New Car, Free Baby Slings, and Bronchitis...What a Week So Far

So here I lay, Tuesday morning in bed. Normally I'd be on the light rail headed to school, but today is different. I have bronchitis really bad and I feel so horrible. I can't breathe and I'm all congested...my head hurts so bad as well. I know this is probably connected to the flu shot I got about a week ago. I haven't had bronchitis in about 5 years. I know that the reason bronchitis is now cropping up is because of the D&C surgery I had almost two months ago. I got really sick with a fever of 102.5 and chills. Dr. Leonard put me on bed rest, Azithromyacin, and Ibuprofen. After that bout seemed to get better, I went on a trip (planned since January) to Las Vegas to go to a concert. When I got home, the fever was back, only this time, I couldn't breathe, I was hacking up lung, and I had ear infections in both ears. This time I saw the campus Nurse Practitioner. She put me on Doxycyclin, Albuterol Sulfate, ear drops so I could then go in and have them louged, as well as Claritin D, and Flonase. Needless to say, I was a wreck for another 1 1/2 weeks. Now here I am post flu shot with bronchitis. Granted it's not as bad as the first bout, but I feel really horrible. I setup a warm mist humidifier with vapors so that helped last night. I'm making the executive decision however, to not go to class. I'll head to the Dr. and get a note to excuse me. I tried to go to class last time and ended up spending more time outside of the classroom in a coughing fit that it seemed counter productive to why I was even there. Believe it or not, I'm actually coughing worse this time. I digress.

On to the next piece...so my Husband and I have two vehicles that each of us brought (one each) into the marriage. Mine is an '04 Mitsubishi Lancer OZ Rally edition, 5 speed. I love this car but it's the one that was put into de-insured status to save money. My Husband's car is an '03 Mercedes Benz C240, automatic. I hate this car...it's like flushing money down the toilet. Because my Husband can't drive a stick, we're stuck with this one. Recently, we took it in because it was due for a service B and there was something going on with the fuel pump(s). $1600 later, it's still having issues, only this time it's randomly misfiring and burning fuel. It spent all day in the shop yesterday just to make sure it wasn't leaking fuel (as originally thought). Turns out the fuel smell is coming from the exhaust and it'll have to spend 3 more days in the shop and goodness knows how much more money to diagnose and fix it. I finally put my foot down and said enough is enough. No more money is going to go into that vehicle and we'll de-insure it and get mine set-up to drive. We were planning on buying a new vehicle anyway, just not this soon, so I figured the Lancer would work until we were ready. My Husband made a call to his financial adviser (his Mother) last night and told her the situation. She said to get a new car, so her an I are heading down to Ford today to discuss and look at our options. Lucky for us my Dad is a premo member with Ford and he gave us a $759 off coupon that we can use. We won't be financing but buying straight up. I didn't realize we had that kind of money saved yet but he then told me it was coming out of our savings for our house we are going to be building. I was really upset that I hadn't been a part of this decision and my Husband felt really bad. Between the bronchitis and this situation, I feel like poo.

However, I got an email from E-babies Online for a promotional deal on baby slings. I was really excited and thought I'd pass on the information. The company is Seven Everyday Slings and they sell the pouch style slings, not the ones that are being recalled due to suffocation risks. They're really stylish and the deal is this:

Get a sling free and pay just the s&h. Or, get a gift pack for $5 and just pay the s&h. 

Just enter the promo code babies and, bam, it's done. You can send the code to friends

and can even do it as many times as you like, except it's one per transaction. I love free stuff!

The fabrics are so colorful and beautiful...I told my Husband that even though we're not pregnant yet, I'm ordering a few. You can't beat the offer! Plus the site is secure, they accept PayPal, and they are backed by the BBB (better business bureau). Here are some pictures! (All rights belong to Seven Everyday Slings, I do not claim that these are my images, I simply borrowed to show the style/design)