoping I kick whatever this is ASAP and have a great rest of the week!! :)
Tomorrow: watch for the next installment of Awkward and Awesome Thursday!!
Poor you AND Dexter! I hope you get over this illness quickly girl! And Dexter is SO cute - poor little guy, I hope he gets to feeling better soon. Praying for you both!
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