Life Is Good

The birds rise early. At 5am I hear their beautiful song and a smile crosses my lips. I have awakened in time to hear the lovely wakeup call of my neighborhood, back and forth, across the fence, through the trees, lightly washing in the window and landing gently on my ears. I love their sweet melody. It’s the perfect way to start the day.

So I ended up stopping by and seeing the nurse and then the ARNP yesterday. My throat just kept keeping worse and it has steadily declined since the first hoarseness during radiation, so I figure, I’d rather be safe than sorry. Glad I went. They did a strep culture, which they anticipate will be negative, but I do have some “white spots on my uvula” which sounds sort of nasty, no matter how you say it! Also, Jessie was over yesterday and will be over today and is also getting a little green snotty nose, so the threat of infection is already there. So they put me on a Z-pack, only I take twice the dose as normal, Sudafed and all my regular meds to stave off any potential worsening of the infection. Other than the sore throat, I’m exhausted. I feel asleep on the couch yesterday afternoon and felt like I could have slept all night! My body feels weak and heavy and moves slowly. But, I’m still moving, and that’s what counts! I sit here on my beautiful patio, enjoying the sounds of the world around me and I can move, which is a far cry from a few months ago. I am slowly working on those thank you cards for all the amazing people that worked or donated, but please please be patient with me. I can only do a few at a time before I am just too tired to make my brain and hand work together anymore, so it’s a slow process. And when you DO get a thank you, please excuse any errors. With typing like this, on the computer, it’s fixable, once it’s put to paper…well… all I can do is start over or cross out!!

Also, I wanted to thank everyone who has been bringing meals! They are awesome! If you have dishes over here, please let me know! I have lost track of whose is whose in the pile in the basement, so if you are missing a dish, and it might be here…let me know! Really really, you can have it back!

So I think, what words of wisdom can I impart on you today? I wear a lot of “Life is Good” shirts. In fact, they are my favorite shirts. I wish we had a Life is Good store here, or maybe not, because I would buy them out. I would have shirts, mugs, hats, you name it. I love Life is Good because of the truth it carries. A lot of the shirts say “Do what you like; Like what you do” and isn’t that the truth? We need to enjoy what we are doing with our lives. If we are not, then there needs to be some reevaluating done. Do you look forward to your day? Are you where you want to be in your life? If you aren’t, what’s it gonna take to get there? Life is too short to go through it miserable or unhappy. It just is. It’s the blink of an eye, the flash of a camera, the twinkle of a lens. It goes by fast. So enjoy it why its here. No one can enjoy every moment, but look to the seconds that you CAN enjoy. This day, today, is the only today you are going to get. You can’t get it back tomorrow, it’s gone. So cherish it, don’t let the day slip by unnoticed. Take the time to talk to you co-worker about their upcoming holiday plans, or find a moment to chat with someone about their life. It’s amazing what people think and do and will share. We want to share our lives, we want to be a part of something else bigger than us, we are human and we want to be part of the human experience.

So go make it a Life is Good day. I am wearing a pink (big surprise) Life is Good shirt with a Red Heart. Nurse Kay – This one’s for you.