Real Bummer!

Just the other day, I was talking with someone about having had the flu shot & the pneumonia shot this winter. They were saying they had been sick several times and was just getting over being sick right then. I hadn't been sick since September, when I had a bad case of bronchitis & a sinus infection. The doctor had told me the pneumonia shot was good about helping people, who were prone to have bronchitis, to not get it or if they did, it wasn't so severe. So as the conversation goes on, I'm feeling cocky and declare I haven't been sick all winter, thanks to having had the flu & pneumonia shot! I'm thinking....yeah, it's already near the end of February & I haven't had my usual case of yuck. I'm not gonna get sick this winter!! WRONG!!! As the day was winding down into late evening on Thursday, I began to feel a little tough. Throat was a bit sore, face and head was feeling stuffy & a general all over, not feeling good. I get up Friday morning, seem to feel a bit better. But, within one hour of being up, I was beginning to drag. My head and nose all stopped up, even my ears felt stopped up. I tell myself.........shake it off, you're ok, you don't feel as bad as you think you do. But in the back of my mind(you know that voice, that tells you the hard truth, you don't want to hear), I'm hearing my bed call my name! It's saying, Maria come lie down, you know you can't keep going, come on lay down, snuggle up and go to sleep! But it's so pretty outside, I want to do something outside, I don't want to be sick! Finally at 2:30pm, I give in and crawl into my bed. Oh, how good it felt. Next thing I know, it's 7:00pm. Oh no! I had baby back ribs thawed out to put on the smoker, it's too late to put them on now. Plus, I feel rotten!

It's Saturday now and this yuck is oozing it's way into my chest. I'm beginning to have a little bit of a cruddy cough. This isn't good! Guess I shouldn't have felt so cocky, a few days back. It's come to haunt me!!

I asked Ed the other night, if we could go to the movies this weekend. His reply was "maybe. I've been thinking on it, but I can't tell you, it's suppose to be a surprise." So, I'm thinking, he's planning a date for us this weekend. AND I"M SICK!! What a BUMMER! I really want to go on this date. If, you have been doing the couples devotions, you'll know that a few nights back, it suggested that we write down 3 romantic things, we would like for our spouse, to do for us. One of my 3 things, was for him to plan a date for us, where we were going, where we were eating, what we were doing, anything, just as long as I didn't have to do the planning. So you see, this date is very important to me and I'm afraid that he will call it off, because I'm sick. His Dr. Daddy instincts kick in when I get sick and he wants me to rest and not exert myself. That means, staying at home on the couch or in the bed, taking medicine around the clock. He always takes really good care of me, when I'm sick. He takes on all the household duties, cooking, cleaning up and petting me. So what more could I want.....I'll tell you what I want.......I want to go on that date & feel good, that's what I want!!

So, if you are reading this and it's Saturday, PRAY HARD, that this yuck leaves my body by this evening!

Being sick is a BUMMER!