Ok, I thought I would change up my titles by saying it was a great day, when in reality, i have been soooooo sick.  Even today, I have to take extra pain meds.  I just can't seem to pull out of this ... whatever it is.  EO was so busy doing stuff monday, and then yesterday he didn't have the energy to even stand up.  Poor EO.  He never even made it to the meeting because he felt so rotten.  Steph too.  It must be another bug, I guess.  

I have to confess, I don't mind having a overactive immune system, and I don't mind not getting the bugs everyone else gets.  actually I get the bug they get for about 3 hours and then it is gone.  Granted I have a painful flare up of my lymph nodes for a day or two, but it is better than coughing and hacking and whatever else to the degree that everyone else gets it, at least to me.  True I have all sorts of other problems, but if I have to be sick like I am, I'm just glad I don't have to add all the other bugs to the list.

But in my back of my mind, I wonder just how long my immune system will keep going before it burns out and stops working all together.  that is what happens.  an organ works overtime for too long it burns out.  I'm guessing if my immune system burns out I will have to live in a plastic bubble or something like that.  

I'm not going to dwell on the "what if".  As I don't even know if that will happen.  "Why be anxious"...

As for today, my lymph nodes are swollen over my belly, so my digestive track is flipping out on me, so I will be spending much of my time in the bathroom today.  So, I think I will maybe watch "the office" or ??? something goofy to keep me distracted.

Oh, my family couldn't believe how I handled monday night.  I record DWTS, and near the end of my recording it, the DVD player flipped out.  So I lost the whole recording.  It was such an AWESOME night of dancing too.  AND no network really even replays the show.  Well there are a couple, but they don't do it on a regular basis, and they don't do them all.  So I am disappointed, but at the same time I'm not at all upset.  what the freak that i am about the show .... sadly, I have rules about not talking to me about their problems while I am watching the show.  Without fail, it seemed as right when the show came on, everyone needed to talk about their problems.  That was crazy.  so I made it a rule not to, and too talk after the show.  They were annoyed, but I said,  It isn't like it is on every day, it is only on 16 monday a year.  and only for 18 hours a year.  if feels super selfish, but then I have always known I am a selfish person.  maybe if we had a DVR, i wouldn't have to have a rule for that show. (since it is the only show I even watch). but then it would be selfish of me to expect EO to pay for a DVR.    i could just program the VCR to record and then i could cut out the commercials later.  OR, they can just wait until after the show is over.  oh well. maybe i will just keep in mind that I can let the VCR run if it happens again.  after all, on tuesday when the result show is on, i have no problem programming the vcr to run... hummm  It isn't like they have all that many problems anymore.  i will see if i can make more of an effort next time.  

As for today, it may not be a great day, but it sure isn't a bad day. Steph just made me breakfast and now she is getting ready to go to work.  I got up and did all the dishes... it was gross... well, mostly it is what EO uses for processing deer.  So everything is a bit greasy.  He rinses the stuff up, but I wash, and yuck!  the girls can't stand washing that stuff up, so I don't ask them to.   Plus, there is a lot of extra stuff laying around, my mom's laundry, the box for the meat grinder and the meat grinder, packing materials, hunting clothes and a few other things.  I'm kind of freaking out about the clutter, it is making me feel anxious.  SO i am trying really hard not to look at it. 

Steph has a SUPER busy work week this week.  With all the hunters, she is working LONG shifts both at the Mercantile and the Inn.  This is their busiest week of the year.  She is going to pretty much be gone until early next week sometime.  Then she will be wore out!  She is still super tired all the time.  Her hours have been cut down (well not counting this week)  and she just can't seem to stay awake when she is home.  I think it is time for her to go to the doc. Maybe it is her thyroid.  IDK  Plus, she is immune to caffeine, so she can't even get help from that.  Have I mentioned she becomes immune to EVERYTHING?  She has since she was 8 or 10.  She will only take migraine meds when she is ready to pass out, because she is afraid, if she takes it every time she has a migraine, it won't work anymore. The last could times she used it, it didn't work, so we changed what she takes, and the other day, it only took the edge off.    i worry, if she does have a problem with her thyroid, and they put her on pills, she will become immune to the pills and they won't be able to help her.  She tried some natural supplements awhile back and it worked well for about a month, then it stopped working.  I have that, where regular pain meds ... like 2 advil will become ineffective, so I have to take 3, then 4... which isn't good for you, so I have to ween myself off of it and (which is a lot of pain and suffering) and get down to where 1 advil will help me.  I have been that way, my whole life.

EO is up now, so I better go...