The Sun Disappeared Today!

I'm so sad. The sun has gone! When you get sunny days in February in upstate NY it is a pure treat. We had 3 days of sunshine in a row. All that vitamin D was like an adreniline rush to my system. I had been stuck in bed all last week with the flu so the sunshine was an extra blessing. Saturday, Austin and I actually went down to Syracuse and hung out. It didn't seem like too much of a hassle with the snow melting. Then yesterday it was 40 degrees and the sun was pouring in our office window. I pulled myself right up next to the window and let the sun beam down on me until I was hot to the touch! It felt amazing! I was energized and able to work on my thesis. Thank you Lord for the sun. You don't realize how much you miss it until it disappears and a gray snowy day takes its place! Today, I am questioning God's purpose for snow!

Get a Flu Shot People!!

I was just discussing with one of our students about the flu shot and whether or not I should get one. As my last words, I commented that, "I haven't had the flu since middle school." Then Saturday morning I woke up feeling achy and coughing with a terrible headache. By the end of the day I had a fever and aches and chills. I got no sleep that night after sleeping most of the day on Saturday. I had to miss church and by the end of Sunday I was miserable with a temp of 101. I could only keep the temp down for a couple of hours before I would get terrible chills and it would go up again. I would wake up at 3 am in a terrible coughing fit and would toss and turn most of the night. I tried not to keep my husband up. I was not myself and probably not very appreciative of my husband's ways of serving me and making me "comfortable". I was a bad patient. Finally I went to the doctor's office on Monday morning which is thank the Lord is only a minute from my house. He said, "Well I think you have the flu." He did give me some Tamiflu which is antiviral medicine to help you get over it faster. Since the flu is a virus and is always changing strands, it just helps if you get it within the first couple of days and doesn't cure it. I have been coughing my head off, laying around, dealing with a sore throat and haven't had a good night's sleep yet! I realized that I spent about $65 on drs visit, medicine, and other sickly goods. A flu shot would have cost me about $20 and saved me several days of sickness. So I tell this tale to say, get your flu shot if you can. I know you can still get the flu even if you get the shot...but it is soooo worth it!

Although I do have to say that my poor sister-in-law, Audrea, has had it with all her 10 plagues and her funny story on her blog, makes me appreciate that all I have is the flu!