I woke up with a sore neck which I attribute to pups sneaking into bed with us at night. Cooper has finally realized that snuggling is kinda nice. Last night I thought it was around 2:00 am when he showed up, but I realized it was probably much earlier. And every time I moved, he scooted closer. I must have ended up with my head laying weird on my pillow.

So between my sore neck and my chest cough that reappeared, I felt miserable today. In fact, add in work stress, and I felt nauseous most of the time. So one of the first things we did when I got home was sit in the hot tub. It helped. So did the lavender neck wrap and a menthol rub. I’m thankful for those little niceties. I’m lucky.