ponderings of the sick...

n just 24 hours, I have been through 1 bottle of Tylenol, almost 4 boxes of tissues, 3 Gatorades, 3 nausea tablets, 4 tablets of tamiflu, 3 tablets of an antibiotic and 2 packets of ramen noodles… have had my blood checked twice, 2 urine tests, 1 chest x-ray and one long q-tip shoved up my nose almost to my eyeball and have almost completed a tube of Burt’s bees chapstick due to the fact I can’t breathe out of my nose and now have severely chapped lips – I have reached a temperature of 102.6 three times, hyperventilated due to dehydration and took a nap while waiting for the doctor and have only had a total of about 3 hours of sleep...

On my way to bed, I take the current bottle of Gatorade I’m drinking, an unopened Gatorade bottle, the bottle of nausea medicine, the bottle of Tylenol, a new box of tissues and my thermometer with me in case for some reason I may need any of these items before I awaken and return back to my spot on the couch in the morning…

During this sickness, it has allowed me to just ponder a few things...

Why aren’t tissues softer? (even if they have lotion in them)

How come no matter how many times you blow your nose it does nothing…?

Is it sad to count down the time until I can take the next prescribed medication?

How high is my heating bill going to be this month?

Why does my couch feel more comfortable than my bed?

Why must it be so hard to get into those plastic wrappers that pills come in – if it’s a flu medication, don’t they realize I’m weak?

Why is Gatorade so hard to rip from the pack – if it’s to hydrate me from the flu, don’t they realize I’m weak?

The tissues on my floor make it look like it has snowed an inch or two inside.

What happens when you beat all the available levels on angry birds?

How long can I use the excuse of being sick to not clean my apartment … at all

A new year doesn't scare me...

inally I am updating! Wow - i can't believe it has been a month since i last "blogged". so much has happened and so many times i have told myself "i should write about that" and then i get distracted and before i know it, it's was a month later...

2010 was nothing short of great and i don't think i really have any complaints. i can only hope and pray that 2011 will be even greater.

this past month has been quite eventful...
- i finished my semester with my first ever 4.0 in college.
- i went back to work at old navy for the holiday season - a place i love and am so thankful to have a job to fall back on with people that i get along with so well.
- i cut off 13 inches of hair and donated it. though it was super short and a lot shorter than i imagined, it has grown on me and i'm learning to deal with it's shortness
- we had our driveway redone and it ended up being super slick and mom fell and landed on her head. what an eventful morning to the ER that was. after a concussion and 8 staples she is all better (minus a little confusion here and there that she now tries to blame on her fall) and our driveway has been repaved again.
- while our driveway was being redone again, all of our cars were parked on the street and a super nice person decided to take a BB gun to all of our cars - which resulted in a shattered window on my car. i now know what it feels like to have a plastic window flapping in the wind down the highway.
-christmas was great - new traditions were created and great fun had all around. it was great to experience a true "white christmas"!
- my brother and his wife finally came for our family christmas and i realized how much i miss having him around often

and lastly, i ended my year with another trip to see the Avett Brothers and ring in the new year with them! such a great show!!! they had these girls that signed all of their songs throughout the entire show. they had their sister sing with them as well as their precious dad who came out and made an appearance. that is one band and show i never get tired of seeing!!!

I can certainly feel God doing great things in 2011. He has already done so much for this upcoming Chrysalis weekend and I can not wait for that to get here. One of my old roommates is getting married TOMORROW! I also will be graduating. Going to Colombia. Finding a new place to live. Finding a job. and possibly starting my "adult" life. Though it all seems like scary thoughts, I know God knows what He's doing and I trust everything will work out whether I stress about it or not.

Bring. It. On. 2011.