Another Sleepless Night

Here I sit at 1:44am Monday morning. I was woke once again by a runny nose at around 1am. The past couple of weeks I have not slept through the night, woken up about the same time for the same reason most of the time. The other times was either a bathroom break or my mind would not allow me to rest. I have sat here now for 44 minutes with a runny stuffy nose along with the sinus pressures and pains that are not allowing me to fall back asleep. My alarm is set for 6:30 am, less thatn 5 hours away...I think Monday is going to be yet another day where I am too tired to do anything! This sucks. Pray that you never have sinus troubles, pray that you are always healthy. I have had allergy testing, I have had sinus surgery, I have tried what seems like every medication under the sun, and yet I still suffer. Most of the time I cannot breathe while my nose runs uncontrollably, I cannot smell, which means often times things do not taste as good to me as they should. I do not know what to do, I thought this was maybe a cold and I would get over it, but its been like two weeks! I am done with it, all I want is to sleep through the night, be able to breathe and smell. I feel that I leave a pretty healthy life, I try to eat the right things, I am active I went hiking today, then took my dogs swimming, then did yard work and chores, and never really took a break until I watched the 9pm news. Whos knows...maybe it is a cold that is taking its sweet time, or its just something that is going to linger because I am with the kids all summer and it is the pool that is starting to get to me, who knows. All I know is that I am going to crawl back into bed, blow my nose a few more times, and try to catch some zzz's before that 6:30am wakeup call! Ni-Nite!

Ohana

Ohana in Hawaiian means family. Ohana is also the name of my new friend here pictured to the left. I learned something (not that I did not know this before, but anyways) but I learned that Family really is the most important entity in life. Without family where would you be? Whatever your family may look like always remember who they are, and why they always stick by your side. They may not be related to you, but you still consider them your family because they will always be there for you. My family, has and always will be there for me, no matter what. I also learned like many others before me that family is more than the people I am related to, it is my true and dear friends that no matter what have been there for me when I have needed them most. This all exists because we all look out for each other. If I did not make effort to care and look after these relationships they would not exist and life would not be as much fun as an enjoyable as it is. Family is there for you always, they listen, they kick you in the ass when needed and love you unconditionally. Today was a day that I needed to step back and realize this! I love my friends more than they know especially the ones who love Justin! LOL! :) Without them I would not be where I am today, I love knowing that whenever I need a good ass kicking they are there to not only provide the shoe but the force to knock some sense into me! It was a rough day, and I hate being grumpy around the kids and I know that I will have to make that up to them someway somehow, because that is what my Journey is all about - finding that path that captures my heart and following it to the end. Till next time, stay strong, and remember, Ohana. Mahalo!