Happy New Year

I am envisioning y'all at fabulous parties in fabulous outfits, drinking martinis and champagne as I write this.  I hope y'all are envisioning me the same way although clearly I am not doing any of those things as I am sitting in my bed typing.  In my sweatpants.  Without a bra on.  Although I did manage to make it to the shower today and it only took 1 full bar of soap to wash the 2 days worth of vicks vapo rub and vasoline off of me (Vicks for my congestion, vaseline for my aching nose).  Seriously it was like watching a oil soaked seal get cleaned by the team at Dawn.

Y'all there has been a plague upon our house.  Poor Em was sick starting before Christmas till just this past Friday.  I came down with it on Thursday and am still sick and poor Paul has been congested with a scratchy throat (hopefully that is the worst of it for him and not the start of his turn). 

Paul: You seem to be breathing hard, honey, like you just ran a marathon. 

Me: I can't breath. 

I'm sitting in bed typing and sound like I've just run a marathon.  Ahhh the joys of being congested.  Good thing Paul sleeps on my left side because I can no longer hear out of my right ear.  And the fact that the skin around my nose is dry and raw and painful has convinced me I will never have to worry about being a cocaine user.  I can't deal with the nose pain. 

Our NYE have gotten progressively worse since we've been together.  I think the last NYE we actually did anything was in GA and we had our friends Emily and Clay over to drink and play Wii.  Our first year in Boston we fell asleep at 11:45pm.  Last year Paul was deployed and I was in bed by 10pm and this year we've been in bed since 8pm working on my business Serenity Counseling Online.  We are truly, truly pathetic y'all.  Why am I even still awake now?  Because I am one of those people who can NOT have any computer stimulation prior to bedtime.  It makes my brain crazy and keeps me awake so clearly continuing to be on the computer and blogging has been a smart choice. 

Of course the fact that I haven't slept in well over a week between Emma's illness and my own doesn't help.  Who can sleep when you have to blow your nose every 4 minutes or risk drowning in your own snot???  Oh how I hate breathing through my mouth although I guess there is a worse alternative. 

Anyways, I just wanted to wish y'all a very happy new year and a fantastic 2013!  I hope everyone has a safe, fun, and fabulous evening and I will go to bed dreaming of champagne and martinis and fabulous parties.  Please comment and share what you did tonight so I can live vicariously through you!