Observations from the past week

One week ago I left my Perspectives class early with my head swimming under the pressure of an oncoming cold. Since then, I’ve taken up permanent residence on the couch…today will mark the first day I will venture beyond the mailbox since that day. Below are my observations from the week, none of them particularly profound, followed by a few pictures to perhaps redeem this otherwise insignificant post. We moved into our house in late November, and while for the most part our yard currently looks like one giant weed factory, there is one bright spot…a gorgeous flowering cherry right outside our front window. Of course I didn’t grab the camera in time to capture it at its peak (uh, the brown edges on the flowers add a nice artistic touch, right?), but I did manage to drag myself off the couch the other day to capture a few shots–a task all the more important due to the fact that my husband has threatened to tear out the tree. Now anyone who knows Jeff knows he has an extraordinary (perhaps over the top?) love of all things green, and especially trees; however, he has concerns about the proximity of this particular tree to the foundation of our house. Here’s hoping the tree can remain…now onto my observations:

• The human body can produce a ridiculous amount of snot.
• When one is going through an average of one box of kleenex per day, the brand does matter.
• Misery really does love company.
• Marrying a man who can make a mean pot of soup was a very wise idea.
• Marrying a man who brings home flowers with the ingredients for said soup was a very wise idea.
• Being laid up sick on the couch does not decrease (if anything increases) the frenetic flip flops of our baby girl.
• One can spend a decent amount of time debating whether 48 hours of severe food poisoning (while pregnant) or a week of a severe head cold (while pregnant) is more tolerable.
• DayQu*l and NyQu*l are God’s gift to the sick. It’s a shame these cannot be consumed while pregnant.