It can only get better from here

Go figure, after a super stressful couple of weeks, I ended up getting sick. It never fails.

I'm slowly recovering now. I was so congested and my throat was so swollen that I could barely talk. I of course had to miss work too, so I'm hoping to pick up shifts after my crazy busy week of classes this week. If I dont make up those days, I can pretty much kiss my honeymoon goodbye, because I wont have enough PTO. :( Ugh.

For those of you who havent heard yet, we didnt end up getting our "perfect" house. Another couple put an offer on it, and offered the full asking price. We were shocked, and are still quite bummed about it. Since then we've looked at many more houses and just cant find anything that compares. Now Derek keeps looking further and further out of town...which is not at all what I had in mind. I know it wasnt meant to be, and it just means something better will come out of it... hopefully we'll see what that is very soon!

School is busy as always, and I missed class this week too so I'm trying to play catch up. Pretty difficult when you're not feeling well and you have only a few short days to put together a huge 20-30 minute presentation. Hopefully Ill feel 100% better in the morning and it will all go smoothly. One can only hope.

I got a wonderful surprise in the mail yesterday. Dereks brother and sister in law knew I'd been stressed out the past couple of weeks, so they sent me a gift certificate for an entire day at the spa! It literally includes everything you would go to a spa for: 30 minute full body massage, pedicure, manicure, 30 minute facial, along with getting my hair colored and styled, and my makeup done!! Holy cow! Talk about a day of pampering. Hopefully Derek and I can have a date night or something after. Im definitely looking forward to that! I guess having a massage therapist in the family will come in handy! :)

Thats all for now... I cant sleep since Ive been sleeping most of the day, so I figured I'd vent a little...