I woke up at something like 3 a.m. on Wednesday morning completely drenched in sweat and sitting in the middle of sweat-drenched sheets (gross, right?). What was the deal? My entire body was burning up like mad. Note: I. hate. fevers. After ripping the sheets off my bed, changing my shirt, and downing some advil, i attempted (with little success) to go back to sleep. My alarm went off around 7, and i felt like i might die if i had to get out of bed and function. So i called in sick, shut off my phone, and went back to bed.
And i slept.
And slept.
And finally woke up around noon to get some water, more meds, and figure out what the heck was wrong with me. (Note: self-diagnosing is a BAD idea all around. Especially when the only thing on anyone's minds these days is SWINE FLU.) Fast forward to Thursday, another day off work, another day spent sleeping a lot. Honestly today i felt 85%, which was a vast improvement. I had an appetite, i could walk around without immediately wanting to go back to bed, and i even took Lola for a little walk. Whatever bug got me down was on its way out - hooray! But, um, my employers apparently don't want me to risk spreading any kind of SWINE FLU around the office, so I was told to "stay home and get some rest tomorrow." Well, i wasn't going to argue with that.
Soooo... i have tomorrow off! Which is why i'm up so late. (Can't sleep b/c i've been doing so much of it the past 48 hours). I'm hoping i'll feel 100% tomorrow as i have to drive to Dallas to see some friends and play with Momma for Mother's Day. Plans include: fun dinner, lots of girl talk, Saturday morning yoga and Northpark shopping with my dear friend A, afternoon tea @ the Ritz with darling L, and of course more eating and talking with my parents. I'll probably snooze in my mom's ultra luxe king-sized bed on Saturday night, attend Korean church service, eat more of my Mother's delicious food, and then head back to Austin late on Sunday. Since getting home late the night before a full week of work is never a good idea, i'm hoping to get my apartment ready for Monday morning tomorrow. I mean, what else am i going to do? Try not to sleep until noon - that's what!
I borrowed my friend Lauren's genius Mother's Day gift idea and filled up a jar of notes for my Mom. The notes include remember when's, things i love about her, and a lot of thank you for _____'s. It was really fun to make, and i think she'll love it. Plus, it was almost free! Which is good b/c her REAL present is about $500 bucks worth of Pottery Barn bedding. Uh huh. Ridic. But what're you gonna do? The woman birthed me. Sans drugs.
Anyway, here's my pretty jar for Mommy Park! Cute, huh?
As a final touch, i tied a cute ribbon around the jar. Can't wait to see her face when i give it to her!!I hope y'all have a lovely Mother's Day and a relaxing weekend :-)
6 comments:
Sorry to hear that you have been ill but glad to hear that you are on the mend. Your body obviously needed the sleep. Love the Mothers Day gift idea - have a fab week-end (Mothers Day in the UK was March 22nd but may steal your idea for next year)....
What an adorable mother's day idea! I might need to steal that one next year!
Yay! Glad you had time to make it. Maybe your body was trying to give you time to do it. And thanks for the shout out!
that is such an adorable and thoughtful mothers day present!
glad you are feeling better!
So sorry to hear that you were so sick! Glad to hear that your on the mend.
I just love your mothers day jar - I would just melt if one of my kids gave me a present like that! What a great daughter you are!
Hope you have a fantastic weekend, sounds like a lot of fun!
Love your Mother's Day idea. She loved it, I am sure. I am glad you feel better.
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