The Bug

Trip cancelled….sickness came…whatcha gonna do?

I could whine and cry and I could be mad but my body failed me once again and in a way I think it was saying uncle.

Owning a business is extremely stressful. When we are busy it’s stressful and when it’s not it’s stressful. I’m responsible for people and their children and I don’t carry that responsibility lightly. I have amazing employees now and it has taken us several years to get there….and lots of frogs. Customers lately have become unhinged and everyone is talking about it….and I think my body said I need a break….

I had a fever everyday and some days it got to 103. Yesterday was the first day I quit having a fever in a week and a half….I would wake up every morning at 2:30am dry heaving and sometimes throwing up….thankfully my doctor gave me something for the queasiness and that was a game changer.

So what did I do to keep from going crazy? Found a Netflix series to watch….got all the stuff done for my daughter’s graduation….ordered stuff for the store that I had put off….had a new HVAC unit installed and did a ton of needlepoint. Rescheduled our trip and got tickets for a wedding in the fall, and did I say needlepoint?

Read and listened to the Bible on audio….watched the snow fall and then two days later be 80 degrees…. Went through housing for Ellie’s college with her….made plans for getting her a cat for her anxiety to take with her to school.

So I say to you…..somedays….you have to listen to your body….and then for those hard of hearing like me….really listen when she starts to scream.

I had every test and was negative for them all. My doctor said everyone is sick and it’s taking three weeks for people to feel like themselves again….I am halfway there….

I will be a weirdo for a few weeks and will be wearing a mask at work because since I work with the public someone came in with something….and I can’t afford to be ill again.

For those of you who go places when you have fevers and are sick….please re think that….and please just stop….the rest of us are tired of getting sick because you don’t want to stay home.

Enjoy the needlepoint that was completed!