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| Pearly update |
| 09.20.04 (7:33 am) [edit] |
Race for the Cure was awesome!! It was a great experience and I'm so glad I finally made it. My friend and I had a great walk and want to do it again next year. Yesterday, the announcer estimated about 23K people were there. This morning the Oregonian estimated about 37K people were there. Pretty incredible! It was amazing and very encouraging to see that many people show their support for breast cancer research, care, the deceased and survivors.
Well, unfortunately I got sick this weekend - last Friday morning, the hair dryer was broken so I went to work with wet hair. Now, some of you probably do that on a daily basis - but for me, if I don't dry my hair, at least 80% of it, I get the shivers, especially since my hair is long now. Then on the way home from work, it was raining cats and dogs while I walked from the bus stop to my house. Halfway between the two, my wool pants were totally drenched - I couldn't wait to change. Saturday night was when I started to feel the sore throat - I couldn't sleep very well Saturday night. I woke up at 3:00 and again at 4:00 (which wasn't pleasant, considering I had to wake up at 5:45 to get ready to meet my friend before the race). I begged God to just give me the grace to endure it, and sure enough I was okay enough. The walk was only an hour; I thought it'd be 2 or even 3. Fortunately, we grabbed some food from the vendors and I had my Halls strawberry creme throat drops.
Guess what time I went to bed last night? 9:30!!! The last time I went to bed at 9:30, I must have been 10 years old. No, I'm just joking. It's been a while. I got up at 6:40 to get ready for work, but you know, I still feel crumby and thought "Why put myself through work? What am I trying to prove? I thought I was over that phase ... " so I left my boss a message at 7 and also emailed her. Sure enough, I still feel crappy and just want to lie (grammar?) down and drink chamomile tea. Yes, I am even feistier when I'm sick.
My sister got a kitten several days ago. Her name is Lucy and she's a calico cat with a super long tail. Interesting, huh. She already hates Sammy and is scared of Julius. My mom was trying to tell her that it wouldn't work out, but I think she was just looking for an excuse to get rid of the kitten. Obviously, anytime you bring a new animal home, most likely there will be friction - which is what happened with all of our animals - and eventually they get used to each other.
This month, I'm paying off 2 credit cards - I'm so happy! My next card to pay off is Best Buy. I'm really sad about it, because I absolutely love Best Buy, but if I don't get it paid off by March 5, 2005 I'll have to pay $200 worth in deferred finance charges.
Update on stress action plan: I've been doing a lot better. I recently got a couple books about women and business, my favorite "What it Takes" by Amy Henry from last year's Apprentice. That's not exactly the focus of the book, but it is dealt with in the chapter about emotions. There's no denying I'm a really emotional person (heck, I'm a chick) but it's just learning to handle emotions that in turn reduce stress. The way I'm trying to see things now is primarily through God's eternal timeline: what seems like a huge mistake or embarrassing moment for me is just a speck of dust in the timeline of my life. There's no use in fretting over it, because ultimately He uses everything in our lives for good. No one ever said life would be easy and predictable. It's how I handle those unexpected turns that define my spiritual (and emotional) maturity.
Well, I think I'm done typing for now ... my nose is running and there's no more tissues by my laptop.
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