Abby’s Saturday // Twelve

D&K adventures: Who knew that a “simple” evil sinus infection could be so wicked?? I felt like I had been fighting something all week long, but on Wednesday it really hit me hard & Thursday I ended up at the doctor’s office. When asked why I was there – I told them straight out: I have the flu. I had the crazy up & down fever, the aches, the lightheadedness – that’s the flu, right?. Thankfully, I am a photographer and not a doctor, and my self-diagnosis was incorrect. Now, a few doses of antibiotics and almost sleeping constantly for 2 days, I’m finally starting to get back on my feet!

And so, since I was sick, I completely forgot about Halloween – we weren’t planning on passing out candy anyways [I know, bad Abbeys], but typically we make it into a game of turning off all our lights and sitting upstairs watching all the people walk up and down our street in their costumes. This year, I was so out of it that I didn’t even ask Derrick why he was hanging a comforter over our big living room window and just continued to snuggle into my blankets and watch unending re-runs of Parks & Recreation. It wasn’t until the next day that I realized he was doing that so no one would see our tv on! HAHA

Abby’s antics: Derrick is a great nurse, but if I could just figure out how to train Abby to bring me a glass of water and my meds she would take first place. She just knew that I was sick, and so she’d come over and lay her head on the couch next to me, or curl up at my feet to keep my toes warm, she’s such a sweet-heart. They say that dogs understand more than we ever know, and even though that might not be true of every dog – it’s definitely true of Abby!

And for her faithfulness, we “rewarded” her yesterday with her yearly trip to the vet! Poor pup, Derrick took her and said she did really well and only had to suffer through one shot. Don’t worry, she’s gotten her weight in treats since then so we’re all good.

Radiating thankfulness: We got notice this week that we overpaid our electric bill last month – so much so that we don’t owe a thing this month & we even have a bit of a credit for the next month!! If that isn’t cause for celebration, I don’t know what is!

It’s also November! That means it’s time for daily instagram-ing something I’m thankful for! Follow along & join me if you’d like – @karabbey