I actually fell asleep yesterday around 11am until 2pm.  I never sleep during the day... well not "never".  i will if I have a massive migraine otherwise even though I am super tired, I just can't sleep during the day.  I don't know what happened yesterday that I slept.  I sure felt horrible.  I had the same problem I had the other day.  when it came time to go to bed (last night) my hip, knee and ankle were just killing me.  I had to take so many extra pain meds yesterday... I should have been flying and not suffering, but... i really suffered yesterday.  I even ran a higher fever yesterday besides.

Today I am totally shot.  I got up for morning worship, but that is pretty much all I can handle. I still have so much pain.  My stomach still hasn't settled down.  I made some peppermint tea last night, and I am having some this morning to try and sooth my digestive track.  It is helping a little but... I could use some more help with it. I might have to break down and take yet another pain pill.  Joy oh joy!

Well, it could be worse, as I have had days that was worse that now and the past few days... not many, but some.

I tried so hard to keep my mind busy.  But, it just isn't working out very well.  I think I came up with an idea for our anniversary trip.  I actually have a couple ideas in mind... but I wasn't really excited about any of them.  But the idea I got last night, sound like fun, and i think EO would enjoy it.  I think... I will see if I can come up with some more ideas and then I will ask him which he prefers.  

It is Shawn & Lynetta's 25th anniversary today.  It was 25 years ago today that EO and I met and had our instant connection.  I saw him at the wedding and knew I was going to dance with him at the reception.  later at the reception, I was sitting at the head of a table, and he was sitting at the head of the table next to me, and although I was talking with my friends I observed him with his niece (Stacy) as she was about 4 years old.  She was running back and forth from her parents over to him.  He would pick her up and give her a sip of punch, then she would jump down and run over to her parents.  She must have done this about 30 or 40 times.  I noticed how patient he was with her, never getting tired of her or shoeing her away or ignoring her.  I knew he would be a good dad.  Then a little later, we passed each other in the hallway at the reception, he was walking towards me following a friend of his and I was following a friend of mine coming from the other end of the hallway, we locked eyes and... it was one of those... we kept eye contact as we passed each other, and still keeping eye contact, we were both watching each other for several steps then it popped into my head that i might crash into a wall (I didn't though) and I quick turned around to face forward behind my friend.   What I didn't know was at the end of the hallway, his parents were watching the whole scene.  

Then later during the dance, at one point, he stood out in the middle of the dance floor facing me, he put his hands out, I looked up and saw him and darted to him instantly.  I don't know what came over me that I just bolted towards him. I hadn't even thought for a second about what was happening, I never thought, hum, do I want to dance?  nope, the instant I saw him I ran right over to him.  We danced and talked and dance.  We even were dancing when the music had stopped, and we laughed, so we stopped dancing and continued to talk.  After several minutes we realized everyone was dancing again so we resumed dancing.  We talked pretty much the rest of the night.  

We talked about so many topics, about dating, and what we want in a person we marry.  We talked about what are favorite foods were, favorite movies and also thing we didn't like.  We talked about so many topics that normally, when two people meet, they wouldn't discuss until they had been dating awhile.  It was just so easy to talk about anything, so we did.  

What we also didn't notice, was again, his parents were very much aware of our connection.  They watched us dance and talk, but never said anything.  They weren't the only ones to notice us.  When a mutual friend of ours saw us dancing, she told the person she was dancing with that we were going to get married.  The brother asked her if we were dating and she said no, but she just knew we would be a perfect match.  Sure enough 5 1/2 months from that night, we were saying "I do".  

And then our lives began.

Back to the present time...haha
Steph made it up north safe and sound.  She is having such a nice time.  And I am so glad.  The house is pretty quiet with just Lauren, EO and myself.  But that is fine, as I really can't handle noise today.

ok, that's it.  I can't take it anymore.  I have to go lay down and take some more meds or something.  This is going to be a long long long day.