It's the Little Things

Today has been the hardest since I have left.  I awoke with my neck and shoulder in severe pain. I am still not sure how it happened, but I am thinking I have slept on it wrong somehow and it is just all tight and really hurts, to the point of tears at times.  My left ear also hurts, so I am wondering if I may have an ear infection or something else that is causing the pain.

So my plan for the day was to just take it easy and do as little as possible.  That was until the internet went out for the umpteenth time!  The signal was so weak it would not hold a connection for anything.  I wanted to write my blog, pay some bills and watch a a few episodes of television which I have not done since I left.  So I got up and cleaned up around the condo and decided that I would venture out as I needed milk and trash bags.

As I drove to the grocery I decided that I would pop into the mall and see what it had to offer.  It looked really small from the outside with Sears, JC Penny's and Dillard's.  When you walked inside though it was much bigger and had a steady buzz of shoppers for a Sunday afternoon. I walked through the food court very tempted to get something way off my diet, but then remembered how good I felt when I stepped on the scale today and saw I was down 7.4 pounds after my first week and that did I really want to fall off the wagon now... over a few minutes of comfort?.

So I ventured into Bath and Body Works to get some lotion and I found a new sample of and Orange fragrence that will be coming out in April.  The sell mini bottles a month or so before for a dollar to get people to try and see how they like it.  So for $1.00 I was given a small comfort of relieving my dry skin from handwashing and cold weather.

Next was the Verizon store... it was like it was calling my name!  As so yes, I caved in and got a wireless unit for my laptop.  I have 30 days to try it and get out of my contract if I do not like it. The sales rep was very kind and for 30 minutes went over all the aspects of adding this to my current services and asking me why I was so far from home.  Also informed me that it does not start to get warm here until the end of May... go figure, when I am going to be heading home.  So I left this store with another comfort... the ability to get online and stay connected with my friends and family. $59.99 per month.

Then I strolled and just window shopped until I got to Sears and I found another little comfort.... Fleece Socks!  My feet have been so cold since I have been here and the wood floors in the condo are no help so I purchased two pairs (on clearance) and for $8.00 I was looking forward to the little thing called warm toes.

I started to feel really miserable with my head and my shoulder, like a migraine coming on so I darted over to the Office Max and picked up my new day planner and ink pens for work... this little comfort of being able to plan my schedule and such was $25.00.

The last stop on my trip was to the grocery store and the first thing I grabbed was a tube of Icy Hot, then milk then trash bags and I was out the door... comfort item $4.99 for something that is hot/cold and smells like mint!

I barely made it home and in the door when I applied my cream took some headache medicine and laid down.  I slept for a few hours and woke up feeling some better.  Prestin called me and we chatted and he asked once again when we would be able to "space chat" (Skype). I told he I would try and set it up today and we would test it out maybe Tuesday after school.  This got me motivated to get up and get something to eat, grab my warm socks and my new air card.

Let me tell you when I logged on and I was able to get video chat to work and web pages to flash by... It was like it was my birthday and Christmas all wrapped up into one!  Jeff and I tested out Skype and I felt like I was at home in my own living room and for the first time in ten days I was not sad! If you have it you know what I mean.... if you do not, then click on the link I provided and join, it is free!  My ID is Kimmee71.

After a few hours I felt ill again and decided to call it a night and back to the Icy Hot and medicine. I have to work tomorrow night so I need to get rid of this miserable feeling. So to sum it all up... the little things made life a bit more manageable here and sometimes just small little comforts go a long way.

Until then....