IN SICKNESS AND HEALTH

It's been a while since I have been able to blog.  My life has been crazy the last few weeks, going in a thousand different directions.

This is how it went....

{This is my life the last few weeks.} 

Actually it's a photograph I took to teach myself how to paint with light.  It looks rather kindergarten-ish but it was only my third photo using this technique.  I will blog about it later.

To start off the craziness I have been through lately, my computer was down for some time before it was able to be fixed so blogging was out of the question

 ...and

I have also been crazy busy with photo shoots, I have had to dedicate any extra time outside of my normal family duties for editing and printing to keep up with the shoots

....and

I've been sick.  The kind of sickness that produces a stuffed head where you cant breath out of you nose, your ears are plugged and you are wishing some part of your face would pop so that you could get some relief! But it never happened and the misery continued until the Robitussin kicked in.

Just when I thought I was getting better the nagging cough started, just enough to completely and utterly drive myself and all those around me crazy from listening to 4000 coughs per minute of pure hacking noise. Yuck!

I tried to go to the doctor, once, but when I finally called, it was Saturday and they were closed.  There's always next week, I thought to myself.  

Funny how we sometimes forego our own care for others first.  I took my kids to the pediatrician as soon as they got the bug, but somehow I thought 'I' could beat it.  I took my Emergen-C Raspberry Flavored Fizzy Drink Mix everyday and tried to 'will' myself to full health.  After 5 weeks and 3 days I lost the battle and called my doctor, first to see if the nurse would call in an antibiotic, but she said by the sound of my cough, no chance, I had to make an appointment.  Darn.

When I got to the doctor's office I immediately felt worse, probably because everyone around me was sniffing, coughing and droopy eyed.  At least I fit in.  When I heard my name called I jumped up and followed the nurse down the long hall where we made a pit-stop at the scale. [Dread]  The good news was I lost a few pounds, an unexpected surprise for the day.  We proceeded down the down the hall and into the room where I hopped up on the paper-covered table so the nurse could really get a good look at me.  She took my vitals, they were perfect, I'm fine I said to myself.  The she took my temperature. She said, "did you know you have a fever?" My mouth dropped, "I HAVE A FEVER!"  [Whaa] That's why I felt so bad.  

Needless to say, my doctor was not happy with me for not coming in sooner.  He said the next stage with this bug could have been pneumonia. [Yikes]  So I did learn from my self-neglect, that's all I will say.  Don't feel sorry for me, I don't deserve it.  

I will be better faster than you can shake a stick.  [That's a saying my Grandpa used to say] Who shakes sticks anyways? 

Good Night!