Today was the craziest kind of days. Ugggh! Not my favorite kind. It's been the kind that leaves you way overdue for bed long before 9 p.m.! It was CRAZY! We knew we were not heading to church this morning when Clara came down with a fever and sore throat yesterday. We KNEW today would be a day to just be quiet and be still. Except that we spent all day yesterday house hunting. And I DO mean pretty much all day long. We left at 10 a.m and did not even think about getting back home until after 3:00. We found THE house. The house we loved. The house that just stood out SO far and beyond all of the others. THE house! THE house also happened to be somewhat overpriced. BUT...after not being able to come to terms on 4 other houses to this point....AND the fact that this house was SO totally awesome and head and shoulders above any of the others...we proceeded with a "too high for this market" offer...and we waited. This morning we had a counter offer from the seller...and we headed back over to the house for one more look before committing. We loved it...again. So we signed on the dotted line, gave up the check and.....waited. By not too long after lunch time today it was ACCEPTED!!!! Not only did we get the house....but the seller agreed to leave the stainless steel fridge, the gorgeous, to die for bar stools she had, an awesome mirror, the dining nook table AND the formal dining room furniture. ALL rolled into the price of the house! Cha ching!!!!! And hooray! So THAT was very exciting. What was NOT very exciting was my poor sweet Clara running a kick butt fever and having a sore throat. However...I am still, thankfully, equipped with the better part of a bottle of the cat's claw that was prescribed for her before, and we began an all out battle on this thing yesterday and continued today. She was MISERABLE this morning. Her little cheeks were just glowing and she was FREEZING. A good part of the morning looked like this....
and like...
But after a while...once her ibuprofen started to kick in...she started to look a lot more like this...
And this.....
And this....!
Eating is a good thing!!!! By the time she went to bed tonight, she was resting so much more comfortably and was all snuggled in her bed and she was only minimally uncomfortable. I am SO hoping that we are able to cut this whole little illness off at the pass before it becomes a major event! That...and she really does not need to miss any more school. She has already been out for 10 days. And Texas is so sweet to send you a kind of nasty gram every time your kid misses just a couple of days of school at a time reminding you of the Compulsory Education Law and the attendance requirements, blah, blah, blah and so on and so forth. Grrrr. I'm not a fan of those things! Anyway. It's been a long day....but a good day. Tomorrow is Monday and we will be off and running like crazy! Again!
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