These darn cold sores have kept me from a modeling career my whole life...

Well, I'd have to say that this past week, I have been the walking poster girl for the expression, "When it rains, it pours." I've had a pretty rough ten days or so... in case you were wondering why I have been so silent on the blogging side of life, basically I contracted the bubonic plague, but I'm ok now. No seriously, I was extremely sick. Sick enough to contemplate calling an ambulance one day while Jeni was at school. I thought I just had a quick bout with the flu, but as the days went on, I got sicker and sicker. On Tuesday of this week I was so sick that I was convinced I had malaria. After a ton of tests, the doctor thinks it was some stomach bacteria infection (YUM!). Could have been contracted in Africa, probably will never know though. All I know is it was terrible. I couldn't move, cook, clean (AH!), or leave the house for seven whole days. For four of those days, I just laid on the couch and stared at the ceiling. But praise the Lord for strong antibiotics! I am finally up and around. I had to miss the last week of school. It wasn't too bad because they let seniors out of school two weeks early so I had no students... but still it felt weird to miss work for five days.

School ended for Jeni too. We are at her classroom cleaning. To give you an idea of what the classroom looks like, a student walked in on Friday and asked her, "Did your students run around and ruin your classroom today?" But I have to say, she is a cleaning machine today! Look at her go. "Go Jeni, get busy!" I am pretty much out of energy, but we've still got a long way to go.

Here's a question for my friends... what does it mean when your car kind of turns over, but doesn't start? I think it's my battery, but someone suggested an alternator???

-Jaime