Wellness Update

It's Wednesday morning! I never got around to posting yesterday!

The sores have arrived. A common side effect, they say. "Sores," is really a euphamism for "pimples in unlikely places"--e.g. inside my nose, some in my mouth and now one in my eyelid. I will call Dr. Science in a few minutes to ask for a salve. And if he tells me I have to see an optomologist, I'll call Dr. Mayfield and beg. The last time I had a stye in my eye like this was 11 years ago, 2 weeks before my wedding, and the nurse at Student Health hooked me up with a tube of magic. So who needs an optomologist?

Other than this, I'm coming off this last round pretty well. It was a huge help to have Laura here. Aside from all the cooking she did, it was nice just to have someone around to save me from loneliness. For round 4, I'll be making dates with friends who'll come over and drive me somewhere else for a little outing each day.

Mom, Dad, Aunt Jill and Uncle Fe arrive today, God Willing. They'll stay for the week, and we have lots of fun planned. I'll post on Friday to keep up with The Name Game. As the women's names have started, I dare not fall too far behind.

(What??? The women's names started? Oh, yes. For those who didn't read the whole, long, plodding post on Friday, skip to the end to learn why it is we're actually going to do the women's names.)

Besides The Name Game, I won't be back here until next Thursday.

And, hey, in the meantime, won't you all lift up my friend Parin in your prayers? It's the oddest thing that I've woken two mornings in a row with her on my mind. Jason is in the midst of a 13 month deployment in Iraq, and while they are past the half-way point, there's still a long way to go. They have 2 little ones the same age as ours and, honestly, I think I'd rather have my right breast cut off than have to walk the road she's on right now.

Bless you, Parin! And thank you for your fine service to us all!!!