2 day vacation with a 1 day recovery

So this past weekend Kel and i did the Engagement Encounter through the Diocese of Peoria. This is a weekend retreat that engaged coupled go on to help prepare them for marriage. Kel and i LOVED it! all the questions and topics were ones that we already covered and knew the answers too! however, this weekend gave us a chance to focus solely on each other (not the wedding, not work, not family, not life, just each other) for two whole days. it was awesome. kel and i are even more in love (did not know that was possible) and now understand the importance of taking time for us.

Kel and i have been working harder than ever before in the past couple of months. we work hard because we need the money, and for awhile that was the only reason. we finally have taken the chance to realize we are working hard for all the wrong reasons. Money is never  a reason to do something (although it's a good reason NOT to do somethings). Kel and i need to work hard to build a life for each other. we need to put our life around the money we make, not try and make enough money to fit our life. I hope that makes sense to everyone.

The biggest wake up call to this was not this weekend, but this morning. i was so mentally exhausted from this weekend that i fell asleep in the spare room at the townhouse last night. i work up at 6:30 to start getting ready for work and started throwing up instead. on top of that my nose wont stop running my head feels like 100lbs of pressure and i have a fever (we don't have a thermometer so we don't know how high of one). i didn't go into work today and that was a huge mental battle. i HATE missing work especially when we get new hospital bills everyday. i never call in sick or take a day off unless it's a major deal, so after such a good weekend i am home sick watching Kel do all the cleaning and laundry! I don't do well when i am sick.... i really get knocked on my ass and it's hard to deal with for me and other people because i tend to get really whiny.

Anyway,  have learned a lot in the past 3 days and i am hoping that Kel and i continue to grow like this everyday of our life together, because that truly would be amazing!