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Enough Excitement

January 14th, 2010 ryan

So while Sarah was in the USA last week, I determined to make sure I ate three squares a day.  You see, last time she left me on my own for a few days, I dropped five pounds out of pure forgetfulness and/or laziness.  Yeah, I’m that cliche of a husband.  But I said, “Not this time!”.  At first, I did pretty well, eating daily and several times a day.  And then, I got food poisoning.  Or at least I think it’s food poisoning, kinda hoping for that even, as it’s the least ominous way to explain my current symptoms.  So I’m an even bigger cliche, the husband who gets himself food poisoned when left to his own devices.  I promise, I really can cook and feed myself.  Sarah can testify.

In the midst of being sick, I ran out of heating oil (negligence on my part) and as that just happened to coincide with one of the cold snaps in the midst of the coldest winter this part of Ireland has seen in some time, the pipes in the house froze up.  So there I was, just me and my space heater thanking God for the jugs of water that we always keep around and hoping that my intestines either hurry up and leave or quit acting like they want to.  Some prayers were definitely said.

And then Sarah came home.  Then we got some oil and the house warmed up.  Then the pipes thawed out and the water started running again.  With each event, I was (and am) so thankful.  I take so much for granted every day: my health, my home, my beautiful and wonderful wife.  The truth is I have a very sweet deal.  What for me was a bad few days is the norm for a lot of people in the world.  It really makes me think.  So my point here isn’t to make you feel sorry for me, but just to say I’m thankful.  Also, I don’t mean to give the impression that I was all on my own here without Sarah.  I wasn’t.  I’m fortunate to have local friends I can call on and who take interest in me.  Yes, indeed, I do have a sweet deal.  Now if my stomach would just shape up…