Pneumonia

Kellie drove me down to Florida and I stayed at Shelley's for a few days...worrying a little that the long trip might have given me a cold but it didn't.  I had a lovely time at Shelley's with her, John, Jake, Matt, and Kellie until Jan. 2nd when I went over to the park.  As usual, there were many hugs and kisses from my friends there and darned if one of them didn't give me a cold...no more hugs and kisses for me, only fist bumps from now on.  The worst part was that the cold quickly turned into pneumonia and I was so sick I had to go back to Shelley's house where she nursed me back to health somewhat.  The weakness from pneumonia will last a long time, though.

Shelley and John drove me and Faye back to the park and our beautiful rentals on Sunday, picked up some groceries for us and another drug for me and then visited for a while.  Nicole and Sam came over, too.  It is a special blessing in life to have family to take care of you when you can't take care of yourself.

I've come to the conclusion that it's time for me to stay home for the winter but Shelley thinks I should wait until I feel better before making that decision.  I don't think I'll change my ind, though, because it's very frightening for me to be so sick and away from home.

My laundry is done and I made a nice soup in the crockpot yesterday.  My appetite is almost non-existent, more so since being sick, so I have to force feed myself.  I wish I'd had this problem when I was in my thirties!  My weakness is partly due to my diet so I know I have to eat a certain amount...I'm concentrating on more beef in my diet.

Today Faye and I are going for pedicures, a necessity because I have a chip out of my big toenail that keeps catching on things and the nail polish is also chipped and looks awful.  I've almost taken care of the few things that absolutely need to be done so, after the pedicure, it will be all for fun for the next 2 1/2 months.