We should be out having fun right now...

Tonight is the babysitting co-op at church, and for the first time since January, we aren't working it! But we can't go because my left eye is nearly swollen shut with an eye infection. It's totally gross. The picture really doesn't do it justice. I look like Thom Yorke in real life. It came on all of a sudden, my eye started hurting yesterday afternoon about 5, and it swiftly got worse. I have no clue where I caught it, but I think Stella has it too, just nowhere near as bad. Her eyes have been watering and secreting yellow gunk since mid-day yesterday. That's on top of the runny nose she's had since Thursday. So we're just a house of germs. At night Stella's waking up a lot because of her sinuses and now her eyes, so then I wake up. Last night was the worst because she'd wake me up, I'd have to go pour water on my eye to get it unsealed, then I'd go get her back to sleep, then I'd need a cold compress to make my eye stop hurting enough for me to go back to sleep. But thankfully Tim got up with her at 7:15 and let me sleep until 9:30. I also took a nice long nap this afternoon while Stella and Tim went to the Natural Gardener and Home Depot. And I was able to see a doctor this morning. I figured there was no way one was open on Saturday, but Tim said he figured the guy he saw week before last was, and I called and sure enough they were! The doctor said it was probably caused by my contacts, but I doubt it. I've been wearing them for 18 years and I've never had anything like this happen! My theory is that I had the same thing as Stella, probably brought on by the weather change and allergies, and my contacts compounded the problem. He prescribed me some $52.99 antibiotic eyedrops (thanks, insurance, for saving me soooo much money!), and so hopefully I am on the road to recovery. Stella doesn't seem to be getting worse, and she's in a good mood (other than the fact that she hasn't slept much which is making her grumpy), so I'm going to wait until Monday to call the doctor. Hopefully we'll both be well by then. And hopefully Tim won't catch it either!

In other news, I'm waiting with baited breath to hear that Kelli's boy has been born and what is name is!