On the mend....or not!

Saturday afternoon and Sunday were much better days for me. I sat on the front porch and enjoyed some of the sunshine (I think the sun is always so soothing and healing!) each day. The weather was just gorgeous all weekend! I even put my family room back together yesterday, and tucked away the hide-a-bed because I thought I was feeling better. My throat has continued to feel incredibly crummy still, in spite of the multiple doses of penicillin and since I woke up with a low grade fever again this morning, I'm headed back to the doctor this afternoon for some tests to see what is causing all this ickiness!

I'm such a baby when it comes to sore throats...and, this sore throat is one step away from strep...you know the feeling...the kind where you think you can't breathe around the swollenness of your throat and when I lay down I start to gag. So, last night I spent sleeping upright in my recliner (Thank the Lord for recliners!) just so I wouldn't gag myself!

Needless to say, I'm home from work again today. I've been gone a week which in some ways is so hard because I know how much there is that needs to be done. But, in other ways, I know that I can trust the Lord in His goodness and He knew long before I did that I would be gone these days at work. It's a good thing for me to be away from work...why, you ask?

Well, work hasn't been extremely kind to me recently.(That's me being kind!) Don't get me wrong...I really like the job itself. I love the patients and their sweet little faces. I love working with the families (most of the time!) and establishing a rapport with them, hopefully helping to make a difficult time in their lives a little easier! But, work has been really stressful for the last year or so. I've really been working two jobs and until the last several weeks, I'd been working close to 50 hours a week. It probably wouldn't seem half as bad if I had support at work, others I could turn to for help when there is too much on my plate. But, this has not been the case and has certainly led to an overwhelming amount of stress that has most certainly been a contributor to the illness I am now fighting!

So, I guess, what I'm trying to say...is even though I'm bored at home (thankful that I am now at least enjoying some leisurely reading!) it's been good for me to be forced to slow down, allow myself to think a little, to gain some perspective on various events going on in my life and just spend time reflecting with the Lord!