Jessica Kelso

I can’t sleep and I don’t even have enough energy to get out of bed and head to the couch to watch TV, so here I am.

A couple of weeks ago my shoulders started hurting really bad again. I don’t know if you remember, but at the end of December I was having really bad pain in both of my shoulders. I could hardly lift my arms to put on a shirt or do anything. It was really annoying, and really painful. I went to a walk-in clinic while we were in Nashville visiting family, and he gave me steroids to help with the inflammation. Most of the pain went away but all of it never did. I normally wake up in the morning with a good amount of discomfort in one or both of them. The past few weeks the intense pain has started up again. On top of that, I was sick for about 2-3 weeks recently. The same nasty flu that everyone seemed to have. . . cold, cough, chest nastiness. I pretty much thought I was completely over it last week. But two nights ago I couldn’t sleep for anything and woke up the next day feeling terrible. I was stuck to the couch yesterday with a terrible migraine and slight fever. Then last night came the cold sweats. Around 3:30 I took some Tylenol and my temperate was at 102. It was a long night of no sleep.

So thankfully I was able to get in with my doctor this morning and he got me started on some antibiotics and gave me steroid injections in both shoulders. Ouch! I’m hoping it all starts kicking in soon. After the shots, I started to feel really nauseous and thought I was going to spill my guts right there in the office. Luckily, I made it home without any problems.

It’s funny, I’ve been married almost 2 years and yet when I’m sick I still want my mom. Is that crazy? When I was younger, either my mom or dad would stay home from work and make me grilled cheese and soup, put a cool wash cloth on my head, and just sit with me and sing or play with my hair. It was so comforting. Don’t get me wrong, Kevin does a good job of taking care of me while I’m sick. He is great! He gets me everything I need. But let’s face it, when you become an adult you just can’t justify asking your husband to stay home from work to take care of you.

He has set up this blog for me to keep record of our lovely life! I’ve never been big on writing things down, because the words never come out the way I’d like them to. By starting this blog, I guess I will face those fears of being a horrible writer, and just type what comes out of these little fingers. Who doesn’t like facing their fears?

I guess I should probably write a little bit about me since this is my first post. I’m a 23 year old wife. I work at an electric company as an office assistant. I was a hairstylist for close to 6 years, but God had other plans for me. You might be asking yourself…”So working as an office assistant at an electric company is what you’re supposed to be doing?”. Well, I’m still trying to figure that one out. I’m just trying to get by and live a happy, fulfilling life. I dream a lot. I dream big. I want to be a mother some day. I want to help people. I want to show love to everyone I meet. I want to love God with everything I have, because He has given me so much. So those are just some of the details. Facing my fears…

There’s much more yet to come.