Sunday, April 18, 2010

Happy Happy Joy Joy!


Well I'm at work and have found a small respite in between clients. Today the sun is shining and it is delectably warm outside. I keep sneaking out back just to soak up a few rays. Now I've got music playing on my computer (from my blog playlist) and am sitting here feeling happy. Really and truly deep down in my gut happy. I suspect this feeling is a combination of sunshine, music and prednisone. Yup. Steroids.

You see I am an asthmatic and I haven't been breathing right since I got sick last month. So yesterday I started a short course of prednisone. If I could I would stay on prednisone forever - it makes me feel all is right with the world (not so for some folks who report extreme crabbiness while on said medication). But for me steroids are definitely a good thing. I can breathe. My allergies clear up. My eczema goes away and I am ebullient. Oh if only these drugs didn't cause long-term weight gain and adrenal dysfunction. Ah well. I'll just enjoy it while it lasts.

And now I think I'll sneak back out in that sun. I hope you are all having a great weekend!

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Things I'm Loving Today:
  • Sunshine!
  • Breathing like a normal human being.
  • Discovering a trail along the canal behind our clinic.
  • Eating healthy all weekend (lots of fresh fruits, vegetables and grains).
  • Music!
Things I'm hoping for today:
  • Minimal jury duty next week.
  • One more day of sunshine.
  • Inspiration for tomorrow's dinner (what to cook? what to cook?)
  • A clean house when I arrive home tonight.
  • A flash of photographic creativity (my camera is feeling neglected).
  • A decrease in my heart palpitations (which seem to arrive each and every spring and correlate with Juniper season. Hmmmm).

3 comments:

Michelle, Queen Behind the Lens! said...

LOL. Apparently there's a theme today:
http://droppedstitches72.blogspot.com/2010/04/happy-rainbow-electric-daisy.html

I need to get some of whatever you guys are taking! ;)

Erin Wallace said...

Glad Michelletold you aboutme - I like your blog and will add you to my reader. Just took my medication, so we'll see if any dancing faries pop out of the woodwork in about half an hour! Have a great day! Erin

Gayle said...

I'm sorry that you needed to go on Prednisone, but glad that it's making you feel good!