Strep

I started feeling rough Sunday morning when I woke up and have gradually gotten worse. At first I thought it was just a sinus infection because of the weather changes. But yesterday, I was so sick by the end of the night at work, I came home and passed out. T's mom took me and Josie into her office this morning. She thought Josie might have the flu and wanted to check me out too since I wasn't feeling well. Turns out we both have strep. Thank goodness for a MIL who is a nurse and who kindly called in a prescription for us. She said that Josie started feeling bad Thursday or so but just thought it was a cold. Josie has been staying with us on the weekends and she probably gave it to me this past weekend. Fun. ;)
I missed classes today and will probably miss class and work tomorrow. For now, I am just going to try to relax and rest.

Oh, deer...

 And yes, that is supposed to be spelled like that. Read on. ;)

I can only be still for so long. The 4-5 day migraine was bad enough. Less than a day of being migraine free and I woke up with a sinus headache. Lovely. I spent the day with a box of nearly gone kleenex and a consistent flow of dayquil. I feel a little bit better. No more sore throat, coughing, or runny nose. Mostly just sneezing and a slight headache. =)

Having my sweetheart home for the evening helped. T went in for his shift at 2 and got to come home about 4 hours early(around 6:30) because of the "snow storms" coming. Considering typical Mississippi weather, it really would surprise me if we only got flurries. ;) But the community is not taking any chances and many schools have already canceled school for tomorrow. Ah, snow days in Mississippi! Oh, and since his contract pays him to be there the full time, he got paid for those extra 4 hours that he was home.

T came home and, without saying a word, cooked our dinner tonight. I didn't ask or anything. So sweet! Of course, it was part of our Eat from the Pantry challenge. He made Jambalaya with cajun deer sausage. We have been eating deer meat a lot lately and I feel like we haven't even made a dent in it. We still have some in my mom's freezer and my sister is giving us a deer roast. I feel like deer meat is coming out of my ears but I am so grateful that we have it for this month long challenge!

We have a huge pack of deer steak and I don't have a clue what to do with it. Unfortunately, I have never really done a lot of cooking with deer meat. Growing up, we never really had deer meat on hand. What we have used is just basic(sausage with breakfast, jambalaya, red beans and rice, etc). So if you have any ideas or recipes, send them my way!