Summer Plans

It has been way too long since I have posted anything but I have many good excuses.  Really, I do!  I went through a pretty tough bout of mono... actually still going through it but life goes on.  My husband came down with it before I did but was diagnosed with strep throat (no throat culture was done).  When I came down with it we rushed to urgent care because it was a Sunday morning.  I tested negative for strep but because my husband "had it" the doctor said the test he did was wrong 20% of the time and it looked like strep to him.  He wrote me a prescription for some strong antibiotics and sent me home.  (I say wrote me a prescription and sent me home like he did it in a timely manner... ha!)  My husband at this point was pretty much back to himself after only having it for a week, but for some reason mine wasn't going away.  I finally made an appointment with my doctor after about 2 weeks of pain.  She asked me a few questions then told me she thought I had mono so she sent me into the lab for a blood test for mono to which I tested positive.  At this point I was a little stressed out because of all we had going on (which I will dive into later), and I was worried because we had a 10 month old baby girl.  After much googling, I found that the younger you are the less mono affects you.  Some children can have it with no symptoms while others will seem a little tired with maybe a runny nose.  With that information I decided that our Little Miss most likely had it first and gave it to us because about a week before my husband came down with it  she had been a bit cranky and sleeping for a good 12-13 hours at night.  She also had a runny nose.  So there we have it.  I still have no idea why my husband was able to get through the mono so fast and I still am dealing with it.

Not long before this whole mono thing happened, my husband was accepted into graduate school to obtain his PhD in psychology!  He was accepted very early in the process, before most students even get interviewed.  It is very nice knowing that he is already so valued by the professor he will be working under.  He has worked so hard to be qualified to work with this man in his field of study.  With this acceptance comes a HUGE move for us.  Although I'm not comfortable making our location known on here, I'm talking we can't take very much with us.  We have already had three garage sales, sold things off craigslist, and given stuff to family.  We still are trying figure out what else we can leave behind.

We are currently in Arkansas where my husband has joined a team doing sales for this summer, hoping to make up for the lack of income we will be experiencing very soon when we move.  I am fine giving up this location because it is so short term.  By this weekend we should be heading to Louisiana for the team to finish up the summer!  We will be leaving early in July so we can tie up loose ends before the big move.  But right now I am living it up, exploring this part of the country I have never been, and making good memories with these cuties!

My baby girl turned one out here in Arkansas!  I was in a frenzy before we left to get her birthday party planned and done before we came out here.  It was a big success and I will be posting about it soon!