Is it 2022 yet…??

11 days into 2021 and I’m beginning to think this is not going to be my year… LOL

Woke up on New Years Day with a raging headache and ringing ear. Thought it was from the 2 bottles of Prosecco I helped polish off, but it turns out I have an inner ear/sinus infection. who knew?! LOL

You know that sound when a bomb goes off in a movie? Yeah, that high pitched ringing sound… well that went on for 6 days and ended with me not being able to stand up straight, the room spinning and being severely nauseated before I finally caved and went to the doctor. I’m a mom with MINIMAL child care help. You need to die before you submit and go to the doctor. Am I right?? LOL

Capped off the second weekend of January with a concussion. I mean… trying out a hover board for the first time with an inner ear infection probably wasn’t the wisest thing to do… I’m already off balance and have dizzy spells, so lets hop on a hover-board right…??!! D’oh

Literally 20 second into that ride I found myself on the floor. Ear buzzing yet again, pain across my entire chest, head throbbing and flashing lights in my right eye for over an hour. But what did I do… got up like nothing happened and mommed real hard for a couple hours. It happened an hour before I needed to start dinner and I had things to do. I also needed to keep busy cause I was kinda freaking out inside. If the flashing inside my eye didn’t go away by the time the kids went to bed I was going to make a stop into emergency that evening…

It wasn’t till today that things started to set in. I could feel the stiffening happening yesterday and last night it got worse, but I surely didn’t expect to feel like this today. The tendons in my neck are so sore I cant even lift my neck or turn my head to the side. Lifting the kids into their beds for their nap was excruciating and breathing feels like a chore. If I didn’t remember the hover board incident I would of been convinced that I was ran over by a semi-truck. And to top it off I cant tell if my ears and head hurt from the sinus/ear infection or this concussion. I was so busy popping advil that I forgot about my Antibiotics the last two days, so this whole thing is not going very well. lol

On the bright side…. The home office and salon are all set up and ready to go (when ever we re-open that is…??!). Kids are in a good routine and have been napping for about 1.5 hours a day, so I finally feel like I’m getting into a groove again. I’ve somehow managed to lose 3 more pounds while consuming copious amounts of alcohol, chips and mom’s gluten free/dairy free brownies during the holidays. And I have to admit I’m really enjoying this no make-up, leggings every day and dirty hair thing going on. I’ve been spending lots of time with the kids and to be honest with the infection and concussion my energy levels are about a 3 out of 10 anyways….

These are the times I look back and thank the lucky stars for my side gig. I seriously don’t know how I’d survive without it otherwise…