Sick of being Sick

This year I've reached a new record high at the amount of sicknesses I've procured. I quit blogging about each new bug months ago, thinking no one could possibly want to hear about another round of the flu at the Trimble home. This is it, people! I cannot take another sore throat, stuffy nose and achey-feverish body. I've been to the doctor and put on antibiotics so many times this winter, I swear I'm building up an immunity to the stuff. I've had a perpetual sinus headache since the Fall. I've always had problems with sinus infections, but this year has me crying mercy. As each month goes by, getting us closer to Spring and then Summer, I keep expecting the bugs to let up. No such luck.

The week before my trip to Albuquerque, I caught the fated stomach flu. I had felt so lucky that it was the one bug I hadn't caught yet this year. I guess I didn't knock on wood enough. That bug kept at it for almost an entire two weeks. Mid-week in Albuquerque my sinuses started to feel about to explode. The thought of having another sinus infection, just about brought me to tears. As I was complaining about my latest sinus headache and back-of-the-throat mucous drainage, my sisters told me about this little contraption:


Pleasant little picture, huh? Looks like something you want to go out and try right now, huh? It's called a Neti Pot and they had heard about it from Dr. Oz on Oprah. Well, if Dr. Oz said it, it must be the miracle cure. He said everyone should use one of these things, twice a day, just like brushing their teeth. But especially us allergy sufferers. So, we looked up Walgreens to see if they sold them in their stores and went and bought one. Now if you really know me, you know that my hypersensitivity would make doing something like this a complete "no-option" whatsoever. Pouring water up my nose, so it can drain through my sinuses and then pour out the other nostril? Yeah, that sounds pleasant. So, you know how bad I was feeling to actually try it out. It really wasn't that bad, though. On the box of the one we bought, they recommended this product if you're inclined to have lots of sinus issues instead of the Neti Pot:


The idea being that the Neti Pot only gives you gravity inducing water pressure, whereas, with the Sinus Rinse you get a higher amount of water pressure from actually squeezing it up your nose. So, after using the Neti Pot and having trouble getting the water to actually go through my terribly blocked sinuses, I decided to go buy this one. It took me until I got home from Albuquerque and Nate prodding and finally doing it himself, to get me convinced to squeeze water up my nose on purpose. The amazing thing is, after using this for a few days, it really starts to work! My sinus pressure became less and less painful, until it finally stopped and I could breathe through both nostrils!! Too much information? Sorry. Anyway, because it isn't the most pleasant experience, I stopped doing it last week thinking I was better. Cue this week. I woke up Monday morning feeling like I got hit by a semi-truck. My headache was splitting and my nose was completely stuffed. So, I'm back on the Zyrtec-D round the clock and squeezing water up my nose twice a day. The drainage this time around is causing me to have the worst sore throat pain. The problem is, I don't have time to keep being sick!! And my patience is wearing thin. I swear people are starting to give me that look when I say I'm sick again. You know the one..."you're sick again? Really?!" Like they think I must be making it up. Who would make up this stuff, though? I'm ready for hot weather and no more sickness, how about you?

On another note, I am attempting to make this cake today for Kenzie's pool party tomorrow:


It is the simplest "pool" cake I could find a picture of. I'll be lucky if my cake turns out looking anything at all like this one, but oh well. Kenzie made it very clear that she wanted a homemade cake this year. I guess that's a compliment to the cook, right? My cakes just taste so much better than the store bought, but really?! I don't have any decorating skills on cakes AT ALL. I guess I should be signing up for the Wilton cake decorating course instead of Photoshop classes, huh? Wish me luck.

Last night we went to Kenzie's 1st grade rendition of the play "A-Z Does It". Oh my goodness, it was so terribly cute. Hopefully someone else got a pic or two of my kiddo, cause she told me before we left that picture taking wasn't allowed. I don't know why this is the one time I actually paid attention to something she said about school, but I left the camera home. I felt like the "failure Mommy of the night" when I didn't pull out my huge camera with even bigger lens and start zooming and snapping away. It cracked me up to see all those parents and grandparents clawing at each other for seats and better picture views of their kids. What we do to see our kids shine. Not to mention, that place could have been a stake event for all the church members we saw there. Oh, and a big shout out to the kiddos who performed as "Alphabet Letters". They all did so well.

Last night while Kenzie was watching some of American Idol with me, we had this little conversation:

Kenzie: "Mom, is this real?"

Me: "Yup"

Kenzie: "So those people are up there singing on stage for real? Just like we did AZ Does it tonight?"

Me: "Yeah, just like that."

Kenzie: "Wow, I could never do that and then have that mean guy tell me all that mean stuff."

Me: "Yeah, they're pretty brave. But you were pretty brave tonight, too. You sang and smiled and had fun, didn't you?"

Kenzie: "Yeah, but it wasn't on t.v. and that mean guy wasn't there."

Glad to know that Simon Cowell is having an influence on my kids self-esteem already.