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3.16.2009

The Small Things

I knew something was up last night when I couldn't stop sneezing. Then I couldn't sleep because my nose kept running. And the allergy tabs didn't do anything but turn my tinnitus up to 11 ("Yeh, but it goes to eleven..."). I have a cold, and a really nasty one at that. And after such a great weekend, too.

Saturday night Joel, Heather and I went to Ville's, where we just sat around talking and laughing, playing with my new laptop webcam and watching her silly cats. That was easy and effortless and we had a really nice time.

Yesterday I served up an old-fashioned English pork roast dinner, complete with potatoes and carrots, Brussels sprouts, dinner rolls and Bisto gravy. We all sat at the table, enjoying being together (Lauren is home for a few days during Spring Break).

At one point last evening, as I sat digesting, a feeling of total contentment and belonging washed over me. Our family was under one roof again. The girls were in their bedroom, from where I could hear the slight sound of their laughter. The guys were at their computers, Nettl was working on her book and I was in my chair feeling very homespun and at one. It dawned on me that this is it. This is the family I always dreamed of having. This is the homelife I always craved, and that othing at that moment, not money, not success, not anything could have made it one hair's bredth better. I was totally in the moment and in a state of bliss. It's the small things that matter. I have all I need; what can a cold do to me? Nothing.

Ah-choo!

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  1. I'm sorry you had a code id yer dose! But I'm so glad that you're feeling so happy and content! ILD!!!

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  2. I feel like doo-doo... (whine, whimper.)

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  3. Sorry about your cold but I do know how it feels to have everyone under one roof when they all come home...

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  4. sent that one off before I finished...LOL
    It is such a warm feeling when all is is home under one roof.

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  5. Well at least you fed your cold well from what you say! I was down most of last week with a cold.. I say I was down but I went to work everyday... sigh...

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  6. Your illustration is really hilarious! That really does look like you when you're sick! :P

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  7. I'm working, but it's taking everything I have.

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  8. Yeah, it does look like, doesn't it?

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  9. Ahhh! Bisto! Yum...
    May your cold be fleeting sooooon if not sooooooner! (meant to represent soothing noises, better than tinitus)

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  10. Caught a cold, please wear some clothes, I hope you can make an early recovery. Computer so that people can communicate on the Internet more, but in real life exchanges is relatively small. I think that if we are in the matrix.
    What is Really Healthy-Health Blog
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  11. Hope you feel better soon!!! It's gotta help that you are happy with your life. If you were all alone, you'd feel much worse!!!

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  12. Hope you feel better soon!!! It's gotta help that you are happy with your life. If you were all alone, you'd feel much worse!!!

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