Sunday, December 17th: I'm pretty sure I have Covid right now and I've been feeling like garbage for about 3-4 days. I tried to take an at-home test this morning, but unfortunately, I botched it. I accidentally put the 3 drops into the results area instead of the correct area. Whoops. And that was the only test I had at home, too. The reason why I think it might be Covid is because the only other times in recent history that I have had to use my inhaler every 2 hours is when I have also tested positive for Covid. While I don't have a positive result right now (because I ruined it), I'm having similar symptoms to my past run-ins with Covid, and I'm also having to use my inhaler every couple of hours so that I don't cough to the point of throwing up. Well, 'tis the season of nasty respiratory sicknesses that are spreading faster than any of us would like them to. Scott was sick for about 5 days leading up to when I left Italy. I started getting a sore throat ...

After 6 weeks of being deployed, Scott is back home again. Hooray! We have been enjoying the past few days here in Vicenza, hanging out, going for walks, and cooking meals together. How nice. Monday, Dec. 4th: I drove up to Pordenone to see Avery and Kylie. Pordenone (Por-deh-NOH-nay) is about 20 minutes east of Aviano, so it was a good meeting spot. I saw online that they had a nice Christmas Market and we thought it would be fun to walk around and see what they had. The Christmas Market wasn't that great (at all), but I had a delightful time with Miss Avery!! She was super excited to see me again!! My heart just melts whenever she wants to run to me . . . Kylie had to hold her back for just a moment because I was standing behind her car and there were other cars driving by right behind me. That can be unnerving for a parent, ha ha. On our way down the street to the Christmas Market, we found a really cute Carousel. This was Avery's first carousel ride! She wasn't afraid ...