November 6th was just supposed to be a normal day. I had been at my friends' rehearsal dinner the night before. Friday was just going to be a relaxing day, preparing to sing 2 songs at their wedding.
I woke up, and felt like a ton of bricks had fallen on me. I was coughing, had a fever, my chest hurt with congestion.. just an all-around yuck that slammed me that morning. I stayed in bed all day, drinking water and tea, and sucking on cough drops, just hoping and praying that I would be able to sing at 5PM!! I made it to the church around 4:15. I sang the first verse of both songs for a sound check, and then stayed away from people as much as I could so that I wouldn't transfer any SICK to them!! The wedding coordinator was a gem- she brought me some hot water and 2 tea bags, and kept checking on me to make sure I would be O.K.! Other people in the wedding party and family of the soon-to-be-betrothed checked on me too. I wanted to crawl back home, but my friends were MORE important than sleeping at that point!
Somehow.. I made it through the service--- sang BOTH songs without coughing or sneezing or having to blow my nose in the middle--- and did a decent job of being on pitch too! haha. It was a gooooooood moment, and a good ceremony!
Afterwards, I said hello to a few people, then went straight home: Do not pass go, do not eat reception meal... only HOT lemon-honey water, cough drops, and SLEEP!
It was a miserable few weeks. I called the FLU hotline, gave them my symptoms and they said PLEASE STAY HOME, you have H1N1! SO I called a clinic for a second opinion, and they said the same thing. I don't think I saw anyone for 10 days because of that thing!
Eventually everything went away, except the cough. I still am getting over that, but it is FINALLY almost completely gone, hallelujah!
Unfortunately being out of 'commission' for 2 weeks served to put me majorly behind in EVERYTHING! So.. if you have emailed me or sent me a check/faith promise--- DON'T Worry! I have not forgotten about you, and I WILL get back to you SOON!! :)
That is all for now :) Hugs all!
~A
2 comments:
hey dear
I am just finally catching up with everything with me...coming out of my hole to view the world. Sorry about the FLU. Nice blogs..I will send you email soon.
Thank you sweetie! I got your email, and will reply soon too. I am trying to catch-up from having the ridiculous flu--- it's nuts how things are--- and so I understand totally! NO pressure from me! Love you Mrs. A ;)
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