7 Days....

This morning did not get off to the best of starts. I woke up with a cold -- and a bad one, at that.

What?! Sick?! So close to leaving for China?! Ahhhhhhh!!!!

I spent most of the day wallowing in self-pity. I have so many things to do -- I don't have the time to be sick! But then a funny thought popped into my head....

This is the last time I will be sick and not have to worry about anyone else but myself!

Lately, I have started to feel the shift -- beginning to work our schedules with Maelyn as a part of our lives. Doctors schedule appointments and I have to stop myself and think about what time of day might work best for her. Friends ask about making plans later this summer and I forget for an instant that we are going to be keeping her needs in mind as well.....how wonderfully strange!!

So - when I realized that being sick would never be the same again, I decided to embrace my lovely bout with illness. I am sitting on the couch, spending time on the computer, doing nothing at all. I am enjoying my moment of just thinking about and taking care of myself -- because I know that shortly, I won't ever have to think of only myself again! :)