Good thing, about getting the rest and having a brief downtime!  Sometimes as you say, all you can do is nothing!  Tomorrow will take care of itself, my mom used to tell me!

Good that you got to rest.  Keep up the good outlook on things

Thanks.

Old biker proverb (and I'm sure it would be a good one for truckers too): sometimes the fastest way to get there is to stop for the night. And I keep hearing the same thing in a kinda-sorta way in the running community too -that rest is just as, if not more than, important than the leg work. Heh, so I guess the Good Lord knew what he was doing when he advised to rest one day in seven.

So enjoy the rest, take a deep breath, and let what you can't fix today go.

Yep, have to agree with that. Thanks

The day my mom died I thought I would never be the same again.  The grief was overpowering and some guilt there, too.  Most of my adult life I spent overseas or so far from San Diego it might as well have been overseas.  Hard to believe it has been 21 years since she passed.  The pain eventually eases and the grief and guilt and all the other baggage that goes with it will fade, some.  There are still things that will bring a tear to my eye, some silly thing that was just between her and me will cause me to choke up...usually when you least expect it.  But by and large, we survive it and hopefully just the good memories remain.  Get well, get rest, and let the grieving run its course.  Good thoughts and prayers are with ya.

I'm glad you are doing a bit better there Mason. Hope your cold gets better as well. When my son was sick during the New Years Eve night, we gave him Codfish oil and it helped him out a lot. Got back on his feet a a day or 2, of course we gave him medicine as well but never seen it work that fast before.

Ironically, I too found myself just not worrying too much anymore and excepting what is happening to me. After all, I created the probelm and it's seems only fair to pay the price and take it like a man. I am doing a bit better myself, mentally, since rather than worrying about not being able to find a solution to my problems, I may as well just accept them and hope to do better next time around. Of course, it's not completely the same since it's just you and it's probably easier for you to deal with your problems while I have 2 small children which I can't allow to suffer for my mistakes.

But I will find a way out of this, I somehow always seem to. I would like to say things will get better and probably won't be lying, but I just don't think it will happen as fast as I would hope. But we all have to keep going either way. Good luck there.

I have gone years without a damn cold, but not this one.  Crept up on me Friday, and really got me yesterday.  Hope yours is on the down side.  They dont kill you, just make you miserable.

Feel better my friend, My heart and prayers are with you, may the grief you feel pass quickly and may your body heal quickly with as little difficulty as possible.

Elie

Thanks folks. The cold has improved but stubbornly remains.