Thanksgiving

Since Paul's birthday things have been... down...and up, and then down again.  After Paul's birthday (actually, fairly shortly after my last post) my Grandma (and last grandparent) passed away.  She lost her final battle with cancer, and it was fairly unexpected.  Thankfully, my Mom was able to spend her last weekend with her the weekend before.  Just a really sad weekend.  Also, the next Wednesday was Grandparent's Day at school so my students performed for over 400 grandparents and great-grandparents.  It's a great thing we do every year, but it was a hard day.

The next day was Thanksgiving.  We were very excited to celebrate with my parents and our good friends from NY and WY.  Also, super excited to learn that a great friend is pregant.  Yay!  Then, on the following Saturday we celebrated a wedding with some good friends from an old school.  It was a beautiful ceremony at the Anthem Country Club. 

What was not so beautiful?  The fact that at least 20 of the guests have gotten sick from the wedding.  Awful, AWFUL food poisoning or Noravirus.  Seriously miserable.  I don't think I have ever been that ill before (and that includes getting sick in Mexico AND the time in College where I had to go to the Emergency Room because I was so dehydrated from vomiting).  It was bad.  So, I got sick on Monday morning, missed two jobs Monday, missed work and rehearsal on Tuesday.  Taught on Wednesday, but had to call in sick to my performing gig.  I've also had a raging headache since Monday, it still hasn't gone away.  :(  Tonight I was able to eat two english muffins, yogurt, and some sorbet.  I'm hoping I'll be better at least 80% tomorrow.  We'll see...  Here's hoping!

In the next three weeks I will have 4 performances (1 at the University, 2 at the Smith Center, and 1 at my school), we also be headed up to Washington for my Grandma's Memorial Service.  I am definitely ready Christmas Break and Christmas!  I hope you had a better Thanksgiving than I!  :)