Spread ripe avocado on both sides of the bread, top with baby spinach, pea shoots, and thinly sliced apples (I used green, but next time might try red, because they were a bit tart.)
We then went to Rag-o-rama where I found a great fitting pair of gently-loved jeans for $15, then to Goodwill in search of glass jars for rice and art supplies. Found a couple, but thought they were over-priced, so left empty-handed and moved onto Half-priced books where I found a macrobiotics cookbook for $5. Yay, happy me! :)
By this time, the sinus headache I have had for days was getting worse though, so after picking up a few groceries and ogling over the vast selection and variety of rice and beans at Whole Foods (which I had someone missed before), we went home so I could take a bath. It seems the only thing that helps the pressure is putting a hot washcloth over my eyes and face. After may bath, I just felt like staying in and so we decided to save our $20 and watch a movie panda got from the library a few days ago instead. "Paris, De T'aime" or "Paris, I love you" It ended up being the perfect Valentine Day film, even if it was on accident. :)
Unfortunately, my sinus headache turned into a migraine and I went to bed early, only to wake up in the middle of the night to piercing pain in my head. I eventually got back to sleep, but woke up again this morning to a dull aching pain that won't seem to go away now. I slept until almost noon and it was already time for panda to pick up the boys, who came home bearing flowers, homemade cards, and.. fevers. Ugh. My oldest hasn't been feeling good, but I though was starting to get better, so I went ahead and let them go for the night. Today his cough is much worse and my little one is feverish as well now. Neither of them had any interest in dinner and went to bed earlier than usual. I am hoping to be able to sleep this headache off tonight so I can take care of my little ones tomorrow while the papa goes to work. I am upset that we had to miss church tonight and will more than likely have to cancel our plans for tomorrow as well. :(
I am so happy though to have been able to spend part of a day and evening with the panda. It helped remind me how important it is to have alone time together every once in awhile (although I wish it were more often!) It also makes me happy to be at a place in life with someone where you don't feel like you have to do something super extravagant and well-planned out in order to enjoy your time together. I have learned from past experiences, that if you get your hopes up for things to go a certain way and they don't end up turning out how you planned, then you're almost just setting yourself up for possible disappointment. I'd way rather just make tentative plans and go with the flow.. I'm trying more and more each day to just let go and allow God to lead me. It's difficult for me because I am a crazy researcher and am always trying to figure out life before it happens, but I am realizing more lately that I am happier when I just allow myself to relax and be in the moment.
This weekend was perfect because it was what it was and not because of what I tried to force it to be. I hope you all had perfectly imperfect weekend as well. :)
Btw.. Obviously I also finally figured out how to put more than one picture on my page at a time. I AM (a bit) SPECIAL so it took me awhile! :)
oh, seems everyone is struggling with the sickies these days. hope you are all on the mend soon. funny, you talking of "expectations" with v-day. you said it much more eloquently than i, but i feel the same....
ReplyDeleteIf you have frequent migraines like I do, let me know and I might have a few remedies you might want to consider. Hope everyone feels better soon. I have learned sometimes we all just need to rest and sometimes that might be a quite a few days. :)(
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