hey, remember february?

ummm, no. not really.

well, wait. there was valentines day, that was fun. i remember that.

oh, and there was that one 24 hours where despite being sicker than 

i have ever been sick, ever! i patched holes, touched up paint, cleaned,

organized and de-junked the entire house so it could be photographed

and put on the market for sale. so i guess i remember that too...

but the rest is a blur.

we have been so sick.  f  o  r  e  v  e  r.

it started with smelly, in the last week of january. it was like the spawn of

the flu and a terrible chest cold. a week in, she still had it and so did sweet d.

coughing, congestion, high fevers, aches, pains, exhaustion, restlessness.

this went on another week or so, then things started looking up.

we were feeling a little better, enough so that we even ventured out.

we were able to make it school for 2 days that week. and then came valentines

day, we had big plans and apart from me waking that morning without my

voice, things were looking good.

well, i made it to dinner time with no complaints apart from my missing

voice when all of a sudden, much like a ton of bricks, i was overcome by this

chest cold/flu hybrid and more than once i mistook it for the cold hand

of death shoving me mercilessly from this life.

(was that dramatic enough? i was going for very dramatic. seriously, it was bad.)

about 5 days into it for me, i start to feel better... out of necessity i think as both

of the girls had got it AGAIN!!! you can't be a sick mama squirrel when your

little squirrels are sick. you just can't, even when you actually are.

it's been a month now, that one or the other of us has been ill. we are

so so very sleepy and stir crazy and ready to be better. i'm nearly there, though

still cannot find my voice. smelly is nearly there as well, just a few little coughs

throughout the day. sweet d still has a little way to go. she is mostly better during
the day but it all falls apart at night. we just want one full nights sleep.

pretty please?!!

**the photo above is our nest. we built it out of quilts, cushions and pillows in the
front corner of our living room so we would have a quiet, comfy, pretty place where we could
rest or calm down or read a book or feel less cranky about being sick. we've been spending
an awful lot of time in the nest these days. so glad we have it.**