sickness

My friend and I took the kids to the zoo on Sunday. Now her whole family is afflicted with a serious stomach bug. I am crossing my fingers and seriously praying that we don't get it. Knock on wood, we all seem to be fine at this point. No barfing at our house yet, and if we are very lucky it will stay that way.

I can handle being sick. I don't like it of course, but I can handle it. Now seeing the little ones sick, that kills me! I would so much rather take it on myself than see them deal with it. Of course, when Riley was diagnosed with Type I Diabetes, none of us knew how we would handle it. But being the amazing little girl that she is, she has taken all the struggles in stride and shown us what grace under fire is all about. It is quite incredible and I sometimes marvel at how something so traumatic at first, now seems common and mundane-just another part of our everyday life. I guess we all play with the cards we are dealt. Today I'm hoping that some aces are coming our way!

steroids

Ok, so tell me why the doctor prescribes steroids, which say right on the warning can cause you to be unable to fight infection, when you are trying to fight an infection? The war goes on against bronchitis for me. Today I took the steroids and the other meds the doctor said to take and I feel completely drugged. I can't tell if they are working or not, because of the aforementioned feeling drugged. Hopefully I won't have the sudden urge to go to the gym and lift weights. (I know they are a different kind, but I still don't like it) Because that would not be good in the resting department- which I tried to do for most of the day. I did accomplish a few things from my room, so I don't feel like a total slug. If this entry does not make much sense, I apologize for writing while under the influence. Not sure how I'm supposed to get to work tomorrow feeling like this, but I'll figure out something. For now...good night all.

absent

Some of you may have noticed my absence over the past couple of days and I must apologize. By way of explanation for my slacking, I can only say that my life has been consumed by coughing. Yes, coughing. I have learned that it is almost completely impossible to do anything else when you are coughing.

I am one of those very stubborn people who go to the doctor kicking and screaming. It may come from years of not having health insurance, when we only visited the doctor if we were on death's door, and we all survived. But I did finally go yesterday and found that I have bronchitis. Not lethal by any means. I've started on antibiotics and am hoping I will be able to occupy myself with something other than coughing soon!

silver lining

Slept 14 hours last night! I haven't been this sick in a long time. But I'm actually starting to feel better today. I should be well enough to go back to work tomorrow.

Normally when I'm sick I do a lot of TV watching. This time I did some reading. I also worked on my website, did some work on organizing old photos, balanced my checkbook and spent some time with the grand kids. (Nate's been pretty sick too) So being sick and at home hasn't felt like a total waste of time this go round. I guess every cloud has it's silver lining!

Adventures

Tess' Adventures in Wonderland, AKA Walmart.

Who knew that a shopping trip to Walmart could be so exhausting? When I stare in envy at the woman rolling by in her nifty motorized shopping cart, I realize I should not have braved Wonderland in my condition. Not only did it feel like it took 3 hours, but I'm sure I'm  buying all kinds of things I absolutely did not need. I actually put in my cart a tuna press/strainer, whatever that is. I feel a little like what I imagine someone with ADD might feel, distracted by any new and interesting thing around the next corner. Wait, wasn't I just down this aisle. Oh dear, I can't remember. Wow look, the clearance aisle. And here's the craft aisle and then the office supply aisle. I'm done for now. And what a great time to forget the shopping list! 

Moral of the story...never try to navigate Wonderland when you are sick. It can be a very dangerous place indeed.

Ebb and flow

Yesterday was a great day as far as productivity goes. I went to the chiropractor, went to McKay's and traded in my old books, exchanged the DDR for one that works with XBOX 360 (I got the wrong kind last weekend), paid my bills, took my car in for it's 30,000 mile service, took my kitty to the vet for her shots, got to speak to my wonderful brother in CA (who I haven't talked to since before Christmas-long overdue I know) and then had a great night hanging out with a brave friend and the grand babies. We tested out the Dance Dance Revolution game and found out just how uncoordinated we really are!

Now today is a different story altogether. I was supposed to do a photo shoot this morning for a motivational speaker and then head out to Lebanon for an all-day dance workshop. But I feel up to little more than laying on the couch. I really hate being sick! Mostly because of what a huge waste of time it seems. But sometimes I think it is the universe's way of saying you need to take a day to rest-part of the ebb and flow of life and energy. So today is more of an ebb day, a regeneration day. Think I'll put Nate down for his nap and take a little snooze myself. Send your healing thoughts and prayers my way if you think of it. I can use all I can get for sure!

not feeling so hot

So, yesterday I totally neglected my blogging duties due to illness. I'm coming down with some kind of congestion/cough thing...yuck! In fact, my whole family has...we are now officially the phlem family. So yesterday, after I put in a full day at the spa while coughing my fool head off, I headed to Panera for my favorite soup. Since my mom has been gone for over twenty years, it is the closest thing to mom's chicken soup I can get. It is my all-time-must-have-when-sick "thing". I ate my soup, came home, took a hot bath and went to bed. And tonight is going to be a replay of the same, sans soup. It is supposed to be a busy weekend for me, so I'm hoping all the vitamin C will kick my immune system into high gear and get rid of this crud! What do you do when you're sick? What makes you feel better? I'm the kind that likes to be left alone to rest. Some like to be babied and taken care of. It's amazing how we all experience the same things, but relate to them in such a kaleidoscope of different ways. I guess that's what keeps life interesting.