arrange the pieces: The end of November

Well, David is finally beginning to feel better. He still has a cough, but is rid of the pneumonia. He's trying to take it easy, but with the end of the semester approaching, he's back to living in the studio. He got better just in time for me to get sick. I went home to Toccoa for my 25th birthday last weekend and while I was there, I began to feel not so great. Then Monday came around and I felt AWFUL. It's not the flu, thank goodness, but I feel like I have pretty much all of the symptoms of the flu, minus a fever. I have a horrible cough, and an accompanying headache, general body aches and congestion. This has been going on since Monday and I can't seem to shake it. David and I are now running our own personal pharmacy. I'm taking Tylenol severe cold during the day and mucinex at night. I tried the honey and lemon juice, but I can't stomach all that sweetness, so I'm sticking with cough drops. By the way, every time I take Mucinex, I picture those horrible commercials where they dress snot up in people clothes and have them talk about moving into my sinuses. Gross. I have a lot to do this week and I would REALLY like to feel better so I can actually do it, but as of now I feel like sleeping for a week.

Even though I felt horrible this last week, I had a great time with my family for my birthday and David and I managed to host Thanksgiving at our new house in East Point. It was lots of fun. Here are the pictures from all of the festivities:

For my birthday, my mom decided that I was princess for a day.

She took me to get a massage, we got a manicure and pedicure together

and she made me take pictures in the princess tiara and sash she made for me.

I love my mom! She's the best at having fun.

After a relaxing day, my mom and my brothers took me to dinner and then to see New Moon.

Here we are, waiting in the line with all of the tweens.

After the movie, which by the way was better than the first, but still not right, we went home and ate yummy coconut cake. You can see my dad's birthday present to me in the background. We gave him the option of seeing New Moon with us, or staying home to do a month's worth of mine and David's laundry. As you can see, he chose the laundry.