Carrie Barrie

We're moving a bit slow around the McCall house this morning. Yesterday I felt very overwhelmed. I was exhausted and achy and I had a headache. This is on top of feeling the pressing need to pack boxes and get ready for The Move in a few weeks. It was just one of those days (or nights really). Well, it turns out I was running a 100-degree fever. I was so relieved. I know, it sounds a little crazy, but I was so glad it was an actual ailment and not just overwhelmed that it made me feel a little better. At least emotionally. I still feel like crud this morning because I'm still running a fever. Not right this second because I took some Advil, but I still feel completely drained. That's why I'm at the computer. It doesn't take any energy to type...where it takes infinitely more than I have to pick up the three loads of laundry I folded yesterday afternoon or all the toys my children pulled out because they were completely unsupervised for most of the evening. (Brad had to go do "house stuff"...I will be so happy when it's finished! Oh wait, that will mean we have to actually Move so I take that back. Denial is much easier to live with.) This is all to say that I will not be posting a lovely post about my weekend. I went to Dallas for my sister's lingerie/bachelorette party. Eli and Brad stayed here (I flew and it was free to take Phoebe so the boys stayed home and had a boys weekend) while Phoebe and I went to Dallas. I think the girl enjoyed a little spoiling! :) But I'll post those pictures later.

Here are some pictures of my little sister, Carrie. She's always been incredibly photogenic and it's very irritating coming from someone who has a hard time taking any good pictures! Even when she's acting silly, her pictures look great. Grrrrr.




Well, it's off to comfort Phoebe who is crying at the backdoor because Eli just left. A friend is taking him to gymnastics and then home with her to play with her boys. He'll have a great day and I won't feel like he's been completely neglected. I think Phoebe feels a little neglected, though.