This picture no longer makes me ill!
I haven't posted my positives since Thursday. Know why? Because I have been too busy getting to work. Know why? Because the sickness has all but vanished. ALL BUT VANISHED!
And that was so positive I didn't have time to post about it; I was too busy praying prayers of thanksgiving/cleaning/talking to my husband/playing with my kid. All things I--seriously--haven't done in four months.
I don't know if this is a permanent condition, but I will take it for as long as it lasts. I feel like myself again. (And since I can't feel the baby kick or move yet, I keep forgetting I am even with child. Which is a surprisingly awesome feeling. I mean sure, My Sharona still hurts like I have been kicked by a mule, but that is not going to last forever.)
Yesterday at church, I was reflecting on how great it was to feel great. And I was wondering if it was just the complete absence of feeling great that made the presence so noticeable, or if it was something more. And then the words to this song popped into my head:
I am happy today for the sunshine
For the sky of gray and blue
For within my heart is the song I love:
I'll live; I'll work; I'll do!
For the sky of gray and blue
For within my heart is the song I love:
I'll live; I'll work; I'll do!
(I don't know if those are the exact lyrics. But those are what I always sing. So that's what counts.)
And I got one of those pure inspiration moments--it is not enough to just feel well, I was so joyous because, for the first time in four months, I was able to live, work, and do. And I need that in my life. I used to always think that it would be great to just sit, like Gilbert Grape's mother, all day. But after living that way for so long, I realize that it is nice for a day, maybe, but not what I need in my life for thriving. I am still having to work out the kinks--I get really tired, and over-tired=nausea. But I will figure all that out soon, I am sure.
And so that is my focus this week--living, working, and doing. Want to join me?
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Isn't it awesome to feel good after feeling utterly crappy for a while? (And yours has been a pretty long while!) I was on some medicine that was supposed to help me get knocked up back in October. It only succeeded in making me extremely nauseated all the time. It also succeeded in making me utterly terrified to actually be pregnant.
But the feeling when I quit taking it! Wowza! I could eat again! And I could drink again! And I could brush my teeth again! It was great!
hip hop hooray!!
though thanks, that picture now makes me feel nauseated...
Congratulations! Sorry about that mule. Maybe if you found a mule (or the burro at the zoo?) and kicked it, you would feel better.
Time for an all-you-can-eat party. My dad hated taking my mom out for dinner when she was pregnant, he'd say why pay $20 for dinner when it's all coming back up anyway (I say he got his money's worth).
I am so joining you! And we must be mentally connected in a bizarre science-experiment way...possibly scripted by Whedon.
this makes me very happy!
All three of my pregnancies were the same way. One morning you just wake up feeling normal as though you haven't been feeling carsick for months on end. Now I can send those buckeyes (you probably thought I forgot. Really, I was just waiting to hear a post just like this. No point sending buckeyes if they are just going to sit there taunting you :-)
I love the idea of balance. You can't feel rested if you don't balance it with work, etc. My days are always a lot better when I can feel like something got done. I'm glad you feel in a position to tackle things again. Nothing is worse than the pregnancy type of "sick and tired."
Hooray for not choking on your face as much!
I love you. I'm glad you aren't puking.
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