It's been exactly 7 days since I've been "under the weather". And while some days have been better than others, this cold is being persistent in lingering around.
I think the biggest problem, is that I haven't taken anything for the infection. I've just been fighting off the symtpoms with DayQuil/Nyquil and cough drops. Danny's going to look into getting me some penicillin soon though, that should do the trick. The most uncomfortable thing I'm dealing with is the lack of taste and smell. We had 2 freshly baked peach pies in the car yesterday, and I couldn't smell a thing! I also could barely taste my food, but that didn't stop me from stuffing my face - I was starving come dinner time.
The peach pies that I made yesterday came out ok, better than what I thought they would. I was struggling with rolling out the pastry dough when it came out, and it always seems to give me trouble when I made the 2 crust recipe v. the 1 crust. Yesterday the dough was too stiff and kinda dry. It kept breaking apart. I think I'm just going to look for a new recipe. The one I use calls for shortening, and I've seen a handful of recipes where they use butter in place of the shortening. It just might be that time to look for a newer one.
Today is going to be a quiet Sunday. I'm still resting up and taking it easy. But come tomorrow, the job-hunt will go back into play. I've decided to just find something, anything. My degreee hasn't helped any, so much for that. Most of it is the location and demand. If we were say in San Antonio or Austin, I don't think it would be this difficult to find a job. So for now, for the time being - I'm just going to try to find something to get through this time being here. We don't plan on staying here more than a year anyway. Here's hoping!
