I was in the shower this morning feeling how profoundly blessed I was. It was more than my usual recitation to God “thank you for the girls”; it was a profound feeling that represented that thought. It’s also interesting since life circumstances are a little crazy right now.
I’m supposed to be going to a 10 day conference. I’ve been to 2 days already on concussion. I was able to give my talk yesterday. It was nice to be done with that.
I’ve been sick since sat night with chills and myalgias, sore throat and minor uri sxs. I have not slept well. My chores go undone in the midst of low energy. Still we’re limping along.
And yet I’m still hit with this profound sense of thankfulness.
Sara and Laura have been in a rut with prayer. Somewhere, Laura got the sense that her daddy was always sick because her nightly prayer unswervingly is “pray daddy feels better” for 6 mos! How good it felt when one night it changed to “mommy feel better”.
Sara made me this impromtu card.
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We get excited about the Oscars the way some folks get excited about the superbowl. We jumped up from Sunday naps. Wayne rushed me thru a new recipe, cavatappi with green beans, pine nuts, and pancetta. I burned the pine nuts twice. Wayne set up the kitchen computer to watch the pre show while we cooked quickly. It turned out delicious and got done in time.
The kids liked hanging out with us. Lots of snuggling. The Oscar show tonight was the tightest it’s been. Then edited out lots of the fancy stuff, music, more comedy, but it worked.
And Up won original score and best animated picture! Sandra Bullock won best actress. And avatar didn’t sweep the Oscars (yeah!). Hurt locker didn’t get money, but got acclaim. (Avatar is great, just not the best). I so want to see Woody Harrelson in the Messenger.
I’ve survived a weekend of conference. So did my family. Trio to the zoo. Karaoke with Julia. Adhoc dinner with J&C. Learned about the tangly, important subject of concussions. Makes me less eager to push Sara towards sports.
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I can’t stand or walk to much today. My arthritis is bothering both my heel joints and making both that activities difficult. I think it’s the variation and changes in the disease that throw me for a loop. It makes some of my basic duties harder- dishes, unpacking, following a 3 yo. So I improvise. I can’t take a new dose of my med till tomorrow. The last 2 doses didn’t help. Normally, I get a pretty quick response. Oh well. It also takes weeks to get into my rheumatologist. We’ll see.
The day is gorgeous. Laura is playing outside and having a blast.
One think I did today was pilates. It’s all mat work on my back or front. Since I didn’t have enough time to swim, that made me feel good. I might try my bike since that puts less pressure on my leg joints.
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It is so contenting to tuck in children at the end of a long day. Laura came out to get some milk while I’m doing dishes. Sara’s fast asleep. They’re just so sweet this time of night.
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