This has been a weird week. Some really great things happened and a few bad things happened. Trying to wrap my mind around some of the bad things and then move forward and focus on the good things, because those are things that keep me going. The weather today reflects my conflicting mood: pouring down rain one second, sunny and warm the next. Life is full of ups and downs and sometimes it's easy to let the "downs" overshadow the "ups".
1. Mr. Mom returns to work: This is one of the great things that happened this week, but strangely it has left me with conflicting emotions. I'm elated, ecstatic, thrilled to pieces that John has a new job. Not only is he embarking on a new career, but he's doing it with an impressive organization, a great location and an overall improvement in the people who are overseeing him, not to mention the emphasis they seem to put on balancing work life with family life. What a breath of fresh air. However, John starting a new job has also made me feel a little sad this week. I didn't realize how much I'd gotten used to having him around. I've had some time at home this week due to sick children and a lighter workload and the house seems markedly different without John here. I'll get over it soon enough, but it just feels strange.
2. Sad and shocking news: I think it may be a bad idea to check email late at night before going to bed. On Wednesday night I did just that and received not one, but two pieces of very sad news. Needless to say, I did not sleep well that night. The first email I opened was from a very close friend, telling me that her sweet little four year old boy had just been diagnosed with leukemia and that they were in the hospital getting ready to start treatment. Whenever I hear news about children being sick or injured I immediately think of my own children and how devastated I would be if something similar were to happen to them. My heart just aches for my friend and her family and the difficult road that lies ahead for them. I only hope I can be as good a friend to her throughout it as she has been to me. I had barely dried my eyes after reading her email when I opened an email from my mom, telling me that her very good friend had passed away that day during heart surgery. She was a lovely lady and a dear friend to my mother, who has already lost several friends to various illnesses and diseases. All I could think about at that point was that I was not the only one who was going to lose sleep that night. Sadly bad news seems to come in waves.
3. Sick child throws wrench in schedule: For three months John was playing the part of Mr. Mom, and in that entire three month period I don't think either child had to stay home sick from school once. The minute he goes back to work Ella decides to get sick. Ok, so she didn't DECIDE to get sick, but the point is, she got sick. Not only did I have to stay home with her on tuesday, but today I ended up having to stay home with her again which resulted in having to reschedule all of my patients to tomorrow. Tomorrow happens to be Saturday, so this really stinks. Sigh.
4. New character at the gym: I can't end this post on a bad note or else it will be raining inside my head all day. So here's something good and funny to tie things up, because we have to remember to laugh when things seem to be going downhill. I encountered another unique individual at the gym the other day, but this time it was not during a class but in the locker room. I had just gotten out of the shower and was getting dressed for work when a woman walked in, listening to her iPod and bobbing her head up and down. All of a sudden she started singing along to the music. Now when I say singing, I mean SINGING, full volume, no self consciousness whatsoever. "LONG nights, baby, LONG nights, oooo, I wanna TOUCH you, TOUCH you, yeah baby . . . LONG nights, baby, LONG nights . . . " This went on for a good five minutes, no joke. It was all I could do not to burst out laughing. This really made my day.
So there you have it. When I started working on this post it was pouring rain outside. Now it's bright and sunny. I feel pretty good about that.
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