The sun is shining again. Okay, it’s not, actually, but I feel like it is. I’ve come out of a four-week bout of whooping cough (pertussis), and suffice to say that it got worse before it got better. The only thing remaining is a bit of a headache at night and in the morning, along […]
I hate snow. I really do. I didn’t used to hate it as a child. It was only mildly annoying because I’d have to put on shoes and a coat (though that was nice because I didn’t have to comb my hair). Yes, snow is fun to play in and beautiful at times to behold. […]
You won’t believe this. I didn’t. I’ve been diagnosed with pertussis, commonly called whooping cough. Apparently the immunization I had as a child is no longer doing its job! Fortunately, I caught the disease during the early stages and took a specific antibiotic which not only makes it so I can’t pass it on to […]
Well I ended up riding in an ambulance to the hospital last night. It’s a long story, but basically I’d been having chest pain and difficulty in breathing since 1:00 o’clock on Tuesday, and when my arms went numb last night when I was nearly asleep, I pretty much thought I was dying. It was […]
“Mom, Mom,” my four-year-old said in my face last week. I strained to open my eyes, coming reluctantly from a deep sleep. “What?” She looked at me with a completely straight face. “I found a Mimzy.” She showed me a pink bunny she’d received in her basket last April, nearly seven months ago. Mimzy is […]
School vouchers are a hot issue in Utah this election time. Vouchers were passed in another election, but the teacher’s union and others banded together to get enough signatures to put it to vote again. Funny how that happened. You never see anyone trying to repeal a bond or overthrow a new tax, but this […]