Whenever I think of or see Nyquil, I think of my friend, Ryan. He commented on more than one occasion about his delightful use of Nyquil to help him get a much needed night of sleep. This week, I fully understand why he feels this way.
After two weeks on the road visiting family and then a crazy week back in the office getting caught up from being gone for two weeks, well, my body complained. The head cold moved to my chest. I nearly lost my voice on more than one occasion. Everyone I talked to asked me what was wrong because I sounded like the frog in my throat had taken up residence with no sign of leaving.
But then, in a desperate search through my not-so-neatly-organized medicine basket, I found them. Four little green gel pills. On the back, neatly stamped in black letters were the words that delighted my heart, "Nyquil Gel Caps". I popped two of those in my mouth, drank a big glass of water, and went to bed. After 9 delightful hours of sleep, I awoke feeling so much more rested than I had for over 2 weeks and my head / chest cold seemed better. So the next night I took the last two little pills. And again, another great night of sleep. But even better, I feel like I'm on the rebound to my normal life and energy level.
It's amazing what something so simple can do. Taking Nyquil allowed my body to do it's job. I just might have to stock up on these great little Green Gel Caps.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
It's the start of a new year. I have never been a fan of New Year's resolutions. My life philosophy has always been to not put off until later what I can start today. So year round I work at doing the things in my life I need to do in order to get where I want to go or accomplish what I want to get done. But, there is an energy that comes with a new year, and the feeling of a clean slate. My hubby is feeling renewed energy toward making positive changes, so we are riding that wave right now.
I had two weeks off of work due to some surgery that my boss had before Christmas. It was a long two weeks on the road with my hubby. We visited both sides of the family and spend 6 wonderful days with the kiddos. Well, they were mostly wonderful. We battled a few illnesses and by the end of the two weeks, we were all ready to return to our normal, albeit crazy, schedule.
During our time off we discussed how life had gotten away from us in December and how we gave up on our eating plan we had been doing for the better part of a year. We realized that despite not having a church home in Bridgeport, we need to find spiritual connections with others, each other, and our own personal walk with the Lord. We reconfirmed how vital it is to look after our spiritual, physical, and emotional selves on a regular basis.
I'm not foolish enough to think that changes are going to happen over night or that we can make a blanket statement that something will happen every day. Our lives right now could never allow for that. But we are going to work on capturing those moments when we can do something to improve our physical, spiritual, or emotional selves. Like last night discovering we didn't have any activities and went to work out. Or this morning, when I had ten minutes before work and I read over the Verse of the Week (Psalm 1:1&2) from My Bridge Radio here in the Panhandle. Something to meditate on thorughout the day. Looking for those little spans of time to do something positive and not beat myself up when it doesn't happen all day, every day.
Today the sun is shining. The space heater at my feet is working. And that's a good place to be right now.
I had two weeks off of work due to some surgery that my boss had before Christmas. It was a long two weeks on the road with my hubby. We visited both sides of the family and spend 6 wonderful days with the kiddos. Well, they were mostly wonderful. We battled a few illnesses and by the end of the two weeks, we were all ready to return to our normal, albeit crazy, schedule.
During our time off we discussed how life had gotten away from us in December and how we gave up on our eating plan we had been doing for the better part of a year. We realized that despite not having a church home in Bridgeport, we need to find spiritual connections with others, each other, and our own personal walk with the Lord. We reconfirmed how vital it is to look after our spiritual, physical, and emotional selves on a regular basis.
I'm not foolish enough to think that changes are going to happen over night or that we can make a blanket statement that something will happen every day. Our lives right now could never allow for that. But we are going to work on capturing those moments when we can do something to improve our physical, spiritual, or emotional selves. Like last night discovering we didn't have any activities and went to work out. Or this morning, when I had ten minutes before work and I read over the Verse of the Week (Psalm 1:1&2) from My Bridge Radio here in the Panhandle. Something to meditate on thorughout the day. Looking for those little spans of time to do something positive and not beat myself up when it doesn't happen all day, every day.
Today the sun is shining. The space heater at my feet is working. And that's a good place to be right now.
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