Usually I won't be posting during the day like this, since I work, but today I'm home sick. With not only a cold, but also a sinus infection on top of that. Since it's been nearly a week since we first posted, I decided it would be a good time to do an update.
We had quite the busy weekend, starting Friday, when Michael's Step-Grandfather, Ken, took us out to dinner at California Dreaming. He was passing through Columbia on his way home and we're so glad he let us know. Dinner was delicious, and we had a great time talking with him and catching up.
Saturday started out like most of our Saturdays; Michael did some yard work and I went grocery shopping. When I got back, I started a very large pot of chicken and corn chili. It has finally begun to feel like fall, so we figured what better way to celebrate than to make a pot of chili to share with some friends. I also baked some yeast rolls (made from scratch by my own two hands) and a triple chocolate cake with white buttercream icing, topped with chocolate chips, and we took the finished products over to a friend's house for dinner. This particular family is so giving, and there are so many of them, including a set of two-year-old twins, that it is easier for us to go over to their house to hang out (especially sine we have dog-proofed, not baby-proofed, our house). We wanted to hang out with them, but we also did not want to burden them with having to make dinner, so we took it to them. Everything was delicious, and we had a lot of fun, especially playing with the little ones. Michael really seemed to enjoy himself. He's a little wary of babies, but these are toddlers and it's a whole different story. They can interact with him, and while it's sometimes hard to understand what they say, he enjoys them. He had a lot of fun playing 'cars' with the little boy, and playing 'blocks' with the little girl. I really love little kids, and I had a ball with them as well. They both curled up in my lap to watch a movie, which was just too sweet. We stayed for a little while after the twins had gone to bed, and then we headed home to bed ourselves.
Sunday, we took a little drive up to Charlotte to our new favorite store, Ikea! I had inherited this really old but super comfortable recliner from my parents, which went through a couple of years of college with me, and now lives with us in our house. When I got it, one of the arms was broken, but that only made it more comfortable. We fixed it several times, but it finally gave out on us about two weeks ago. We decided to replace it with an Ikea Poang chair and footstool. It doesn't really go with our other furniture, but it's comfortable and works. Eventually, we'll replace our hodge-podge living room set with more Ikea furniture, which we like because we don't have a lot of storage space in our house, and all of their furniture is designed to be nice-looking as well as functional. When we get the new furniture, the Poang chair will go in the 'reading nook' in our bedroom, and then eventually the nursery. Or, we'll just buy a Poang rocker to go in there. As far as I'm concerned, you can never have too many Poang chairs!
We toodled around the store, looking at other furniture and all of their other stuff. We've pretty much decided what other furniture we want to get and how we want to rearrange the living room and reading area. We also got a wok, a wok spatula, and a watering can. Michael has wanted a wok since before we got married, and Ikea had some for only $5, and the proper accessories. Other stores have them, but not that cheap, and they never have any of the tools you need with them. It may be a cheap wok, but at least he has one now. When we got home, it took Michael all of 20 minutes to put the new chair together. It doesn't look like it would be comfortable, but it totally is. Michael and I both love it.
Monday, we went back to the grind, working and working out, Michael doing homework and me making dinner, trying to relax before we get up and do it again the next day. I haven't been feeling well since Sunday, but I had a major load of conference calls to get through this week, so I pushed going to the doctor back as far as I could, which was yesterday. I'll be seeing a new doctor from now on... my current doctor seems amazed that I continue to get sinus infections even though he told me I have 'chronic sinusitis'. He's got me on Xyzal and Nasonex, and I still get sick. Instead of sending me to an ENT, he continues to throw antibiotics at me. The lastest one is Spectracef, which the pharmacy thankfully has a generic for because it is over $200 for the name brand! It is used to treat pneumonia, strep throat, and tonsillits, and he gave it to me for a sinus infection. I don't do well with antibiotics, and this one has completely knocked me out... I'm so exhausted it's not even funny, and all I've done so far today is sleep and type this!
This weekend we're visiting Michael's family in Walhalla. I just hope that I'm feeling at least a little less tired by then!
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