"Vacation"

I'm not sure if you can call it a vacation, when you have such a horrible time, but I guess we can call it a "getaway".

But before I can get to that I have to go back a few days. Unfortunately, I ended up getting sick 3 days before we were supposed to go. I ended up going to the doctor because my ear was throbbing... so yes, he gave me antibiotics for the ear infection and strep throat... There is a problem with this however. There are 5 families of antibiotics, and I am allergic to 4 of them. At least I can take one type, right? Well, it just so happens to be the most ineffective one. As I was leaving the doctor said, "I don't expect it to work, but good luck." Ummmm, yeah.

After a few days my throat was feeling better, and even though my ear was still killing me, I gave in to the pleas of my daughter and we left for Goblin Valley State Park. Everyone had a great time... except me. I was just to sick and in too much pain to have any fun. We were supposed to leave on Wednesday but I just couldn't take it any more and we left on Tuesday morning, leaving Ally with my parents and her cousins.

I was finally able to get more antibiotics today... sadly I am allergic to these ones. I have to take benedryl half an hour before every pill, and hopefully that will make the effects minimal... But if you see me and I am covered in nasty red hives, just take pity on me and don't laugh.

So, hopefully that will be the end of it.

I have no idea where Alex unloaded the camera to, and I don't even care to go looking for it... but the few pictures I felt good enough to take, will be posted soon.