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on turning 36

so i guess 36 is truly getting older! the picture above is part of my new nightly routine. while the "vicks" is temporary due to a cold, the bengay, tension lotion and pillow spray are all things i use to help me sleep better! crazy huh?

so back to turning 36....i woke up last friday with an INTENSE head cold. i mean INTENSE friends! adding that to my already dizzy thing and i was a bit, well, it was not pretty. on saturday morning, while nursing my sick little self, hubby asked how sick i was as he threw me tickets to see fiddler on the roof!! well, i am not that sick:)


here we are at the morris. in a weird random way we were sitting next to a couple we knew so they kindly offered to take our picture. you see the young 'un behind me...he is from a local high school that will be performing fiddler this spring. he plays moytl (sp?). let's just say he was quite excited about every little thing and he didn't seem to mind me blowing my nose at the end of every song. after the musical we headed out to dinner where i was insanely dizzy, but due to a long wait for water we were treated to free dessert! yummers and happy birthday me!

grandma and princess went goodwilling - princess in all her goodness wanted to buy me a present of her own. she done good! she had me open it and when i pulled it out she said, "i knew it was just what you like!" how right she was! a super cute brown sweater in just my size.

as for my actual birthday.....well, let's see if i can entertain you all.

i woke the kiddos up. like most mornings there was great disdain in my precious ones. once whizboy finally makes it downstairs i get the usual lame breakfast comments followed by several other grumps. at one point i asked him what was special about the day and he said, "it's monday!"
princess finally arrives, and although prompted by hubby, gives me a smile and a happy birthday!
we start our drive to school. the radio mentions MLK day to which whizboy promptly declares as the special thing he didn't remember. i promptly replied it was also my birthday and enjoyed the rest of the car ride in silence, until he was sure were way too late. oye!

then i headed back home and got myself ready for some therapy. i had an appointment for some therapy for vertigo, the newest "diagnosis" to my dizzy spells. WOWZERS!! that was some crazy stuff to which the therapist kindly tells me she's not getting the results she would like. well, you did hold my head in some bizarre positions, fling me up and down by my head and expect me to not still be dizzy?!! oye!

once i got home i reported back to hubby that he was going to need to go with me next time so he could learn how to twist and pull my neck. we go tomorrow..oye!

hubby had planned to take me to lunch...so off we go. we had a great lunch at this amazing place. it is all asian food served in bento boxes. i was so proud of myself for trying a few newer things - like cold asian noodles. but i must admit to really wanting to go back and soon!!!

we picked up the kids, came home for awhile and then to my parents for dinner. my mom fixed me a steak dinner and my favorite birthday cake.

of course, the kids argued the whole way home, fought the bedtime routine, and only called me back up a couple of times.

all in all - turning 36 has been great. i do feel older, but i also feel blessed. and while i'm sure hubby is tired of my whiny begging to feel normal again, i really can't complain. i have two amazing kids and one amazing hubby, faithful friends, and joy abundantly:)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!




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Kori said…
Happy year 36! Hope its a great one! And I hope and pray you are back to normal physically soon!! Love ya!
January 20, 2011 at 10:59 PM
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