Convalescing...or not :-)

I finally went to the doctor on Friday and found out that I had strep. I was not really expecting that since the only fever I had was Sunday night, and it was only 99.8 (although my norm is 97.4ish, so that was high for me). Anyway, Wednesday night the right side of my throat down into my ear started just aching, and I was glad I went to the doctor because by Friday afternoon my throat felt like it had knives in it. I had stopped gargling with the apple cider vinegar because I thought it was giving me sores in my mouth, but after I found out that the sores were from the strep, I started gargling with the ACV again. Man, that stuff is definitely effective! I even had some Magic Mouthwash which was prescribed by the doctor, but it just numbed my mouth/throat and didn't really help with the knives in my throat. ha So I ditched it, and that's when I started using the ACV again and the hurting went away.

So yesterday afternoon I was feeling very sorry for myself. I was not looking forward to another weekend of dealing with sickness and being stuck in the house. However, we did not stay around the house! Evan got a wild hair and decided that we should just go somewhere, anywhere. I finished making my yogurt and packed a lunch and swimming gear, and we took off for the lake! We went to a place we'd never been before, and we had the whole swimming area to ourselves for more than half the time we were there! I think we all feel much better after getting away for a bit. :-)

How's that for a convelscing weekend??!! ;-)