January 2014
After completing my 365 challenge in 2013 I took a few weeks off from
blogging. Several have inquired, “Will I continue the blog?” The answer is,
yes, just not every day. I placed great structure on my 365 challenge to blog
my thoughts about Eat, Pray, and Joy every day. This year I will stay true to
my blog title by writing thoughts on the elements of Eat, Pray, Joy but will
not feel as compelled to blog about each one every day. Maybe weekly? Maybe
monthly? We will see where the spirit moves me in 2014. That all said, I
started the year off right by eating. We do it every day, right?
New Year’s Day
My friend, Cindy stayed over and we slept in. We had a great “carb
load” breakfast after our night of drinking. I prepared bacon, eggs, English
muffins and bagels. In keeping the “good luck” tradition of New Year’s Day I
prepared a big crockpot of black eyed peas complete with a pan of cornbread. I
invited several friends over to spread the “luck” around. My daughter, Sarah,
flew in from Minneapolis in the evening. My prayers were answered as she
arrived safely. Nothing like picking someone up from the airport at 1 a.m. and
getting up to go to work at 7 a.m. Her flight was delayed because of weather in
Chicago. My joy was in seeing her at long last.
Starting off the year right…not!
Felt a little tickle in my throat as my morning alarm went off Friday
morning. During the day felt worse and realized I was running a fever by
evening. All three kids were in town and I didn’t want to miss anything but
retired early to “sleep away impending illness.” It didn’t work as my fever
spiked to over 103 during the night. Rushed to the doctor on Saturday morning,
and was diagnosed with the flu…ugh!! They prescribed Tamiflu and other Rx. I
crashed for the next 48 hours. Fortunately, taking the Tamiflu paid off and by
Monday my fever broke. I prayed that none of the kids would get it. Prayers
were answered as none did. My joy was in having a shortened case of the flu
because of getting medication so quickly.
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