Jan 5, 2010
I’m at home feeling all blah. I fell sick with cough and colds early Monday morning, and aggravated that by doing a bunch of errands. By the time I got home, I was about ready to collapse. I haven’t slept well in three days, and I don’t see myself recovering from this today, so the odds that I’ll be stuck at home tomorrow to recover are quite large.
While resting, I discovered at least ten things we can do to relieve the boredom:
1. Catch up on unwatched DVDs. I watched BBC: Egypt. I bought this two-DVD, five-episode special on sale from AstroVision, and it was terrific. I like mummies (remember?), so this was good.
2. Catch up on unread blogs. Finally cleaned out my RSS feed. Ah, good way to start the new year.
3. Sleep. If you can get it. I dozed off a bit during BBC: Egypt, but was awake for the most part because it’s such an arresting show.
4. Eat. Starve a fever, feed a cold… or is it starve a cold, feed a fever? Well, regardless, no one was starved today. I overdosed on chicken noodle soup.
5. Catch up on your reading. Still going through Listening Prayer by Mary Ruth Swope, and while it’s a very good book, so far, it has proven very useful for item #3.
6. Work. You shouldn’t, and several workmates who ended up chatting with me online chastised me for doing so. Say whatever you guys want, you needed my help anyway, so better I do it now than come into work on Thursday swamped.
7. Organize your iTunes. Haven’t quite gotten around to that yet, but I’ll bet I can do it tomorrow. Yay, playlists!
8. Plan out the rest of the week. Let’s see, Prayer and Fasting starts on Friday, so basically, I’m just getting a heads-up on feeling weak and light-headed. Cool.
9. Pray. I know, this shouldn’t be #9. It was #1 for me, honest, it was the first thing I did this morning. Pray God’s Will, Day 5. I swear it.
And finally…
10. Make a blog entry. Tadah.
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I love to watch unwatched dvd’s when I’m sick. Well, hope you get well. God Bless!
Thanks, Christo! I’ll shuffle through what I’ve got downstairs to see what’s next on my list. Or I can just sleep…
I had sore eyes for 3 weeks some years back. At the end of the 1st week, I realized HBO kept doing repeats and it bored me no end.
Glad you found things to occupy you. Get well soon!
Gosh, I hate sore eyes! And having it for three weeks? The horror!
I do have cable here, but it’s downstairs in the living room and I don’t wanna infect anyone else, so I’m quarantined in my bedroom. It’s okay; I’m preoccupying myself with videos while trying to sleep.
8. Or it’s a spiritual attack because Prayer & Fasting week is coming up.
For some reason, number 10 made me crack up. Get well soon!
It’s funny you should mention that because the thought did enter my head yesterday. Then I thought to myself, “Why would the enemy attack ME? I’m so insignificant.” Then I thought to myself after that thought, “I’ve been drawing close to God the past five days. Of course, the enemy would want to attack me because this year’s gonna be awesome and he doesn’t want me to win.” I’m not insignificant at all, and it’s precisely because God’s going to do amazing things with me this year, the enemy wants me to start the year out all yucky.
Well, boo him. This is hardly the kind of thing that’ll make me start to doubt my faith and my God. Regardless of whether or not there’s any truth to it being a spiritual attack, yes, I am claiming God’s promises, and yes, I will be healed according to His Will in His perfect timing.
And, yeah, I’m glad you laughed at #10. Did you picture me with a wide grin and hands spread out as you read it? :)
Exactly what you said. But even though you’ve said it yourself, I’d like to say it too: You’re not insignificant. Yes, God will do greater things for you, through you, and in you this year. The best is yet to come!
Yes, I did picture you with a grin and hands spread.
Hope you’re better now, especially since P&F week has begun!
I’m okay now. Thanks, Myk!