This week is NOT starting out well....

This is NOT good.....

I got a phone call at lunchtime. My Christina isn't feeling well, maybe I should pick her up from school. She didn't have a fever, but she was cold and then hot, and just tired. And my Christina is NEVER too tired for school. She absolutely LOVES school and hates to miss a second of it. In fact, until today, she hadn't missed a single day! Whoo Hoo!!!! With only 8 weeks left, I thought we may actually have a perfect attendance year!

Oh well, she came home and the fever started. She was tired, and flushed so I tucked her in bed, got a movie going, got her some Motrin and a drink and a popsicle and....

...30 minutes later, she wants to go outside to play and she is doing headstands in the family room. Huh??

She didn't go outside (much to her chagrin), as I tried to keep her quiet and rest a bit, but she really was feeling better. However, before bed, I could see a change in her as the Motrin wore off. Man, that stuff is awesome. Even in her feverish state, she still was cooperative as I grabbed my camera to shoot my daily "project 365" photo!

This is not a good week for an illness. ESPECIALLY if this illness starts to spread to other members of the family....ESPECIALLY if it spreads to me!

Why? Well, not only is this weekend our Easter, but I am also shooting my first official wedding on Saturday!!!! YIKES!!! I am so excited, yet also a bit nervous. OK, I am horribly nervous. But this is really an amazing opportunity that I could not pass up.

It is a small wedding, but in a really nice old Catholic church. And the reception is small but in one of the nicer venues around here. The bride and groom are about my age (40ish) and on their second marriage. They had asked a friend to just take pictures, but a sudden change of plans, and the friend pulled out. A friend of mine recommended me at the last minute and, voila, here I go!!!! They seem like incredibly nice people who are really up for anything. This bride seems as far from a "bridezilla" as I have ever seen. In fact, her only comment was "We really don't care, we trust you will get some nice pictures. We just want to be married." Awwww!!!!!! How sweet!!! Sounds like true love to me!

Anyway, I am really trying to get myself prepared this week, and a sick family would really throw a huge wrench into my plans. And if I get sick? I don't even want to think about THAT possibility. I will cry. Seriously.

Lastly, a funny story about my Kallie-Wallie. We were waiting for Christina's bus this morning, and she brought her purse with her. As we sat there she proudly announced - "Guess what I stole from Mimi (grandmother)!!!???" And she pulled a Little People mailbox from her purse. She was so proud! She must have snatched it during the commotion of their Easter dinner. I don't know where she learns this stuff. She looks so innocent, but I am afraid there is a raging kleptomaniac brewing inside..

Good night!!