Another Week

Well, we have had another one of those weeks around here. Skyler started on his antibiotics for strep last Thursday, and by Saturday was feeling back to normal. We had two normal days and then, whamo! Chuck got hit again. It started Monday night with a severe ear ache. It has lasted until today. He went to work on Tuesday, but was in severe pain. He already had a doctor's appointment scheduled for that afternoon, so he was covered. While he was at work, his eardrum ruptured and has been spewing stink fluid ever since. He was diagnosed with a major nasty inner ear infection. He got his meds, came home and crashed. I had to find a babysitter for the kids and also try to find a replacement date for the Matchbox 20 concert. I found a babysitter, but no date. The concert was great. Wednesday, he was still in such severe pain, I called his doctor and they prescribed some pain meds. Even after the pain meds, he was in such severe pain, I almost took him to the hospital. Yesterday he finally started to feel like a human again. Today, he is at work. I now see that Lily is got nice green snot coming out of her nose, so I guess she's next. Please pray for us, that we can all be healthy again, and soon! Thanks!

Sleeping Beauties

Skylerisms

Skyler said this to me today:

"Underneath all this yucky dirty ugly mess, I think your car is sparkly!"

I said, that is true.

When Skyler is President

On Thursday at preschool it was George Washington Day. They had to pretend to be the president and say what they would do if they were. Skyler said when he becomes president he will tell people not to play with wild animals. He also had to draw a picture of himself as president, I think the media would truly pick on him if there was ever a president that looked like his drawing. I am proud of him though, for caring about those wild animals!

Cute!

What else can I say?

Mission Accomplished!

There is nothing quite as satisfying as setting a goal and attaining it. Last year, Chuck and I decided to participate in the Trek up the Tower, which is a 40 floor, 870 step vertical challenge in Omaha's tallest building, the First National Tower. I quit around the 20th floor. I was hurting and couldn't catch my breath. I took the elevator down and sat down, caught my breath and realized I had just made a huge mistake in quitting. I vowed to do it again this year and finish, no matter how long it took me. Yesterday we participated in the event again and I finished it! I was so excited that I walked right past the people giving out the medals and didn't get one. I went back later and got mine and was overhead by an Omaha World Herald reporter, who decided my story was interesting. I was in the paper today! This is what it said about me:

Stephanie Svajgl, 34, somehow slipped by. "I didn't get my medal," she said, returning to the corridor of greeters. "Thank you. I earned it."

Svajgl said she participated last year but quit on the 20th floor. "I just couldn't breathe and my legs were like 500 pounds," she said. "I took the elevator down. And regretted it ever since." The Bellevue woman redeemed herself Saturday.

Here is a link to the entire story:
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10266585

Anyway, it was not easy at all. I stopped and rested at every chair they had. It took me about 23 minutes. Not bad, you say, well not good when the first place person finished in under 5 minutes. But I accomplished a goal and am proud of it. Next year, my goal is to finish it in less time, which will require me to actually prepare for it, which could benefit my weight loss program, which is not working right now. So for now, Yeah! for me.

Strep

Well as if three weeks of everyone being sick isn't fun enough; we've been hit with the strep bug. Skyler has been feeling lousy all week, but couldn't really pinpoint what was bothering him. Finally yesterday he said his throat hurt really bad. I took him to the peds clinic and presto, we have strep. Please pray that he is the only one who has it and that the rest of us stay clear of it. Thanks!