The Shafferland Limp/Shuffle

I'm not even sure we're up to shuffling this weekend. Just limping along. It has been a lonnnnnnnnnnng week, and we've had some weird run-ins with minor sickness and injury. We've had very little sleep and a whole bunch of weather drama. So yes. Today we limp toward you with a recap of our week!

* I grabbed this picture last Sunday morning while I was getting ready for church. Braeya just camped out in the sink while I was straightening my hair. What's up, Mom? We tried to take a little time to rest that afternoon (and Ryan made us lattes!) and then we headed out to the cabin to visit his mom for a little bit. We didn't stay too long, but he just wanted to check on her. I asked if I could get their picture, and she said yes. (I adore it that she never turns down a picture.)

* To kick off our week of illness and injury, Ryan spent some time working on my bum arm/elbow during his lunch hour on Monday. One of his coworkers thinks I have tendonitis. Eyeroll. Let's just say the work he did on me did help, but it didn't tickle. That evening, we went back to his mom's house to stay with her while her husband worked. She had a ton of visitors that night (I think fourteen plus the two of us) so it was kind of like Grand Central Station. But after everyone left and she went to bed, it was so peaceful and pretty in the cabin!

* When you're around that many people in that small of a space, you're likely to encounter a germ or two, so when I woke up with a grumpy stomach on Tuesday, I wondered what in the world I'd picked up. The longer the day went on, though, the more I decided it was likely something I had eaten. (Ryan and I didn't eat the same things the day before.) I never had any other symptoms, but what I had was enough. BOO. Braeya and I took it easy that day, and that night, on his way home from the gym, Ryan stopped to get us Blizzards. Yes, Blizzards and coffee fix all ailments.

* I was all better on Wednesday, and I was glad, because it was time to overhaul my bedraggled self. I gave myself a manicure and spent three hours in a salon chair waving goodbye to my sea of gray white hair. That day was also Ryan's sister's birthday, so we went back to the cabin to have dinner with part of the family and celebrate Bre!

* Unfortunately I did pick up a buglet there Wednesday night, because when I woke up Thursday, I could feel my eye tightening up like the beginning of pink eye. I had it for the first time ever exactly one year ago. Must be my new January thing. I still had medicine for it that hadn't expired, so I began treating it immediately and quarantined myself at home. I was so happy that it got better throughout the day and never even got to the gross and goopy stage. Just a little red and swollen. To try to not spread the love, though, I did not go with Ryan when he went to stay with his mom for the evening. We sent pictures back and forth to each other, and I tried to keep myself occupied with chores while he was gone. (Ryan also nailed his shin at the gym this day, so by bedtime, he was limping pretty heavily - and he has an impressive gash to go along with it!)

* Friday, I tried to do my hair like the stylist had done at the salon. (Insert uproarious laughter here.) It became a ponytail day in a FAT hurry. Okay, so I can't do hair, but I CAN clean, and I spent the afternoon trying to find the surface of the desk in the office. I don't think we've seen it since December. :) Ryan was exhausted by Friday night, since he'd been up for 22 hours straight on Thursday. He took a long, much-deserved nap on Mo while I knocked out TWO scrapbooks.

* All week, we've been hearing about Winter Storm Harper, and it showed up yesterday. It actually wasn't quite as bad (in terms of snowfall) as it could have been, but it was nasty, and I sure was glad to be home all day. Ryan worked, and I watched Hallmark movies, scrapbooked, and drank coffee and chai. Last night, our buddy Deuce came back to stay for a while! You remember Deuce, right? We're excited to have him back! (Although it's true that potty duty in the winter is no joke!)

Here's to a week of staying well and recovering from injuries...and if you're in the path of this storm, be safe out there!!