What a whirlwind week between Christmas and the New Year....the lack of sleep and non-stop singing caught up with me as I was down for the count the day after Christmas.
Thank goodness the choir was given the day off because I was voice-less. I'm sure there were many people raising their glasses that I was speechless for a few days (ha ha).
I was very blessed in 2010 with my health. Never missed a day of work and felt pretty good all year long.
The sun and vitamin D can do wonders.....well, my tan has started fading and the tricks Mother Nature is now playing on this woman's body....apparently she's a jokester!
I felt guilty not attending Mass at all even though I'd just sung 4 of them....so I bundled up and attended Mass...went home, took the meds and slept all day long, getting up occasionally for fluids and food.
It's truly amazing what medicine and sleep can do. In just 24 hours, I felt 50 percent better.....made a vow to ride out the cold and hopefully begin the new year healthier. Out with the bad, in with the new.
My sister was not as lucky. She wound up in the hospital on New Year's eve having an emergency appendectomy. Oh my gosh. The joke, though it's never been a real joke, was that there was always someone in the hospital at the holidays and special occiasions when Mom and Uncle Bill were alive. I told you, it's not a joke but a characteristic in my family. And it seems my sister is keeping that tradition alive.
I'm just praying she too is getting the illness out in the old year and will be happy and healthy come 2011!!
Happy New Year everyone! May you and yours be healthy, happy, blessed with lots of joy and serendipities while constantly enveloped by the overwhelming love of family and friends!
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