A bummer few days!

As you might have remembered in the last post, I said I was going to see Cousin Ada and then on up to see the Mich. family. Well, some of that happened and some didn't. I wasn't feeling real chipper as Sunday rolled around but bull headed me!!! thought that I didn't want to change my plans. I haven't seen Ada in a long time and we were anxious to get together once again. So...on up to Goshen I went Sunday afternoon. Sunday night sleep was horrible. Coughing till I thought I couldn't do it any more. Lots of awake time with little sleep in between. But...Monday came and we did our trip around Goshen looking at quilt gardens, quilt murals on buildings and real actual wonderful quilts at the Goshen Bag Company. They were just tremendous. We went to the big Essenhous Restaurant and saw even more quilts. Now I felt like crap for some of this but just plugged on able to keep my mind off of what was an asthma episode unlike anything I had had in the past. Then in the early evening I realized that something else was going on which turned out to be another salivary gland attack this time on the other side of my face. I think my glands are wearing out big time. Wooo...that was miserable. And it turned out that sleep was even less then the night before. 45 minute start and then about 4 hrs of horrible pain with watching TV through out the night till around 3 when I realized that I had some Tylenol for arthritis which I took. Woo...the pain diminished and I slept until 6. Well, that was no way to start another leg of the trip to Michigan much farther from home without knowing how things would proceed. So...I headed back home at 8 and pulled in the driveway at 11 relieved to be home. Woo...that's a bunch of detail. Anyway...I've been taking it easy and feeling a bit better but still coughing more than I wish. The inhaler is a life saver. Slept in a chair for part of the night last night but at least I slept. Yahoo. I'm thankful for little things. This salivary gland thing is driving me nuts. I've got to learn new coping skills. I am determined to make this trip again and making it a successful one next time. Yesterday and today I sat a bunch, trimmed a bit of flowers, watched the birds and butterflies and Doug taking wonderful pictures of flowers, bugs, dead stumps and more. He's quite the photographer. Coughing is diminishing, the swollen throat from coughing is improving. But...taking it easy is my life tomorrow as well. The temp is in the low 70's during the day. What a treat.