This Perfectly Imperfect Life

While I may be taking a break from the ole blog here, and writing in general, you can still find me over on the Instagram by clicking on "View On Instagram" in the right-hand column!

Are you on Instagram? Me too! Without intending to, my Instagram has become my micro-blog. It's now my immediate go-to when posting photos along with short text posts. I didn't expect how much I would enjoy using IG as well as the interactions with other users there.   I didn't mean to get derailed here once again! There's so much to keep up with in the online (and offline) world anymore. Add my unpredictable health to the mix and it's all too much at times, even though I've always been conscious about using what sites/apps I enjoy vs what the status quo is at any given time. Our recent vaca was a great technology/app break and I've tried to keep that going to a large degree since being home. (Coming down with a wicked awful sinus infection the day after we got home on 7/20 and only starting to feel better on 8/3 has helped with the extended break!) What I'm going to try focus on in the weeks to come is sharing here at The Portable Hom...

Apologies for dropping off the face of the Earth! I've been sick since Halloween, battling an upper respiratory infection that's taken over my throat, sinuses and ears, and I've really had a rough go of it since the day after Thanksgiving. It's rearing its' ugly head once again too, as I was back at the doctor just yesterday and have started a third round of antibiotics. It's likely the upper respiratory infection is a viral infection, but with my immune system, or lack thereof actually, the antibiotics are more of a precaution to keep me from coming down with a secondary bacterial infection along with this upper respiratory infection.  I would say I'm exhausted to tears, but I'm so utterly exhausted, I don't think I have the energy to cry anymore! This happens every few years. I get sick during the Fall and can't shake it until Spring. I'm under strict order to REST this week and I am obeying them. Not that I have much choice in the ma...