Accomplishments

Well, on the plus side this week, I didn't have anyone offer to "fix" me however that could be because people didn't want to get too close to me since I was sick and they didn't want me to infect them...  I had a touch of laryngitis, then felt better and went back to feeling under the weather.  This past wave of not feeling well has left my sinuses congested and a cough.  As of this afternoon, I think I have found the right combination of medication and rest and am hopefully on the upswing of this whole mess.  I really don't like feeling sick...

Because I wasn't feeling well (and had a slight fever on Thursday), I ended up not going to choir practice.  I know that I didn't go to vocal choir the week before but I didn't want to risk going this past week and get everyone in the choir sick.  I fell asleep on the couch after I made the phone calls to let people know I wasn't going to choir, woke up after a couple of hours to get something to eat and I fell asleep with the plate on my lap.  The dogs woke me up about 10 or so licking my plate.  At that point I figured it was time to fall asleep in my bed in attempt to feel better.  Thankfully when I woke up the following morning, my fever was gone and I was able to make it through the work day.  It's a good thing since I had to work yesterday too (even though it was Saturday) for an event.  We had a lot of fun but it was a long day...  Good thing I have a three day weekend coming up!

I don't have any plans in particular for my three day weekend but one of the things that I'm hoping to do is to catch up on some sleep.  Just when I think I'm getting a handle on sleep deprivation, something happens that keeps me up at night.  Because I've been congested, I know that I haven't been getting the type of sleep that I've needed to in order to get over this cold (since I don't seem to get the best sleep when I'm attempting to sleep upright).  Now that I'm feeling better, I'm hoping to get some good sleep tonight but only time will tell.  =)

I had another small reason to give myself kudos this week.  Small/silly to some but it was an accomplishment for me so I'm going to be proud of myself for doing something that I've never done before.  Since my work hours have changed, it is sometimes difficult to get routine tasks done after I get off of work.  One of the things I had to find a way around this past week was getting a check deposited into my bank account.  Since I didn't make it to the bank during my lunch break, I took the check to my ATM to deposit the check.  Here is where my sense of accomplishment came in...  I have honestly never used an ATM to deposit a check before so it was a new experience for me.  It was a fairly easy experience and, since it was my first time doing this, I'm glad I didn't mess it up.  =)

Well, since I have some things that I would like to attempt to do before heading to bed tonight, I think I'm going to sign off for tonight.  I hope that we can all learn to celebrate even the smallest of accomplishments, even if it's just to encourage yourself to keep putting one foot in front of the other...