Matt just commented on my lack of updates, saying something's got to have happened in the last week. And since he knows full well what did happen, you can blame him for this disgusting post. On Monday, the day after flying home from California, I came down with a raging case of stomach flu. Now, I haven't really gotten the stomach flu since I was a kid, and I just remember occasional pukes and cool washcloths and not being allowed to eat my Easter candy. I do NOT remember the violent, body-wracking dry heaves as your stomach tries to squeeze out every last drop of bile, again and again and again. I thought that was a food poisoning thing! Either way, it sucked and I missed the whole arctic apocalypse because I didn't leave the house for days. Then, just as I finally got my guts back in order yesterday, I came down with a cold. >:-| Certainly not as bad as the flu, but it feels like my immune system is kicking sand in my face. What did I do??
Luckily, I should be mostly better by Tuesday, which starts our babymoon! Yay! We're going to the Big Island of Hawaii to see volcanoes and turtles and green sand and waterfalls and such. I'm so excited!! We're spending the first half on the western Kona side, which is dry, sunny, resorty and coffee-fielded. (Yep, that kind of Kona.) And the second half will be on the eastern Hilo side, which is rainy, lush, volcanoey and old school. There's going to be so much to do, and we're used to traveling fiercely, so hopefully it won't be too difficult to slow down for this trip. I'm not quite a waddler yet, but I've definitely become a plodder.
I need to take and post another picture. The last one I posted looks all delicate and dainty to me now. How scary is that?