Excuses, excuses, excuses. I get so tired of my own excuses, but life is hard sometimes. Even though I have more papers to grade than I even want to think about, I still thought I'd have time this last week to do a little bit on my blog. Didn't happen. This past summer, our department worked on a grant that we were approved for. It was nice to have that work completed before school started, but I had the paperwork to turn in as proof of what we'd accomplished hanging over me. I know. It should have been simple and easy, but it was one more thing to add to the list. On Wednesday night I stayed at work until 7pm to get things done, including that paperwork. Next thing I knew--boom--I got sick. That's just the way it works, right?
Have you ever had vertigo? Well, I hadn't. Thursday morning I woke up feeling like the world was spinning off of its axis. I had never experienced anything like that before. I had so much work to do that I really couldn't spare a day out of the week, but there you have it. I was done. Thanks to some great people at work, my classes were covered, and I had to stay home (on the floor for the first three hours) and recoup from the spinning in my head. I had a killer headache the next day and have felt pretty nauseous ever since, but at least I'm past that horrible day. Maybe it was a virus or something? All I know is that I don't want to experience that one again!
Thankfully, my mom is here for the weekend to celebrate an early birthday; I'll be too busy for my real birthday, so she headed down this week. She's been 100% okay that I haven't felt good enough to do much, but we did take the time to go see the fall colors. Talk about gorgeous. Where I live, I'm about 15 minutes from the base of two major canyons. We drove up through both canyons along with what seemed like the rest of the state. Regardless of the traffic, it was a really nice drive and view. Now we can head into October! I'm completely ready for the fall now.
Despite being crazy busy and sick, I still finished two books.
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| I listened to this on audiobook, which helped with my busy week. |
Now, time to kick into gear and get some reviews posted! How was your week?
I can't believe you finished two books with all that going on! I didn't even finish one. This week was just--uhg.
ReplyDeleteWell, one of them was an audiobook that I listened to on my way back and forth from work. Otherwise, there would have been NO way. :)
DeleteMega hugs,Becky. Sounds horrible. I had a good week and finished a book called Ninepins by Rosy Thornton.
ReplyDeleteThanks Phillipa! Yes, I've been hit several time recently, which is super annoying. I think it's being back to work that has done it. :)
DeleteOh my goodness--that sounds just horrendous!!! I so hope you're back to 100% very soon!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat you said--> " I get so tired of my own excuses, but life is hard sometimes." YES!!! I can so relate. I get tired of my own excuses too, but really sometimes there's just not a darn way around it, is there?
Thanks Debi! Yes, we do feel like we're always making excuses for what is real life. I suppose we have to accept it and no we're okay! Thanks for your kind words. No more episodes of vertigo, so I'm a much happier camper.
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