As a nurse working in an ICU with seriously ill patients, sometimes it's nice to not be there and be the one who's taken care of instead.

I've been sick these past few days. I was feeling fine, then I woke up Wednesday morning with a sore throat and nasal congestion. It went downhill from there. Apparently I'm not the only one at work who's sick right now. Something is going on.

Anyways, so we had some family from Oahu that is visiting this week, so my mom wanted me to go over there to see them. I haven't seen them since I was maybe 3 or 4 years old. I told her I wasn't feeling good. She said come over anyways. Then dad gets on the phone. "The surround sound isn't working. Can you fix it?" I tell him I'm not feeling good, and that I don't know if I'm coming over. "Just come over for 5 minutes and fix it."

Then I start throwing a pity party for myself. And I think I took it out on husband.
No one cares if I'm feeling good! I'm always the one having to take care of others, but no one ever takes care of me!

I know I was being overly-sensitive at the time because he does take excellent care of me, making sure I get the food I'm wanting and getting enough rest. I was just tired, frustrated...over it.

As nurses, we spend most of our time taking care of others, meeting the needs of others...investing all of our time and emotions in the care of others, that we don't really take that time out for ourselves. It took me getting sick myself to get that time.

Thank goodness for husband however. He was going to host a bday party on Sunday at our house for his grandfather. I was supposed to clean for that. He cancelled. He has gone into town every day after work to get my favorite foods...Thai, Chinese, and tonight will be Pho.

I'm definitely appreciative of him. I know I take him for granted sometimes, and don't show my appreciation. It's just one of the many things I need to work on. I'll get there. ;)