Whirlwind, travel gods and sickness.....

This past week has elapsed in a whirlwind - some good, some not so good - but definitely a whirlwind.  I travelled back from my parents this past week and after all of the travel I've had lately, the trip back, the travel gods were not in my favor.  I had a tight connection, made it to the gate, only to find out that our First Officer got stuck on his inbound flight and we just had to wait.  We were originally told that the delay would be approximately 30-45 minutes but it ended up stretching out to a two-three hour delay.  Because of that delay, I missed my next connection and ended up spending about 14-15 hours in the airport for a 25 minute flight between where I was and where I needed to be.  For part of my wait, I lucked out and remembered that I had brought a one-time airline club pass with me (even though I didn't expect to be able to use it with my tight connections) but it was kind of fun to be able to use it.  I had never been in an airline club before but they had really comfy chairs, free food/drink and it was quieter than being in the main airport so it was nice.

I have never been one who is good saying goodbye and this trip was especially difficult.  The day I left, my parents were watching one of my nephews and I asked if he was going to take me to the airport - he told me no because I needed to stay at Oma's (what he calls my Mom).  We convinced him to come with me to the airport because I had to go and after hugs, they (my parents and nephew) walked me to the security checkpoint.  My nephew asked if he could come with me and I told him that he couldn't because he needed a ticket.  He looked at me with puppy dog eyes and said, "Please can I have a ticket, Auntie Gypsy, please?!"  It just about broke my heart to tell him no.  Part of me wanted to just scoop him up in my arms and take him with me, even if just for a little while.  My brother told me that he's still been asking for me and that brought me to tears while I was sitting in my apartment.

Every time I come back from visiting my family I realize just how quiet my apartment is.  I know I tend to say that every time but this travel way different - not only was I visiting my family for 2.5 weeks, I was gone for a week of work travel right before that.  When I was traveling for work it was different since I was in a hotel and I was still working daily (going to the class I was attending).  When I was with my family, I could sleep in (to an extent since I helped my Mom watch my nephew and the days he was there, he arrived bright and early), I met up one day with an old high school friend, I hung out with my family members and just enjoyed the love/laughter/family that went on while I was there - I miss those things to my very core when I am away from them.

It probably doesn't help that once again I am sick.  I went to see the doctor at urgent care today and he told me that I may have been feeling better (which I was) but with my travels/lack of sleep/pushing my body to exhaustion once I was back (had a dance rehearsal an hour after I made it back and then we had a long performance the next day), I got sick again.  I don't like going to the doctor but I figured going into the petri dish that is work tomorrow (remember, I work with kids) I should probably get ahead of whatever I have.  The doctor told me that I have a sinus infection, a swollen lymph node behind my ear causing pressure, and the start of a cough (which luckily is not in my lungs yet - they were clear) so I have several medications to take over the next week or so.  Hopefully  I will start to feel better soon - especially since I will be going into work tomorrow and have to hit the ground running...

Well my dear readers, speaking of hitting the ground running, I should probably get my medications in order, wrap my head around going into work tomorrow and head to bed.  I don't wanna go to work tomorrow (written in my very best whiney voice.....).  It'll be nice to see the kids and all but I'm not ready to see the amount of work that has built up in my absence.  Oh, well.  I'll get through it one task at a time and I can only tackle what I can in one day and I'm going to be okay with that.  Here's to a new year!  Have a good week, my dear readers and thanks for joining me!  =)