It’s Been a Rough Year, But I am Hanging in There

I haven’t blogged as much as I wanted to lately as I fight off different health issues. Today, I am taking antibiotics, prednisone, and albuterol for an upper respiratory infection and congestion. But, I decided that you can let the problems in your life control you or decide to soldier through. Ironically, I make this decision while feeling like a germ bus has run over me.

It’s interesting, too, that as a blogger who follows a lot of other bloggers, I thought that my life was nowhere as exciting as that I had something to write every day. yes, I started this blog to tell stories or write stories that inspire people to love and trust the Lord. I have come over the last few months to reflect on why I started the blog and what has brought me joy in writing the blogs. Of course, being tired from constant health issues can impact how we see our lives.

I am going to sit down before Monday when the new semester starts (I am taking three classes to try to finish my latest degree now that the university has found their errors in calculating when I could graduate), and I will make a list of what I want to write about and do my posts on weekends and schedule them. Of course, for three weeks in September and October, my husband and I will travel to Spain and Portugal to sightsee and visit family. We are going to Bilbao, Spain, where I have wanted to visit since 1997! It has been a 27-year desire, but we always seemed to go elsewhere, mainly because I don’t like confrontations, and a happy life includes a happy husband.

But, I finally asserted myself and said that we were going, even if I had to meet him in Portugal, where our family lives, and go alone. I knew he would never let that happen (smart, eh?). To add to the excitement, I will need to attend classes virtually for those three weeks because I had already planned the trip when told that I had to take two more classes to graduate. So, I will go to class while on the beach or in a nice digital cafe, having a drink to rest my weary feet after a day in museums or ruins.

You do what you after to do. So, maybe I do have a lot to say. I have missed writing, but I have kept up with my bloggers as much as I could, considering I follow over 100 sites. I will post pictures in Spain and Portugal. And, yes, I earned an A+ for Communication and Aging class, but then I am 72. How could I not?

Yes, it’s been a tough year, but I am hanging in there and getting re-energized. It might be the Prednisone, folks!