I should have known better....

Although completely exhausted, I couldn't sleep very well past 1:00AM. The reason - severe pain pounding on my right side of my face. No matter how I adjusted my neck, rolled from side to side, then laid on my back. All provided no relief.

Then I struggled to get up, take a shower, get dressed in the AM. I even did some of the ironing from yesterday. But I felt disconnected, and two cups of coffee didn't help a bit. When I began to throw up after I tried to eat, I threw in the towel.

I took painkillers and called in sick at work. After about threee hours, the pain began to get better. But if I tried to do any amount of "regular" activity, the pain would startup again.

In spite of this "setback", I feel good about being able to leave tomorrow for a camping weekend. I did manage to get the last of the items I needed to pickup, got the oil changed, the second apple cake is in the oven, and the caramels are cooling (in case anyone has a sweet tooth).

I'm still not going to push myself too much tonight. I have quite a bit to do tomorrow AM that must be done before I can leave. But I'm going to pack the clothes (don't need too much of that since we'll be in the lake most of the day).

My "blind date" is definately going to meet up with us in Wenden. I talked to my best friend an hour ago, and she thinks that this is a good idea. I am not setting my hopes up too much - I just want to spend a few days lounging around in the water and get a good look at the stars.