Tagged

I was tagged by Lynette, and apparently I HAVE to do this, so here goes.

The rules:
1. Go to your document/pictures file on your computer
2. Go to the sixth file
3. Go to the sixth picture
4. Blog about this picture
5. Tag six other people

I don't have a sixth file in either my document or pictures file xD. So I went to pictures and chose the first file, and chose the 6th picture. Here it is:


This is Daniel tied to a tree at my parents during a family gathering. I'm not sure the story behind it. I came outside and saw Daniel trying to run and pull the tree over behind him to get loose. I had to snap a picture because I thought it was funny (and it reminded me of the story about mom tying Allen to the tree in the front yard when he was young to make sure he stayed out of the street.) Allen was nearby keeping an eye on Daniel. By the time I took that picture, Daniel was getting irritated that he couldn't run across the yard because the rope was holding him back.
Soon after that we stopped to get a picture of mom and dad and all the grandkids.

Anyway, I tag whoever wants to be tagged. I don't know who all reads my blog.

I'm so glad that most of the time I'm healthy.

Little did I know, the sore throat I wrote about last time was just the beginning. Over the course of the past two weeks I ended up getting over the sore throat just to end up with a cold: runny nose, cough and sinus pressure. Around Tuesday night my ears started to hurt and I could feel something building up in them (it felt like I had water in my ear.) By Wednesday, it was starting to get hard to hear out of my right ear. After talking to Mom a bit for some ideas of what I could do to get rid of my cold and make it so I could hear, I went to a CVS minute clinic (This was actually the 2nd time I went...I went two Wednesdays in a row, the first for the sore throat and then the second mainly for my ear.) Come to find out, I had an ear infection from my cold. I hope that NEVER happens again. It got so blocked I could barely hear out of my right ear. Literally, there were times Mark was standing a foot away from me, on my right side, and I couldn't hear a word he said. He would have to come to my left side so I could hear him.

The doctor gave me some antibiotics, and today my ear infection finally cleared up. I blew my nose three or four times, and both my ears popped a few times, and viola, I could hear again!

These last two weeks have been miserable for me, just because of being sick. I'm really glad Mark didn't get it and hope I didn't give it to anyone else. (This is one of those kinds of sicknesses NO ONE deserves to have)

I've still got a cough and a slightly drippy nose, but I will take that any day in exchange for the ability to hear.

It's amazing to me what we take for granted because it's so normal. I didn't realize how much I had to listen until I couldn't hear any more (and actually had to make an effort to be able to hear.) I'm also very glad I don't get sick very often.