Sick - Noticing a Pattern

Last night's party went great!  My husband had a great time!  I'll post some pictures over the weekend.  Right now I am sick.  The small cold I caught around Thanksgiving has settled in my lungs in a terrible way.  I have been coughing for about 4 weeks now and it has been getting progressively worse over the last 10 days.  Earlier this week, I got an awful pain in my right ribs when coughing and have been in pain ever since.  I can barely pick up the kids right now, can't lay on my right side, and can't run or exercise very aggressively.  Like most health care professionals, I'm a terrible patient and should have gone in to get this looked at weeks ago instead of thinking it would go away eventually.  Unfortunately, the earliest I can be seen is Tuesday so I'm taking lots of NSAID's right now to try to control the pain.

Upon hearing me hack and moan in my office today my good friend and co-worker commented, "Boy, I hope this cough isn't like the one you had last year.  That one lasted for months!".  It was then that I realized - SHE'S RIGHT!  I have gotten this every single winter for the past 3 years!  Each year it gets a little worse.  I'm so glad she said that because the pattern became obvious!  Now when I go in Tues, I'll not only talk about getting well this time, but what I can do next winter to prevent it!

On another note I realized today that summer and warmer weather is only a few months away!  Hooray!  For me this spring it will mean getting back into bikini shape.  I wore my 2 piece last year and felt comfortable in it, but definitely noticed that what once was firm was quite the opposite.  I'd like to get back that "firmness" before our trip to Hawaii this summer.  Not sure if that's possible after 3 babies, but I'm gonna give it a try! :)  This is similar to the one I want....although I'm almost 100% sure that this model has never had a baby!