Monday, August 31, 2009

my head's on vacation

I hate feeling sickly. Today my head is in la-la land. I am guessing it's congestion or some kind of sinus pressure. Either way, my head feels like it could explode given the slightest opportunity. I spent a large portion of the day at school feeling like I could pass out. So I'm guessing that being around all my wonderful new students also exposed me to all kinds of wonderful new germs. I'm really hoping that I feel better tomorrow, though. I hate having to take a sick day at school. It just seems to put you so far behind on the lesson plans.

But the sweet part about feeling sickly is that my husband takes care of me. He tucked me in for a nap this afternoon and made me dinner. Then he cleaned up the kitchen with no complaints. It's nice to be so well taken care of!

Perhaps I'll be more insightful once my head's screwed back on correctly.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

this is my quiet life

I can't say that I have high aspirations for this blog. I don't consider myself to live a wildly adventurous or particularly notable life. But I would like a place to keep my thoughts, ideas, accomplishments, and memories all in one place. Thus, I shall blog!

This weekend was a good, if short, weekend. Brandon and I spent all day yesterday working in the yard. Admittedly, he worked much harder than I. We both discovered that I am simply not "cut out for" tough manual labor. But I did my best to help.

Brandon built me a garden for my herbs. And when I say built, I mean he built a retaining wall, built up the bed, and then planted all my herbs in the space. Today, he came back and mulched the bed. I have to brag on the hubby here a little... he's such a handy guy. I'm a lucky lady to have a hubby with the variety of talents that Brandon has. I picked a good one.

The best part about yesterday was spending time with Brandon and working on something together. I love how just doing something so ordinary can make you feel so close. Even though I hurt all over today from the work, I think it was more than worth it even if just to spend some quality time with the hubby.

So here's the masterpiece.