I was good to Vermont, but it wasn't very good to me.....

Road Trip 2006 started out well.

At 7:55 on Thursday morning, I was waiting outside on my porch waiting for Jaime to come pick me up. We were heading to Vermont for the weekend for a wedding. To stay on schedule, we need to be on the road at 8:00. No problem. Jaime and I got some "us" time before we picked up Becca and the madness began.

We grabbed some caffeine from Tim Horton's, and off we went! The trip absolutely sailed by.... 8 hours felt like 2. We caught up, sang loudly, played games, laughed, ate, reminisced about high school, planned Jaime's future wedding, and much much more. We have all the highlights of the trip on tape- it's quite hilarious if you ask me!

We pulled into Vermont at about 6ish. It was cold and rainy, but we didn't care. We were just so excited to be there to see Missy (one of our best friends from High School) get married. We settled into our room and got ready to get some food at the local tavern. The wedding was out in the middle of nowhere at a Ski Academy, so we didn't have many choices on where to eat. My dad warned me before I left that there was nothing in Vermont, and he was totally right.

This is where Vermont began to hate me.

It all started with a sore throat and a tiny headache. I just thought it was from being in a dry, air-conditioned car for so long. I got through dinner, though I got tired real quick. Missy and the wedding party showed up at 8, and we finally go to spend some time with her. She looked awesome, and her now husband is so nice, and very handsome! Good work, Missy! We got to see her parents, who we hadn't seen in almost 7 years, and it was so great to catch up.

We got back to the dorms that we were staying in at around 10ish, and I was in bed soon after we walked in the door. But that didn't last long. All of a sudden was totally congested, my stomach was cramped, and my head was pounding. After a couple trips to the bathroom, I knew that I needed medicine if I was ever going to sleep. Jaime and Becca were such troopers, and they got up with me to take me to the store. We found a little gas station open, and I grabbed some medicine to knock me out. I took some as soon as I got in the car, but sadly it now lies on the side of the road somewhere in East Burke, VT, along with dinner.....if you know what I mean. Sorry about the sweat pants, Jaim......

I rolled out of bed at 1:00 the next day, still not feeling great, but determined to go to the wedding. It started at 4:30. We took out time getting ready, and after making a stop at Dunkin Donughts for some hot tea, we went to the wedding. No lie, people, we could see our breath, it was so cold. She wanted to have an outdoor wedding, but that obiviously didn't turn out since it was POURING out. So she had the ceremony inside the tent where the reception would be. I still felt so awful, and now I was freezing. I felt like such a baby. Becca and Jaime were so good to me, offering me their coats, and letting me know that we didn't need to stay late. I love Missy, and I was glad I was there to see her get married, but I just wanted to be home! The ceremony was only 15 min. long, and Missy was SO beautiful- tho we didn't see her face at all during the entire ceremony. All we saw was the groom's back the entire time.

We didn't stay long, needless to say. We ate the dinner that Missy paid for us to have, and we talked to Missy and Jim, and let them know that we were heading out earlier than planned, and she was so understanding about it, and I was so thankful. Our plan was to stop and stay the night in Albany, then drive the rest of the way back on Sunday. But at 10:00 when we hit Albany, we decided to go all the way back to Rochester- save us money by not having to get a hotel room, and it allowed us to be able to sleep in. I was happy about it because that only meant that I had to drive for 5 1/2 hours instead of 9.

But even with feeling so lousy, the trip home went by so fast, and I was so thankful! I had GREAT company.

Jaime and I got to Allegany at 2:30ish, and I was back on the road at 3:30. Home at 7ish, and in bed at 8:30. Poor Mike was so looking forward to spending time together, and hearing about my trip, but I was just too sick and tired to stay up. I have the late shift at work this week, and I was thankful because I could get more sleep. Wrong. It's now Wednesday, and I still haven't slept hardly at all. I'm up all night coughing, stuffy, achy, and I'm fed up. Mike has been sleeping in the guest bedroom because the coughing was keeping him from sleeping too. He's also fed up. The first thing he said to me this morning was "You need to call the doctor". I agreed.

I called at 9:30 this morning, and they said they only had an appt. for 9:45, so I Okayed it with my boss, and left work. An hour later I came back to work letting them know that I had a sinus infection, and throat infection, an ear infection, and the beginnings of bronchitis. I have 3 different prescriptions to take, and I'm not allowed to go back to work until Friday. No fun.


No fun at all.

As I right this I hear Christy saying...."oh Rachie...." because she always sympathizes with me. She may not agree, but she is going to make a great mom.

I see Kurt shaking his head because he knows that I don't take good enough care of myself. I'm just waiting for an email that starts out by saying "this is your doctor speaking...."

I see Becca yelling at the screen saying, "See Mike, she really was sick!" (I got no sympathy from Mike when I called him Friday night to pout about being sick)

I hear Jaime saying, "Well, I guess we're not taking a road trip to Vermont again any time soon..."

You got that right, Jaime....

You got that right.