Death warmed over...........

Death warmed over pretty much sums me up. Yep, I been one sick puppy since last Friday night. I started feeling a bit congested late Friday afternoon but had given my word that I would attend a fundraiser event in the evening so pushed forward. By Saturday morning my sickness was now pushing back and I was losing ground quickly. Instead of fighting to continue on with my Saturday schedule I took some cold medicine and crawled back in bed. Didn't plan on staying in bed till Tuesday but this head cold had me defeated. I end up at the doctor yesterday and he took one look at me and sat down and wrote me out two prescriptions. These are the best drugs ever! I am already starting to feel some better and I now have enough energy to figure out how I am going to salvage Thanksgiving. For those of you who don't know, my husband and I have Thanksgiving at our home and have anywhere from eleven to twenty people depending on the year. Since it was looking disappointing on Monday that I would be feeling up to it having it a change in locations was made. Seems so different not having it here after so many years. Being sick this week has been rough on me physically but even more tough on me emotionally. Being sick has slowed me down which has given me way to much time to think and as we all know thinking is not always a good thing for me. I have been thinking about my dad a lot this week and how much I miss him. He was my superman. He didn't raise me as a child and in fact I was 18 when my mom and him got married but he still was such a huge impact on my life. Besides my dad I have thinking about my grandma so much this week. I lived with my grandma most of my childhood and she taught how to live the life that God has given us and enjoy it. She made the holidays so special. Losing both of those important anchors in my life in one year (five years ago) was almost to much to handle. I often don't think I would have made it through if it hadn't been for my sister's children counting on us for holidays. Knowing how important the holidays were to my grandma meant I had to ensure that my sister's children learned how special they are too. Why did I somehow take on and own that responsibility? I would like to blame the drugs for me wandering off in another direction of conversation while writing this but we all know that would be a lie. Anyway.............. So tomorrow my husband and I will be carting a 24pound turkey, a pumpkin pie, a cherry cheese cake (if I get in there and get it made), and our holiday cheer out to the cold Jeep to go. Since I won't have the insane morning rush of working on getting everything around the house done I think I will spend some extra time jotting down all that I have to be so thankful for.
I wish for you a very Happy Thanksgiving.........