Clogged Ear!

Have you ever had a clogged ear for say more than an hour??? It is terribly annoying and at times sheer torture! I couldn't focus on anything and my head was pounding with compacted gunk in my sinuses...I talked to my doctor who said: take sudafed, it might last a few weeks! I suffered with no relief from Wednesday (3/7) to Sunday (3/11) afternoon and almost danced a jig when my ear popped for a bit...it has since popped a couple of more times but continues to fill up and feel yucky, not to mention the limit it places on my hearing...and of course its my right ear, which is the one that is closest to RC when we are in the car...add music to the mix and I can't hear a thing! Ugh. I decided I'd rather have a broken bone and thought if we could figure out how to use this to torture terrorists, we could get all kinds of confessions out of people - just kidding.

So, that's what has been on my mind the past week...I've been kind of grouchy with Rachel Claire, its a wonder she didn't send me to time out! But, we have been having fun....going to basketball, gymnastics and taking advantage of the warm weather.

And boy, is at least one of us looking forward to all of the basketball this month - I hope Rachel Claire can tear herself away from Blue's Clues and Dora long enough to let me watch a few games. At least she can say basketball and recognizes one when she sees it - that's a start!

Princess outfit (over her dress) - complete with rain boots, in pink of course!

Having a tea party, with the pig.

Watching basketball - happily for a whole game (which included a big hot dog)!

Making the travelling motion with her hands...I have no clue how she picked that up...she also was saying "Go Team!" and "Shoot it!"

My buddy Greg Morical and his lovely family