Thank you all for your congratulations and concern. We are still so excited, and still just a little bit in shock. I mean we were sitting up at the lake house this afternoon with Landon, marveling at how much he seemed to change in two days, and I couldn't believe that just three days earlier we were up at the lake, marveling at the Landon, and we didn't have a house. Now we (almost) do. Getting married, having a baby - these things did not make me feel like a grown up. Having conversations that include "down payment", "mortgage", and "escrow" do. I'm (almost) a homeowner. After 10 million years in school, I'm going to have a full-time job. I'm feeling less like I'm playing an adult and more like I actually am one.
I did get to a doctor last night - a lovely little clinic near our new house. The doctor was wonderful and very thorough. He had some blood drawn for a CBC to see if what we were dealing with was even bacterial (since I wasn't responding to the antibiotics AT ALL), and it turns out it's viral. He asked if I'd had a flu shot (yes) and said that he had seen several people with terrible sinus-seeming-infections that were actually viral and possibly some odd variation of the flu. He gave me a shot of cortisone to help with the swelling that was threatening to split my head open, and I'm happy to report that it's working! I woke up this morning and my first thought was: "I don't have a headache!!!". It has since returned, but nothing like what it was before. My jaw no longer hurts to open and close and my eyes don't hurt when my eyelids close over them. I believe I will be able to get on the plane and return to Chicago, which is good, because while I'm excited about Austin, I still love my Windy City.
The home inspection is tomorrow, our lender has almost all our documents, I don't want to bore a hole in my head, and I'm watching Enchanted with my mom while Landon sleeps upstairs. Things are pretty fantastic.
Fugs & Pieces, November 22, 2024
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I'm glad the doctor was able to give you something to help. Hopefully your flight will be bearable. When is your flight? Do you have a closing date on the house yet? It is all so exciting.
ReplyDeleteThat is all very wonderful news!!! So glad to hear that you're feeling better and that the doctor was able to determine that you had a virus so different course of action could be taken. Hopefully now some basic Advil cold and sinus will work for you adn keep your face drained. ;)
ReplyDeleteCongrats!!!!!
ReplyDeleteA mortgage is pretty fuggin' sobering. I definitely feel like an adult now, I don't know if that's a good thing:)
I am glad you are feeling better!!! I know exactly what you mean about feeling like more of an adult - though I still have moments where I'm shocked that I'm 30, with two kids, a car payments, a mortgage, car payments, and a few extra pounds. How on earth did that happen to a young kid like me? Even though I am clearly an adult and I love my life, I am still shocked by the irrefutable weight of the evidence that I am, in fact, a full grown woman. For some reason, being an adult seemed like I'd have to be so mature, confident, and invulnerable. Yet I still feel vulnerable and sensitive - adulthood doesn't "feel" the way I expected it to feel when I was 18 or 20.
ReplyDeleteYAY- good news all around it looks like- with the house and being cured. Now you get to think about packing :) lol
ReplyDeleteToday is the 6 month anniv of closing on our first house, and let me tell you, you will love having a house. Yes, it's a money pit and a time commitment, but it's a HOUSE and it's YOURS. Fingers crossed that everything goes smoothly for you!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on everything! It's amazing how quickly life can change, isn't it? And I'm so glad to hear you are feeling better. :)
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