Spring Break

Sorry for the extended absence, I've been a busy and very sick girl. I woke up LAST Tuesday with a sore throat, and made the decision that I should probably stay home from work. I took some meds and laid on the couch and napped, hoping that it would be a 24-hour kind of bug and would move along before my life got all crazy with DAR State Conference and Jay and Lindsey's wedding. NOT SO MUCH.

I'm still sick. 10 freakin' days later. Of course, I only have myself to blame. I couldn't really take the time to rest with so much going on. And I wasn't going to be the wimp who didn't enjoy herself because of a little sickness. Remind me not to be so stupid in the future. I can't tell you how much fun it is not sitting on a platform in front of 700 people running a fever while preparing to give a presentation. My apologies to any sweet old ladies I may have infected last week.

I believe my last fever was Saturday night, and I took it easy early this week with going home from work and taking naps and going to bed early. Then I woke up even more sick on Wednesday. I ended up having to leave work at lunch. Such a fun and exciting way to spend St. Patty's Day! Now I have the death cough. And I wish it would go away, because it hurts and it's loud and really puts a damper on my day.

This week I've grown to have a love/hate relationship with Spring Break. I absolutely love, love, love the lack of traffic on Austin roadways. My morning commute has been taking 15 minutes!It even rained one morning and I still didn't have any slow downs on my way into work. I've definitely used that time to get a little more sleep. It's been a-maz-ing. I will be sad to see Monday return with the annoying traffic.

And now the hate part. I absolutely loathe the increased foot traffic in the Capitol. There are so. many. tourists. EVERYWHERE. The elevators take forever. There's a line in the bathroom. There's a line in the cafeteria. People randomly open our door to peer in at least 10 times a day. Foreigners ask if they can go out on our balcony. Kids just open the office door and start snapping pictures. Seriously.

I guess it hasn't been that bad for me in Spring Breaks past because I've always officed in a not-so-desirable part of the Capitol. There's nothing very historic about the Capitol Extention, it's only about 15 years old. And no one wants to see an office with no windows. But you move up to the 4th floor and suddenly everyone wants to stop by your office and just stare at you. One guy asked me if this is where they bring the Taks tests to be graded. Really? I can only guess how well you did on that test....

But enough ranting. I promise to post pictures from the wedding next week, for those of you non-facebookers (are there really any of those kinds of people left?). This weekend will be busy with celebrating Phillip's birthday and Michelle's bacheloretteness. I'm very much looking forward to our trip to Fredricksburg for a wine tour! Now if only I could stop coughing, it should make for an interesting 10 mile run on Sunday....