today i woke up with my eye completely cemented shut with sleep. it reminded me of childhood mornings when katie would be completely blinded, not able to open either eye. like her innate ability to lose her voice at least once a year, it was something i was always a little bit jealous of.

i've been fighting a strange illness for a week now. i have a cough and a lot, a LOT of phlegm, a raw throat and a lot of fatigue. but that's it. not even a runny nose. what mucus there is, is sluggish and bright green. i relish in sharing that detail with you. :) and my eye is secreting more sleep. giselia's aunt used to eat the sleep from her eyes and that's a detail i don't think i'll ever forget. it's the way she told me--with the actions that makes it stand out in my memory.

i'm so tired all the time. maybe i have mono. if i had to have mono, i'd want it to be from a really good kiss, not a common water fountain. know what i mean? i mean at least you'd have the kiss to get you through it. you'd have the kiss to make mono livable. memories of a water fountain slurp have less motivational appeal. i mean you can't lie there in bed and think of how lovely it was to appease your thirst.

i did use a public water fountain recently. at the wal-mart last saturday--oh wait but i was already ill then... never mind.

so i haven't had a very productive week, is what i'm trying to say. i spend all my non-working time laying on the couch, sleeping or trying to watch a movie and then falling asleep anyways. edith and i have been watching different strokes and have had some good laughs. what i want to know is what happened to mrs. garrett??

last night was jacky's wedding shower. i wasn't going to go because of not feeling well and feeling so tired but edith convinced me that i should. i wasn't happy about it though. my hair was yucky and when i put on a skirt it was very wrinkled. "i like your skirt wrinkled," commented edith, "it's very back packer wedding." "what!?" i said in my grumpy exasperation. "that doesnt' even make any sense!" "not like you were the one getting married," edith endeavored to explain, "i mean, like you were back packing and then you decided to go to a wedding." right.

i cheered up though. we got to the surrey stake centre right at 6 and were the first guests to arrive besides gab and the people helping to put the reception on. so we helped put buns on the tables and turn on the 'tea lights' on, in the centre pieces which were three sided framed pictures of the bride and groom.

nikki and james sat with us. we liked james a lot. he seemed pretty perfect for nikki. jordan and tracy were there too because jordan was jacky's bishop and he did the ring ceremony. jane got her hair cut. it's pretty cute. trevor was there and completely bald headed--shaved. barb was looking sassy.

we left after dessert (a chocolate dipping fountain) and before dancing was very much under way. i told edith that the evil step mother would have said "yes, but you're only here for the food" to us. but alas there was no one to neigh at over the buffet table.