Cookie carry!

Rachel's elementary school, McKinley, puts on something called the "Cookie Carry" for teachers and school staff -- basically, people bake or buy cookies to bring in, and then the teachers get to fill up a plate with the homemade goodies. It's kind of our way of saying "thank you" for all they do.

I was scheduled to staff the event at 7:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 11. That morning I woke up with incredible tooth pain that I recognized immediately as a sinus infection. So, I got through the cookie carry, drove Drew to the Ballston Metro so he could get to work on time, skipped my fitness class and went straight to the doctor, who prescribed me wonderful pain meds that I started taking immediately.

I had been scheduled that evening to attend Drew's holiday party at Pew -- and I even went through with a manicure and pedicure that day -- but then by late afternoon I was crying in pain and told him I just couldn't do it. He canceled our babysitter (my friend Jeannette's daughter, Regan, who is attending college at George Washington University) and graciously offered to come home and take care of Rachel and me. I just had enough strength to get some pho (Vietnamese noodle soup) and some spring rolls and meet him and Rachel at home before eating dinner and collapsing.

So, Drew cancelled everything right and left that we had planned for that weekend, and I spent most of it in bed, trying to vain to eat, and downstairs watching endless amounts of TV. And I finally got better (between the antibiotics, Percoset and a 2nd doctor's and dentist visit). But it took a while.