Still feeling sick. Had a great and unexpected day hanging with my husband’s cousin and her family, all who just moved in only a few minutes away from us. But also felt very sick and crappy most of the time.
God, help me to eat well and be well throughout all of this. Ease my illness and help us all to be well and healthy, happy and holy. Keep my husband safe, please. In your name, I pray. Amen.
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I got to rest today and all, but ended up feeling sicker than ever so far. I’m nervous about volunteering tomorrow, of course. But, I suppose, it will be like Friday. My responsible knows my situation, and, if I need to leave, I need to leave. He won’t stop me if I am that unwell. He probably will call for a golf cart to take me to my car, if it comes to that. So, I will serve as long as I can serve.
God, help me to sleep well tonight and to have a healthy and good day tomorrow. Help me learn to work well with this baby, and help our bodies to become comfortable with one another, that we both find a space of thriving. Make us healthy and well and safe, please, my husband included. In your name, I pray. Amen.
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The tournament actually went rather well today. I am sun-worn and exhausted, but it was a good day. I shared my current status with the two older men in charge of the hole where I was stationed, and they did a great job of keeping an eye on me throughout the day. Though, not much was needed from them. I actually was mostly okay all day. I managed to eat one of the breakfast sandwiches they had for volunteers when I arrived, and it helped immensely with the nausea. Then, apparently, blue Powerade, ice water, and my snacks got me through most of the day. When someone finally brought us some sandwiches, I was starting to feel sick. But I felt much better after I ate some of the sandwich.
I ate a bit more when we got back to the volunteer room about half an hour later, but not much. I was satisfied for the time being.
By the time I finally got home, though, I was beyond wiped out and my belly was hurting. I had a protein-dense cashew milk thing, then showered and am now lying in bed, letting out gas. (Sorry, but it’s true. I’m not enjoying it either.) As soon as I’m able to curl up and sleep, I am doing it. Just waiting for enough gas to exit either direction, so that I’m reasonably comfortable and can fall asleep.
But it was an impressively good day, especially for my health and well-being.
Oh, and it was really cool to see great golfers up close while they played. Including ones that I’ve seen on tv(!). They look exactly the same in person. Haha It was cool.
Thank you, God, for today. Please, help me to sleep well tonight and to have another good day tomorrow. Help me to be of service and to make a positive difference through my efforts. Make me comfortable in this pregnancy, while bringing it healthily to full-term and the life-long joy we seek as a family. Keep my husband safe, please. In your name, I pray. Amen.
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I signed up to volunteer for a golf tournament this weekend. I was rather excited when I did so. However, I have been so utterly ill all week, and I still haven’t figured out well enough what specifically I can eat and drink successfully to help, I’m not so sure how tomorrow will go. It is an unfortunately strict event, what with a stupid clear bag policy. So, I can’t even bring a cooler with the few cold things I have discovered that I can tolerate. Surprisingly, cold stuff feels good, and room temperature water makes me feel ill almost immediately.
But, I figure, I am scared of going. So, I’ll go ahead and go. And, if it turns out I am too ill to last, I’ll let my leader know and just go home. Perhaps, moving around and interacting with others will be helpful for me. And perhaps they’ll have icy cold water to drink in all the coolers, and it will help balance the heat of the day.
Frankly, I think the heat might get to me too much, and I’ll have to bow out. But I’ll just let my leader know when I arrive what my situation is, and tell him I’m here to give it my best as long as it doesn’t seem detrimental to me. I might be able to step into cooler areas between golfers, and it might be quite tolerable.
I will be in God’s hands. I know how my day will look if I stay home. So, let us go and see how the day can be by going to be of service in something intriguing to me. Even though they don’t even allow pocket knives… this is Texas(!). Our government buildings allow pocket knives.
Anyway, I hope my day goes well tomorrow, no matter what specifically happens.
God, keep us safe and help us to be well this weekend especially. Help me to have exactly the foods that serve our bodies the best, as well as the drinks that serve our bodies best in being their best. Grant me strength and quality food, please. In your name, I pray. Amen.
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Today has been tough. I got the final blood test done, and got to go see my mom right afterward, as she had been having lunch just down the street from the place. I cried multiple times today – very emotional without normal cause. It was good to see my mom and be hugged, as my husband has been gone for work and training the past few days.
I discovered that moving around does help me to feel better, and even went on a brisk walk this evening. It helped much, but the exhaustion only allows so much effort to be made before requiring a rest. The walk just about put me to sleep.
Hopefully, we can get the home gym set up this weekend, and I can get back to actual exercise. I need it now not only for my mental well-being, but also for my physical well-being in a whole new level. I need to move.
