Sometimes, life just makes the day-to-day hard. Don’t you agree? Because of this, I don’t always get a blog post done every day. I had every intention of getting one done yesterday. But life got in the way.
My husband gets migraines really bad. The kind where you have to lay perfectly still in order to not have the pain ricocheting around your head instead of just being in one place. For awhile we had a good maintenance program in place with an awesome physical therapist and acupuncturist. Then we moved and we have not been able to find such a good support system to help manage them. They have slowly increased in frequency and we are back to visiting urgent care regularly. That’s where I spent my morning yesterday as it was day 2 of the MONSTER.
Usher in a new friend, whom I don’t get to see too often. She’s a pastors wife and they pastor two churches, both about 40 minutes away from here. They live here in Le Mars, in the middle. So they are quite busy and she’s often in Sioux City or Spencer every other day. However, we had finally found a day that we could connect for lunch, and it was yesterday. In the morning I fretted that I may not be able to keep our date but we got home from urgent care in plenty of time. Our lunch date turned into an all afternoon adventure of stopping at some fun little shops in our area. My two favorites: 4 Speckled Hens, and Against the Grain Antiques. The latter was a grain bin converted into an antique shop.
My escape from the stresses of this life is my faith, prayer, friends, family, and stamping. However, as much as I felt like I needed to get my stamping work done, I have to confess, I really needed the fun day away from watching my husband suffer. It drains my energy. I’m glad my new friend was sensitive to this and asked me along for the ride.
Today, I am preparing to leave for On Stage in the morning. My son and grandson’s are coming tomorrow evening to spend the weekend with Jim so he is not alone during this migraine cycle he is in. He will need a driver for urgent care (hopefully, not needed) as he cannot drive after getting a shot. I am thankful that they can come. I am really looking forward to being away from the day-to-day and sharing the time with a stamping friend, sharing the excitement of a new catalog, and sharing all of my projects on the display boards. I wish I could be a little mouse and see all the reactions of the many stampers looking at my samples! (And, then again, maybe I don’t! Haha!)
Maybe, if I am lucky. I can get a handful of swaps done to swap. That would be nice. But I won’t stress over it.
Hopefully, I will get back to blogging next week. Stick with me! I do have some goodies to share! Thanks so much – and may all your troubles be stamped away! Your stampin’ friend, always.