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Ever had food poisoning? Me either - til Friday. I thought my "iron stomach" could kill ANY stupid old bacteria. Seriously. Thought I was immune to "bugs" like that. What got to me was how fast it happened! I had an awesome morning on Friday - super productive in the morning - ran a TON of errands. Then I treated myself to a Burger King Chicken sandwich. I was craving one of them. I'm not normally a BK fan, but their Chicken sandwich just sounded yummy. Downfall #1. That was around noon-ish.

I did some more moving stuff in the afternoon & then my mom's first cousins came over around 4pm to see us before we left. It was a delightful visit. They left a little before 6pm. First I got the growly tummy. You know. The one that you KNOW will result in some diarrhea. So I thought that would be it. Little did I know.

If you know me, you know that I don't do puke. Especially *not* if it's coming out of me. I'd make a horrible bulimic. I can't remember the last time I puked. Yuck. So, shortly after tummy rumbling it ALL came up - and up - and UP. I'm pretty sure the upstairs neighbors could hear everything. LOL! And, for a moment, I felt better. I pronounced myself cured. And promptly took a shower. About 1/2 way through the shower I realized I was very, very wrong. I was FAR from cured. And the next thing I knew I was cleaning the bathroom floor & wall (I'll let your imagination take you there). Rinse & repeat for the next 24+ hours. Actually, I was barely conscious from Friday night - Sunday morning at 3am. Finally, at that point I felt like I could eat again. So I made myself some applesauce (rock the BRAT diet!) - and it was soooo good. I've even had toast too.

I think I'm going to live. I'm still super dehydrated - with symptoms (dizziness, decreased urine output, dry mouth/lips), but I am going to live!

As I was saying to my mom this morning. I'm mad - this darn bout of food poisoning has affected my relationship with food. I'm now a bit more leery of eating things I haven't prepared. Maybe that's a good thing.

I stink.

Literally. So, I didn't shower today. My motivation is GONE! LOL!! I'm *supposed* to leave for Kansas City tomorrow for my girls digiscrap weekend. Not looking like that's going to happen. UGH! Another snow day for Matthew. Hopefully I can make it down there on Saturday morning.

I do *have* to get down there because I fly out for Orlando on Monday morning.

I finally did a bit more packing this evening....the underbed boxes were re-packed into moving boxes. I'm happy to be running out of things to pack. :)

Seriously, Mother Nature??

Seriously? More snow? Come on, give me a break. You don't really have to cram an entire winter's snow into a couple of weeks (coincidentally the time before we move!)

Five to seven more inches. Where's it going to go? UGH!

Good will toward men....

Today was Goodwill day. Of course it snowed overnight - probably about 3 inches. Like we *needed* ANOTHER 3" on top of the 89 bazillion we already had over the holiday!?!?!! That certainly made things interesting. Matthew used his muscles & helped me load 3 HUGE tubs, 2 large garbage bags, & the container store big bag full of books into the Foci. The weather was awful! The packed snow on the roads was like driving on pure ice. UGH! I can't wait to get out of this place!!! Global warming my butt!

But we safely made it to Goodwill and deposited all of our treasures with them. As we were pulling out of the parking lot Matthew turned to me & said, "Mom, it sure feels good to give". Yes, yes it does. Not only to give to others, but to get rid of the "stuff" that's closing in on us! Next we slid to Half Price books - made our trade & even purchased a couple of books for me & a couple for Matthew. Of course, I still owed them money, but all in all I think it was a fair trade. ;)

Finally we hit Target. It was probably a good thing that they didn't have any of the "organization cubes", etc. that I had seen on 2Peas. I really shouldn't be buying things to move anyway. So that was a bust - well, except for the 75% off candy canes. Those were cool.

Next we slid back home and hibernated for the rest of the day. I was pretty lazy. Then I felt guilty and pulled a couple more boxes/bags out of my closet & worked on purging, repacking, & throwing away. Got the start of another big ole' Goodwill pile!

Tomorrow I head back to work - yuck. But, to motivate me, I have to fax my bank statement to the NurSYS system that Florida uses to verify my Nebraska license. Evidently when I paid for it last time there was an error - I was charged, but there was no report issued to Florida. Kinda important if I want to practice there! So after contacting them, I just have to fax my bank statement showing that it was debited and they will issue the report. Clear as mud? So, I need a fax machine to do that. As far as motivation to go in on Tuesday & Wednesday? We'll have to come up with something later.... But, I do need to go to the Post Office tomorrow - hopefully to bail my PO Box out of "jail" (the rent was due on 12/31, but I couldn't get there due to the storm) & mail 1 of the Holiday Barbies I sold (yay - go $30).

So, a pretty laid back day. Matthew is still home - he doesn't go back to school until Wednesday. You know - when it's supposed to snow ANOTHER 4-7".... Seriously, God, I hear you, I know you're trying to reassure me that I made the right decision to move to Florida. I'm reassured. You can stop now. I've got places to go. Things to do. And all this snow is NOT making it easy!!!

Barbies & beanie babies, oh my!!

Oh the things I've found in my closet. But, I guess that's what happens when you move several times and don't even bother to open boxes. LOL!! But my promise - my vow - when packing for the move is to open every packed box and PURGE! And in that spirit I dragged a bunch of boxes down from the closet, filled a garage bag of "throw aways", filled a tub of "give aways" (Goodwill), & still have a box of things for sale (hopefully) - Holiday Barbies.

The beanie babies will, hopefully, go to Children's Hospital. They are in brand new condition and why not donate them to Children's. I suppose I could do the same with the Holiday Barbies - and probably will with any of them that don't sell. But, I did sell one to a Facebook acquaintance tonight. YAY! Even just getting what I paid out of them would be great. I re-packed a box full of important things like Matthew's baby blankets - only 2 - the one I crocheted for him and the other that cousin Pat purchase - it's this gorgeous white blanket & I love it!!, my wedding album, stuff from high school, etc.

So tomorrow....a trip to Goodwill, 1/2 Price Books, and probably Target. Then more closet work. The next big thing will be the under-the-bed boxes. They are filled with junk! :)

Not a lot is getting done....

...just did 3 days in "the big house" (aka work). :) So, my days have been spent sleeping & my nights working. No packing, sorting, or moving has been accomplished. ACK! I need to get my rear in gear tomorrow & Sunday!

Things to do for the weekend:

1. Load to Goodwill (hopefully the first of many)

2. Books to 1/2 Price Books (reward Matthew & I with a new book or 2 from there)

3. NEED to get pictures of the stuff we're selling (anyone need a used twin captain's bed, mattress, headboard, 3 short bookcases - all in maple & maybe some more stuff too!) - I want to post it to Craigslist & the newsletter they have a work.

4. Packing - Need to start pulling stuff out of my walk in closet - taking everything out of the boxes in there & thinning the herd. Plus all of the underbed boxes need to have the same thing done (Saxon will be so proud - she really wanted that crap thinned when we moved LAST time!!)

Once I do those things I really will be more comfortable with the progress I'm making....