I hate being sick!!

I think it was Sunday evening that my throat started to hurt. By the time I woke up Monday, it was hurting pretty bad and I felt like crap. I am all congested and my whole body is sore.

So a good friend of mine calls me Monday morning and asks if I would watch her daughter for her at 10:30 am and then take her with us to the party that evening (at 7:30) where she will meet up with us. She decided at the last minute that she should go into work and make double time since she just got back from vacation and is now broke. I, of course being the good friend that I am, said yes.

It wasn't that bad, her daughter and my girls play well together (for the most part). I took the 3 girls down to the pool while my hubby stayed home with the baby. They had a blast swimming and didn't want to leave, but since they had no choice (I was ready to go!) they did anyway.

Then I had to go to the grocery store and pick up a side dish and a dessert to take to the party (and another side and dessert for my friend since she was coming to the party straight from work. <--see, I told you I'm a good friend!)

I was going to cheat and just buy some pasta salad from the deli, but I decided it looked really gross and I could buy some pasta, frozen veggies and dressing for about the same price and it would be better. So that's what I did. If you know me, you know that this isn't something I would usually do, since I HATE cooking and especially being sick and not feeling like doing anything. The pasta salad actually turned out really good I think. It tasted just like how my mom used to make it and I always loved her pasta salad!

Then after the fireworks party, my family and I headed home and went to bed. By this time, I was running a fever. I had chills and was shivering uncontrollably. I was under my heavy comforter and still could not get warm. I finally drifted off to sleep only to awake in the middle of the night covered in sweat! So I threw off the covers and felt instanly frozen again. I just could not find a happy medium!

So this morning, I wake up and my throat is absolutely killing me! It hurt to swallow, hurt to talk, and again with the body aches. I decided to call the doctor and see if he could check me for strep. (I have a tendency to get strep throat once or twice a year). I definately don't want to let that go since it can lead to scarlet fever if left untreated.

So off to the doctor's I went. Strep test done, strep test negative. That is great, but what about this horrific sore throat? He thinks it is viral and will have to "run it's course". ARGH!!! I hate it when they say that. It makes me feel like an idiot for even making a trip to the doctor's in the first place. I should have just saved my $20 copay and not gone! O well, at least I know it's not strep.

So, here I am, still sick. I didn't get any house work done today besides making dinner and cleaning up after that. Well at least now I'll have something to keep me busy when I'm feeling better. (Like I wouldn't already be busy even without extra housework with little mister clingy boy and 2 whiney little girls!)