pretty much worst ash wednesday ever

[nature boy]

service starts at 7. it was 6:52 and NO ONE was here. was thinking maybe i could take off, but right at 6:54, people walk in. 11 people, to be exact (including one new person). i do my usual song and dance, go through the service and things are fine and dandy.
then i get up to preach. less than a third of the way through, i feel as though my nose is a faucet ready to flow. sniffling as quietly as i can, but completely unable to concentrate on my sermon notes (i don't preach off a manuscript anymore).

sermon sucked.
had to blow my nose hard after it. i'm sure everyone heard it as there was no music. being sick sucks.
{/rant]

#pastorproblems

[joel]

man you've been sick forever. maybe you need just to take a couple days to get some much needed rest.

[geForce]

Have you tried getting a new toothbrush? Seriously, a lot of times people keep getting sick over and over again because they're recontaminating themselves with the germs left on their toothbrush.

[geForce]

Actually, that was debunked...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/2 ... 27310.html

Well, except for bacterial infections... so I guess since your doctor gave you antibiotics, he thinks you may have had a bacterial infection, so maybe not a bad idea to change toothbrush after all.

[joel]

also next time if you need to blow your nose, i say, you just do it mid-sermon or whatever... i don't think anyone would mind.

[se7entse7en]

Just turn away from the mic first.

Are you getting enough sleep? ... or at least allowing yourself enough time for sleep?

[nature boy]

taking days off doesn't do much because my wife thinks a day off for me means a day off for her (from the kids). i took some time off when i was really sick right after new year's, but a lot of good that did me as i was caring for the rest of the family that was more sick than me.

i've changed my toothbrush (head) twice since i got sick. will probably change it again once this cough dies down.

sleepwise is tough too. the only free time that i have is at night after the kids go to bed (midnight or later), so i usually just stay up a bit until around 2 (more often than not i'd be doing work that i didn't do during the day or something). but i get up around 8-9 (latest 10) for work, and i try to get up before the kids or winnie will think that i'm lazy for sleeping in. i don't doubt that this is a lack of sleep thing, but the problem is not having the time to sleep.

[nature boy]

and thanks for the concern. i thought i was better last weekend, but when sunday rolled around my cough came back.

[se7entse7en]

[nature boy]

Lol that's some sound advice. I'm going to go neglect this cold and maybe call it names.