Trials and Tribulations

It's Saturday morning and I am staring out the window surrounded by trees and ice. I'm house sitting for a friend and I'm surrounded by wilderness only a few miles from Bowie. It's quite peaceful and serene. Yet, under the calm I can slowly hear cracking of ice and see icicles fall from trees. The weather hear has been quite dreadful. Much of the mid-state had shut down schools since Tuesday evening due to the amount of ice we'd gotten. In all the years I can remember, I've never seen ice like this. I'd say there were two-three inches in College Park, more in other areas. I think the biggest hurdle for clearing all this ice is that the temperatures haven't reached above freezing yet. In fact, I was watching the news yesterday morning and it was warmer in Anchorage, Alaska then here in Maryland. I'm hoping for warmer weather today!
I've noticed a disturbing trend with me and aquiring days off. It appears that I get sick! That's right. Since Monday night I've had a terrible cold-verging on flu-like. I've had it all--chills, fever, aches, pains, sore throat. Well Friday I woke up to an unfortunate case of pink eye. Oh yes, pink eye. Who gets pink eye at 27-years-old? Oh, I do. So I called Julie who took me to the doctor's office. Yep, pink eye, some swollen glands, and one miserable me. It is the first time in three or four years I've left the house wearing my glasses and now I have to wear them for another four or five days.
I know that doesn't seem like a big imposition but for me it is. My glasses are associated with a much earlier time in my life where I was made fun of for my glasses and they had the thickness of a tree trunk! I'm going to sound completely vain and a bit hypocritical, as I am the one who ususally preaches about body image and the like, but how does one feel pretty with her glasses on and red eyes? Really now. I've always been complemented on how "pretty" my eyes are now they are covered up and goopy! EWWW! And the worst is, I had to throw make-up away.....the horrors. Anyway, I am hoping that by Monday I will be healed and on the verge of contact-wearing again!

Much love to all those enjoying the warmer weather...you know who you are!