I'm on the mend...

If only this nasty cough would go away!!!! My poor son and dd have had the same thing but not as bad as me. Thank goodness!

School is going really well this semester. I have even kept up with being sick. I had to miss a couple of days and I was worried about getting behind, but things have worked out. I feel so blessed by a good dh taking such good care of me and also our family while I have been down and out. I am also grateful for nice professors with a lot of patience. There has been plenty of sickness going around and a lot of missing students.

One of the good things coming out of this is my children are certainly more grateful of their mothers' cooking abilities. They've had way more FFY's (fend for yourself) and pre-prepared foods than they would like. I'm glad to be back in the cooking mode.

My pmdd has been better the last little while. Mostly because I'm accepting my limitations graciously and more patiently. But, every now and then, my frustration takes over and I just wish things were easier. I took so much for granted where my health was concerned for so many years and now that I don't have it the same way, or the way I want it, it's simply hard to accept some days. And the ever present "why me" still creeps out sometimes and takes over the positive. But, I'm definitely feeling more positive these days and that has helped my depression and anxiety. I am working on looking at life with a new perspective. One of gratitude, and submitting my will to the will of my Heavenly Father. As I like to say, "there is a lesson to be learned from this" and if I fight it, it will only make it that much harder.

Update

My new best friends:


I went to the dr. this morning and I have Bronchitis. Pretty nasty. He gave me a script for cough medicine, so I can get some rest, and then he gave me some antibiotics. Dr. said I should be feeling better within a couple of days. Yahoo!

Sick as a dog

Yep, that's me! I'm finally giving in and heading to the doctor. I only got a couple hours of sleep last night because of my cough. Luckily Eddie got it more mild and the kids have been well so far. What's wrong with this picture? The mom can't get sick! Oh well, they're, I mean my family, is taking good care of me. What can I say, they're wonderful!

BTW, here's a link to find out about the cliche "Sick as a dog". I found it fascinating: http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-sic1.htm