Sweet Summerlike Vacation

Well here is the update. I just finished my April vacation. I decided to stick around Keene and get things done around the house, little did I know I would be sick for the entire thing! Icky. Well let's go back to when vacation started. I had organized and run my first pancake breakfast. We raised $200 for the animals at the Monadnock Humane Society. We had an alright turn-out. Everyone who came was super supportive and really enjoyed it. I was watching Jackson and Piper as we were holding a dog walk after, so they were super cute all day. They were excited to get out of my classroom and meet the dogs that came to walk. We walked 3 miles around Granite Lake. It was beautiful. The dogs and I loved it!! That same day I went to TF to celebrate Ava's 4th birthday. She was very cute and seeing everyone was wonderful, as always. Ava, Madison, and Morgan were all really cute together. It makes me want to have one of my own! We went to good ole 2 Street that night and Nichole had Kerri, Abbe, and I in stitches. She was so funny. I also supported the Walk for Cancer and won 2 tickets to Six Flags. This was pretty cool because on the Wednesday prior to going out I had called my mom to see if she might be able to get tickets donated again so that I could have them as a raffle prize at the school dance. She said she couldn't get them and that Saturday night I WON THEM! Weird. Ok, so back to the vacation. Come Sunday I was done. My throat really hurt and I was starting to get stuffy. I laid low. Monday was more of the same. I still tried to get up and do things around the house, but it just made me feel more lousy. I gave myself Tuesday to stay in bed a hopefully get better. I was in bed until 5:30 PM and I only got out of bed because I really needed to eat something. It was bad. I just had a bad cough, headache, and stuffy nose. I felt pretty good on Wednesday and cleaned around the house. On Thursday, I went with Tina and her little boy Sawyer to Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory in South Deerfield. He was very unsure of the butterflies at first, but really enjoyed them by the time we left. He had fun and so did I!! I love that place. I think my nephew Aidan would really get a kick out of it too! Friday was more laundry and housecleaning. Craig and I went out to eat at our favorite new pub called Harlow's. I got soup and a sandwich and COULD NOT TASTE A THING! My dumb stuffy nose. Saturday my mom came to help me garden. We took out the rock borders and made a nice garden across the front of the house. We also dug out a garden by the mailbox. We laid down mulch, picked up two hanging plants and it looks great! I am really excited to do more. I love being outside. Feeling a little better, Craig and I went out to see a cover band called In Glover at Vendetta in Keene. It was pretty good. We saw a few friends out and enjoyed the music. The night ended badly when I had to leave bed for the couch as I was coughing and blowing my nose constantly and keeping Craig awake. Yuck. He was off early to compete in a bike race in Ware, Ma. He went 70 miles around the Quabbin. I am so proud of him. He was up at 5:30 and I was awake too. So, around 9, back to bed and up at 11. I had to get over to school to get ready for the work week. Called Mom again to thank her for the help and she thinks I may have walking pnemonia because my lungs hurt so bad and I have been sick for two weeks. BLEH. Looks like work and the doctors tomorrow. So, I REALLY enjoyed having the week to let my body rest, but I am sad I was in bed most of the vacation. The weather was great and looks to continue into next week. Craig bought us Celtic's tickets to Game 5 on Tuesday night, so LOOK FOR US!!! I have photography club with the kiddos on Thursday and Keene State has a lacrosse playoff game that night. So...looks like the week should be busy! Hope you are well. Sorry for the long post. Love ya!