Murphy's Law - Anything that can go wrong...Will!!!

No sooner had I had decided to join this October commit to write on any topic for a month deal when the roadblocks began coming in full force. Here is the irony in it all. I chose 31 Days to a Healthier Home....and the day before I was to start the series I had a severe systemic allergic reaction to an unknown allergen. Now we are talking land of the lepers. My whole body was covered in itching, swollen, welts of epic proportions. I am not a run to the doc kind of gal so I thought I'd wait it out...bad idea....they progressively got worse and then my mouth, face, hands and feet started to swell....in any event I went to the doc...got some antihistamine and a steroid. The steroid made me nuts...literally...heart palpitations, panicky, twisted nightmares...so there went that option....thank the Lord for moms...mine came to help me with managing my children and homes as I lay on the sofa covered in wet rags...resisting the temptation to tear my skin off...long story short it lasted for 10 days and I still have no idea what I am allergic too. On a side note....CLARITIN...is a life saver and suppressed the reaction beautifully once it got into my system....I could not have functioned with out it and my mom would have had to move in (and that would make her nuts). Mid way through this ordeal..the stomach bug hits our family....anyone knows that kids and the stomach bug make it virtually impossible to do anything but deal with the illness at hand....we then all came down with cold. They say it comes in threes :) And that my friends is why I did not accomplish my goal of posting 31 days to a Healthier Home....I am happy to say we are at present all well. I have grown tremendously through this experience. Most importantly is....God's good is not the same as ours (will expand on that in another post)....and also sometimes you need help and that is okay...oh yes and then there is the ever popular...usually have to re-learn this several times a year lesson....I am not in control of everything and nothing will ever be perfect so give thanks for what you have....be content with where you're at (even in illness) and pray...pray...pray!