The Battle of the Illness

Well, today has been an interesting day. Joshua and I have been fighting The Battle of the Illness for a few weeks now, and last week Joshua finally caved in to the Evil Winter Soar Throat. Last night I unfortunately had an encounter with this same evil creature and lost. This morning I was also attacked by other forces of Illness which are too disgusting to name, and I was forced to remain in my bed unless otherwise called to the bathroom. Luckily my bosses are kind and have taken care of my shifts so that I can rest and regain my strength to join my husband as we fight in The Battle of Advancement at Work. The cat (Rocky) has kept me company today, although I'm sure he finds me extremely boring. He, like myself, has slept for most of the day, which means he'll be up most of the night wanting to play. What a funny creature he is.

 The more time I spend with him, the more I am convinced that he is a dog, not a cat. He has a water bowl, but he prefers to use the toilet for water. I'm beginning to wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that the toilet is far colder than his water bowl. He passes his day by jumping on the bed and trying to eat my feet and hands that are under the covers, sleeping, and climbing in the window sill plotting a way to eat the birds that fly around the window. He has also been fascinated by the herd if Mule Deer that inhabit the surrounding fields. Joshua and I find this very fascinating too. The herd totals fourteen in all. They enjoy wondering the yard, and sometimes they even walk up to our patio. On Monday Rocky was scared  to death by a doe who happened to be too close to the window for his liking. I've never seen a kitten run so fast. He has also discovered that when I take a bubble bath my body doesn't actually disappear, which I think is comforting to him. For months any time I took a bath he would stare at me with this puzzled look on this face. Now he climbs up on the towel hamper and edge of the tub to inspect. One of these days he's going to fall in. Quite the interesting life we have here in our little wild life reserve.

Joshua has started school again, and I will be starting an Italian class here in a few weeks. This is our brilliant strategy to further us in The Battle of Advancement at Work. By taking this class we will be able to put the magic word "College" of my resume and hopefully be able to find me a better job. I'm very excited to take this class. I love the Italian language, and it will be nice to have something to do on a weekly bases and not have battle the Boredom Monster every day my schedule is not full, which tends to be most days. I've been occupying myself with reading the Harry Potter series again. Right now I'm half way through The Chamber of Secrets. Joshua has also been giving me piano lessons so for half an hour everyday I practice. Joshua has been playing a lot more since he was called to be the Ward Organist in our new ward. I've also almost mastered the art of using my breadmaker, although sometimes, like yesterday, the bread decides it doesn't want to rise enough and so comes out very small.  Yesterday my wonderful husband decided to surprise me with flowers. All a simple day in the Adventure of Larsendom.