Adventures in La La Land

Just pics and memes this week. 1. Halloween: it snowed and was in the 30s. We met up with the cousins at Niki's for obscene amounts of candy (y'all really need to trick or treat at her house if you're in the area!) and snacks.  Lucy's officially too old for trick or treating, but she was a good sport about joining the kids for a picture at least. Then we trick or treated on our street with the cousins who wanted to brave the weather. Then we met up with Jesse and hit up trunk or treat at a church in town for hot dogs and more candy. We went around the block, but Lena was freezing and done , so we called it a night and went home. Levi immediately enlisted Jesse to help him organize his haul. That's all I've got for this week, so enjoy these pics and memes: We went to Red Robin for lunch on Sunday to stack my birthday burger with a birthday gift card. A little snapchat fun to keep the kids entertained while we waited for our food . . . Levi with my library cart No...

What a miserable week.  1. I obviously spoke too soon last week when I declared my cold "better already" and "fast moving." It was just playing me. I felt off on Sunday, and then woke up Monday with almost no voice and the beginning of a cough. It was a long day in the library, trying to read aloud to three classes when I could hardly talk above a whisper. I worked at Once Upon on Tuesday with the help of cold medicine. By Wednesday, though, I was feeling really awful. I seriously considered calling in to Once Upon, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I could function. I wasn't puking or feverish. So I chugged some cough medicine and went to work. That night the cough really hit me full force. I was up for two hours in the middle of the night hacking my guts out. Again, I considered calling in to work on Thursday morning, but again I couldn't bring myself to inconvenience anyone. It was honestly a brutal day, and I counted down every minute until ...