On The Brink

Monday was a strange day. I'm not quite sure what happened. I woke up with a terrible burning in my chest and by mid-morning I knew I was in trouble. I felt like a steam roller had run over me and left me there for dead. I called the clinic. I was able to get in just after lunch and I'm glad I went. I feel almost embarrassed to say it but I suppose there's no shame in getting sick. I had a temperature and a sorry case of Bronchitis. I figure that having just gotten over an ear infection and my immune system having been severely worn down with that, and then catching H1N1, it was bound to happen. A secondary infection which can lead to Pneumonia is nothing to snuff at. Bronchitis is bad enough and I'm glad it got no further than that. I'm back on Prednizone which I don't like and I have to do a puffer thingy too and then there's those dreaded antibiotics. I hate taking all these meds. I wish I could have fought this myself. The good thing is that I'm feeling way better today though not anywhere near beating this business. Meanwhile Daughter #1 is still fighting and is exhausted all the time. No meds for her though and I hope she is able to beat it without them. Daughter #2 came home yesterday feeling wiped out and coughing a little but has no temperature and so went to school today. Hubby came home tired and feeling like he had a tickle in his chest. He's still going to work though, with no temperature and no visible signs of illness. So it is Remembrance Day and we are all thankful that it is a day at home for the most part. Hubby still intends on going to the Cenotaph for the ceremonies and he will probably go to the Veteran's Dinner tonight. But we do seem to be hovering on the brink of a family meltdown. While this seems true I am hoping not.

We are also on the brink of the busiest time of the year for me. The church here in my community is very much run by me and one other lady. Christmas for any church is huge and very busy. I am organizing a reading of "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. I am also working on our Christmas pageant and some work for the Christmas Craft Fair. We also have a big Christmas Raffle which we draw for on the day of the pageant. So all in all it sometimes can get overwhelming. I sat down and made a Christmas list of things to buy/make/recycle for Christmas gifts. Wow!! that is going to be a tough order let me tell you. Wave #1 starts this week coming up. Cards have to be made and gifts arranged and wrapped for the family members down east. It will probably take me a week just to get it done and in the mail. Wave #2 comes at the end of November when I get done all that needs to be done for outside family close by. Then Wave #3 takes place after Dec. 15th for us. I hope to be finished everything by Dec. 22nd giving me 2 days of relaxation before the big event. Then boxing day I will take it easy as I always do. Hubby and I will celebrate our 18th anniversary on the 28th of Dec. and then after that it is level 3 all the way.

With all this in mind my jacket commission is looming. I have not worked on it since getting really sick and I'm on the brink of panic. The warp is done, but now I have to spin the weft. I still have to weave it and all this before Christmas too. I do not want this hanging over me when I get really serious about level 3. February is the deadline for the commission but I want it done long before that!

How did I get this far into my year and be so on the brink of panic. This always happens and you would think I would learn. I guess I'm not too smart. Just once I would like to be ahead of the game instead of standing on the edge of an abyss.

Sometimes I think....arrrgh!