Well, I now know I should have no problem posting over the next couple of days . . . I have no voice.

I started feeling the cold early last week. After 2 days of taking Zicam (which is my new best friend), I stopped assuming the cold would not be nearly as severe as what the rest of my family had dealt with.

I was wrong!

Friday wasn't so bad . . .

Yesterday was fine, but I could feel my voice slipping a little by the evening. Of course we had a big to-do planned with some friends of our so I spent the rest of the night talking. We had a great time, but by the time I went to bed, I knew I would be hoarse today.

One problem . . . out girl scout troop had a planned outing this afternoon for Thinking Day (A BIG deal in the GS world) and we were representing the country of France.

Good news . . . the other girls had a great time and we won an award for the best craft project! Who knew making a model of the Eiffel Tower with marshmallows and toothpicks would be so popular? So popular that we had to make 2 emergency trips to the store to buy more toothpicks and paper plates (for the base).

Bad news . . . I had to make 2 trips to the store (one in the pouring rain), my voice was gone within the first hour, and my darling daughter spent nearly a half and hour under our table because she was tired and crabby after having stayed up until 11 last night.

To complicate matters, Kid #1 and #3 decided to spend the rest of the afternoon at each other's throats.

So now I have no voice, a throbbing headache, and Mr. Monthly has finally arrived.

At least I got to watch the Academy Awards with very little interruption . . . in between the yelling and screaming of all three kids.

So we'll just see how tomorrow goes . . .