Today’s plan was to go and worship the God who loves me. Our contemporary band played today. We were at the church by 8:15 to set up. The rest came in and were ready to begin rehearsal by 8:30 am. Then we played the service at 9:30 am. As it turned out, it was too much too soon for me, and I’ve had a relapse. We came straight home, and my fever spiked again. What a lousy flu this is! I’m off to bed. So glad I don’t have to work tomorrow.
Day 330 in my independence toward getting ready to meet Mickey
Happy 4th of July! Today my plan was to face a very big fear and reclaim my independence. Dear readers, you may remember that a month ago I had a very nasty fall in my bathtub, and it took three of us and a homemade version of a grappling hook to get me up and out of that tub. (Feel free to chuckle at that; I can now.) For the past month I have been driving up to the farm to shower in our sauna. (There’s no tub to climb over there.) Today I told Mike to listen for any loud thuds, to which he replied, “No more loud thuds!” 🙂 Love that man! I placed a stool right next to the tub, and I got in off of the stool. It worked like a charm. Then I leaned on the stool to get out of the tub. Clean again. Hallelujah! Fear faced…mischief managed! Praise God! Let me leave you with two thoughts from the Bible. “Perfect love casts out all fear.” and “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Amen and amen!
Have a great holiday, dear friends. Meet you at the Kingdom!
Hallelujah! My fever finally broke last night, and by the time I woke up this morning the headache had abated. So my plan for today is to make a list and get to the grocery store. The cupboards are bare here, and it’s the 4th of July tomorrow. We will have our usual burgers and hot dogs on the grill, but this year we’ll add skewers of fresh veg to the grill also. I still feel weak from being ill, so slow and easy will win the race.
Well, my plan for today was to get back at it, and so far so good; however, it’s easier than it should be because I feel sick and feverish. I had a healthy breakfast, but I haven’t been able to eat any lunch. I went and took a nap during my lunch break instead. I felt so much better with my head laid back. I am hanging in at work today until one of the other employees get back from their lunch break, then I’m cutting my losses and heading home for more sleep. I sure hope Mikey wants to cook his own dinner tonight. Stick a fork in me; I’m done!
Meet you at the Kingdom!
BTW: it took me five minutes to drag myself up off the low couch here. Just another reason to stick with it, hey? At least it’s been very easy to stay sugar-free today. 🙂
Today it was time to face the music. I have been off the rails for a week. It’s amazing to me how very easy it is to fall back into old habits. Sometimes I use stress as an excuse to make poor food choices, and I completely caved this week. So this morning I made myself step on the scale and face facts. I put on about 4 pounds. Why is it so easy to gain weight, and so difficult to lose it?? It’s supremely unfair. Anyway it was a good wake up call, and so I am choosing to go back to my good food choices and back to moving more. I’ll let you know how it goes.
Today’s plan was to go back for a post-op checkup. I had to have my first internal pelvic check since my hysterectomy. Man! I hate those things! It was not at all painful, but you just feel so violated when it’s over. Don’t get me wrong; my doctor is great. She is very gentle and has wonderful bedside manner. But there is just no way to be truly relaxed when you have a speculum inserted. Argh! Anyway everything looks pretty good, I’m told. Now I have to go back every 3 months for the next two years. Then I have to go every 6 months for the following three years. Then if all is well after five years, they say I am healed.
However, there were some odd irregularities in my cancer cells, so my oncologist wants me to see a genetics specialist to have some tests done. Man! I don’t think I can do it right now. I’m still to worn out, still too beat up. I need some time away. Maybe after I retire at the end of this year, I’ll go. I just can’t face more medical stuff right now.
So that’s what I did today to be a healthier me for our trip to Florida. Meet you at the Kingdom!
Today’s plan was to work FOODSTOCK 2015. We (Mike and I and friends of ours) worked the four hour benefit for COOL Ministries. (COOL runs two food pantries and several transitional housing units for homeless families.) Several of our friends and Mike worked from noon until 7:30. I worked it from 2 to 7. And I am pooped out! We raised over $5000 at the park today and collected 905 pounds of food. Plus we had raised over $10,000 from our corporate sponsors before the event. So all in all it was a very successful benefit. And now I’m going to sleep. Goodnight, dear readers.
Day 323 in my researching my way to meeting up with Mickey (3 months and 16 days to go)
Today’s plan was to look into Tables in Wonderland, a Disney dining discount card. The card works at the parks and also at Downtown Disney and at most of the restaurants at the resorts. The card costs $100 for Disney Vacation Club Members. Tables in Wonderland (TIW) saves 20% on most table service meals at Walt Disneyworld. It includes entrees, appetizers and even alcohol for up to ten people. When you use it, an 18% gratuity is automatically added to your bill. So basically you save the cost of the tip plus 2% on all meals. (We’re usually 20% tippers.) There are six of us going to WaltDisneyworld and we will be there for eight nights. We have at least one table service restaurant scheduled for each day that we are there. So if we have the card from the very beginning, it will not only brake even, but it will save us some moolah.
We get to Florida on Tuesday, October 13. We have a 7:00 pm dining reservation at Olivia’s Cafe at Old Key West. (My favorite restaurant in the whole of Walt Disneyworld!) So shortly after checking in, I will make my way to Downtown Disney (or is it Disney Springs yet?), to purchase a TIW card. Then I will squeeze that card dry over the next eight glorious nights!
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