Perhaps, tomorrow, I’ll sit on the stationary bicycle and watch a movie or something for a while. Rest while moving… it might help just as I need right now…
Okay, too tired to function anymore, now hat my husband has safely landed. Goodnight.
God, thank you for this life and this day’s blessings. Keep us safe and well, please. In your name, I pray. Amen.
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I turned in all my stuff today to the school where I had worked this year. I rechecked a student’s exam, per his request, to confirm that he did not, in fact, answer all of the free response section of the test. (That part was quite sad, actually. He had prepared reasonably well for the exam and would have done great on it – he’d gotten full credit on everything else. He would have been very close to a hundred had he not completely gone dumb and ignored the directions, skipping entirely the two French short-answer questions… which we had practiced in class… ::big sigh. He so could have done it.)
Surprisingly, it was mostly painless. I didn’t run into the folks who ruined the school for me, so that helped. But the people I did see were very sweet and genuine. One even chased me down across campus to make sure he could say goodbye properly to me. That was super sweet and meant a lot to me.
Thank you, God, for the love and care and courage today. And thank you for getting me out of a place where I am not fully welcome and wanted. Help me always to pursue and fulfill your will, being my best self. Keep me and my family healthy and well and together and loving. Help us all to trust in you always and in all ways. Thank you for this life and this love, and thank k you for your love. In your name, I pray. Amen.
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I had to get another blood test today. Fortunately, an old neighbor mentioned what specifically to say so that the technicians would use the smaller needle for me. It only takes an extra few seconds total, but they almost always use the larger needle since it is faster.
When I went a previous time, I had mentioned that it was always very physically painful for me. The technician offered to use “the smaller needle”. I was delighted to discover there was a smaller one. All went well. It still hurt, but not as badly as usual. The next time, however, when I asked for “the smaller needle”, the technician kind of scoffed and said something to brush away the request, as though there only was one needle size. I felt duped, but also remembered looking at the needle the previous time – it had been smaller than the one in front of me right now.
Naturally, I bruised on this one. 
When I went back this weekend, I imagined I had made it up about the smaller needle, and was too embarrassed to say anything about it. I didn’t bruise this time – the lady was very gentle and kept apologizing, because she truly saw how painful it was for me. But it still very much hurt, and it left a blood mark that still is there and slightly tender.
Nonetheless, an old neighbor who is also a nurse told me afterward to use the phrase “butterfly needle” and, if needed, “I respectfully request that you use a butterfly needle,” should the technician try to use the standard one despite my initial request.
So, when I went today, I requested a butterfly needle, please. The lady didn’t say anything, but went briefly into another room and came back with a little package thing. She gathered the rest of her supplies, then opened the little package. Of course, it was the smaller needle with the little ‘butterfly’ wings to hold it steadily and the flexible tube for the blood to transfer to the vile indirectly.
I kid you not, it was loads better than the other day. It absolutely still stung and was sore for a while afterward, but nowhere near as much or as long as usual. And that was great.
My body clearly is not about being messed with. I am, therefore, grateful for the help I was given in helping to ease the stress and pain of this current situation.
Thank you, God, for the greater ease of today’s test and interaction. And thank you for the care I was given by my friend today afterward. Keep us safe and well, please. In your name, I pray. Amen.
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I can tell that my body needs sleep and rest – it is exhausted from the intense mental and emotional strain and storm that has occurred this school year, but it is also physically tired from them. What’s more, my body is now tired from all the new stuff going on.
So, summer is here at a good time, in the sense of giving me space to rest. But it also makes it all the harder to get anything accomplished, because there is only ever a vague timeline during the summer… and vague timelines don’t very well get me to get stuff done that I don’t quite feel like doing… especially when I am exhausted.
God, help me, please. Keep us safe and well, please. In your name, I pray. Amen.
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Having friends is a very good thing. We just need to be sure they are actual friends – a friend is someone who helps you be the best person you can be – and that we are being friends to them. Relationships in which we are guided to be a lesser self, anything less than who we truly are at our core, at our best, are not the ones to maintain. But it is truly great to find true friends.
Thank you, God, for love and for friends. Thank you. Help us to grow in your love and fulfill your will. Keep us safe and well, please. Help me to be well and to sleep well in all desired circumstances. In your name, I pray. Amen.
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Just a delightful reminder that Vicks Vapo Rub has to change the spelling of the company’s name in German-speaking countries, because “Vick” is basically a curse word in German. The actual word, “Fick”, is the culprit. But they are pronounced exactly the same in German, “Vick” and “Fick”, and the latter in English just changes its i to a u.
So, Vicks didn’t want to be called ‘Fu**s Vapo Rub” in German-speaking countries. Thus, they use the name “Wick”.
I hope you enjoyed this fun language lesson. I think of it just about every time someone mentions Vicks.
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