Herpes

I have herpes. I'm not afraid to admit it. I've been dealing with alot of stress as of late, in fact, so much stress that I'm not sure I've ever felt such stress before. The herpes began around Thursday and has grown since Friday when the stress began. When I say herpes, I mean canker sores. Two canker sores on the inside of my bottom lip. One is the size of Rhode Island, the other is the size of Texas. One is bigger than the other, but they both hurt like a son of a bitch.

So, I've learned a few things about my body and how it reacts when under extreme stress:

• I get canker sores and they will not improve
• I sleep terribly
• I dream about the issues at hand
• I lose all sense of hunger, which was nice considering I ate more this weekend, while I away, than I have since joining WW on February 8th. Putting me right on track.
  
• I shake.
• I cry.
• I get hot and turn red. (my friends of family know about the red thing)

So, yesterday I spent my day in a tired stupor from not sleeping, while shaking, crying, hot, red and with a mouth full of canker sores. Sounds attractive, doesn't it?

"I guess so." That's what Anna says now for no reason whatsoever. "I guess so, Mom." It's very cute. She also has discovered what an accident is. You know, when she puts her banana in her orange juice at breakfast she says "it was an axcellent, Mom." How does she know that when she says it's an accident, I'm not supposed to become angry?

We had a great weekend away. It went really quickly, but it was incredibly productive. You know you're in good company when the people you're with always like to eat the same things you want to eat, there are frequent trips to Target and to ice cream parlors and the evenings are spent watching Oprah. yee haw...that's what I call a good weekend.

I leave you with a picture that Brian took of my babies while I was away and a picture of Anna and I just before I left on Friday. By the way, Brian is the best father and husband ever. Through all of this stress, he has been an amazing shoulder and a fantastic ear. I'm so lucky. Brian had a great weekend with the kids, I just know they all had fun, I can tell.