3 is the number of children who will be eager to open gifts this Christmas. Given that there are only 2 gifts so far...that might be a problem.
11 is the days left until Christmas.
7 of these 11 days won't work to go out and purchase gifts because we are busy. Busy with things like:
- Paul leaves for his San Diego State University interview (this Monday - Wednesday
No worries, his one and only power suit is professionally dry cleaned (I decided to forgo the Dryel-do-it yourself disaster from his JHU interview this time, didn't want my Mr. to smell like we Febreezed him before his big day).
- I work two of the days between now and Christmas
- the 23rd is Paul's 31st birthday
4 is the number of P words that are currently ruling over my life currently.
- 2 are amazing (Paul and pregnancy)
- 2 are causing me to feel the absolute worse I have ever felt before (pleurisy and pneumonia). They have also been the reason to be a "frequent flier" in the hospital lately.
Pleurisy is inflammation of the lining of the lungs. Which just is a fancy way of saying every time I breath it feels like someone is stabbing me in the lungs. Because I am pregnant I (refuse) to take pain medication because the ones that I can take are all pregnancy category C - so not considered safe to take while pregnant. I have really learned the importance of heating pads - what an amazing non-pharmacologic way to help ease a little bit of this pain. Add in pneumonia on the inside of my lungs...and well my life revolves around breathing treatments and antibiotics right now. I am so very thankful that this is just a temporary misery and I have never had to experience any chronic conditions that make me feel this way before. I sure am realizing how lucky I was to have mostly healthy pregnancies prior to this one. Treating this yuck I picked up has been a nightmare - I am pregnant so that limits the medication available to use (because we have to keep baby safe too!) I am hopeful that this THIRD round of antibiotics is the one that will finally kill off this nasty bacteria. One of the downfalls to being a RN is being exposed 24-36 hrs/ week to all of the hospital germs, which is another reason why this pneumonia has been so hard to treat. I am ready to be healthy again, gain back some of this weight I have lost, and get back to running!
The positive side of being on the down low, I finally addressed all of the Christmas cards, and will maybe actually get them sent out this year (if I can ever get out to the post office for stamps!). My Mr. has informed me that he isn't writing the famous Loprinzi newsletter this year, which makes me pretty sad. So if you know his number, start texting his phone the reasons why his letter makes our Christmas card so much better.
My kids have been so sweet to me lately while I have been sick. Mega snuggles and "I love yous" I am honestly blessed beyond measure
1 comment:
Wow. I hope you are 100% better soon. You have been put through it lately! Thank goodness for an awesome husband. :)
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