How Ironic

I returned from my trip to Israel/Jordan a few days ago. Everything went well with the things that needed to be done and I was able to visit a bunch of nifty historic sights besides. We had no issues concerning any need to deal with guns or bombs, so...bonus. The ankle on my accident damaged leg swole up in a big way over the course of time, but it didn't involve any pain. Aside from the ankle, my body did alright with all of the walking and step climbing. None of the things related to my motorcycle accident injuries was a hindrance at all throughout the trip. I was really tired at the end of each day, but my body held up well and I was able to handle all of the things required of me physically with a good sense of ease. Uh huh.

The irony of it all? When we left for the trip I had been dealing with some congestion in my head for about a week. It was getting better as the trip approached, and it improved during the first week in Israel. Nice, right? Well...the last two days I began to feel a bit congested and as we were getting ready to leave for the airport my one ear started becoming congested and painful. It took four different flights to get home and the pain in my ear, due to the change in pressure with every ascent/descent of the plane, was excruciating. By the end of the trip I was ready to live headless for the remainder of my life. The infection in my head then moved over to my other ear and they have both been in bad shape since. I'm taking an antibiotic, but it doesn't seem to work as fast as modern science should have it work. I mean, Bones on Star Trek always cured people immediately, didn't he? And cellphones today rival Star Trek communicators and tricorders, don't they? Do you see my point here?

You'll please forgive my mindless ranting, but I have a fairly constant headache on either side, and the ear thing is also hindering my ability to sleep, my ability to balance properly, and oh, I'm completely deaf. Not a sound gets through. Yeah.

My thoughts on all of this? Why worry about the things that you know might happen when life is always full of surprises anyway. Enjoy each day regardless of what it might bring and determine to live past every challenge with a good measure of grace and strength within your heart. 

Oh, and hope that Dr. McCoy shows up in some kind of space-time continuum episode with a quick cure for me.