Jessica Kelso

We’ve been back from Tennessee for 3 days now. It was a lot of driving, but completely worth it to be able to spend time with Kevin’s family. We ate way too much food, played a couple of games, ate way too many desserts, and just enjoyed some time off together. I was a complete bummer most of the trip due to having a lot of pain in my shoulders. I just kept thinking it would get better, it would go away. . . but it didn’t. It only got worse. On New Year’s Eve I decided I had enough of the pain and went to a walk in clinic to see a doctor. Being our last day having health insurance, I figured it was a good idea to do so. He said there was inflammation in my shoulders and prescribed an anti-inflammation medicine. So far so good! There is still pain, but nothing like it was and I’m finally able to sleep through the night.

Yesterday we had fun looking at things to spend our Christmas money on. It’s been a toss up between a over the range microwave or a new patio set. The microwave that got voted “best buy” in Consumer Reports is the one we like the most but they have yet to make it in black. . . and I just can’t have all black and white appliances with a stainless steel microwave. And I don’t see us getting all new appliances anytime soon. We will have to just wait on that. I’ve wanted a nice patio set ever since we moved into our house, so I’m pretty sure that’s what we’ll end up getting. I can’t wait for the day I can finally throw out that ugly white plastic furniture that is there now. We were also able to take down Christmas lights and decorations. A little late I suppose, but I’m just happy to have it all taken care of. It feels nice to have everything back in it’s place.

Today it’s football, blogging, and napping. I love our Sundays. Today also starts a better week, a better year, a better me. I’m both hopeful and excited! The only New Year’s resolution I’ve made is to learn to trust God more. I figure if I can do that, everything else will fall into place.