Day 128

Day 128: I'm a little bummed tonight, Friends. Yesterday I wrote that I was hoping to get well so that I could take a little trip that I was planning. Sad to report...this cold of mine has other plans. My little trip that I wanted to take was to my beloved hometown Timmins to see Friends, Family, and put up Auntie Della and Uncle Frank's Christmas tree. With their own health concerns I cannot in good conscience head north and bring this illness with me. I know it's for the best that I don't go...but sometimes things that are for the best kind of suck. I've been looking forward to this trip for months. So, to cheer myself up tonight I watched "It's A Wonderful Life" with my little roomie (her first time viewing it!). Me, I've seen it a hundred times. I love shows like that one because not only is it great cinema (Jimmy Stewart in a Capra film), but it's message still rings true as simple and sweet as it ever has been: you never know how much your life can have a ripple effect on those around you. I have learned a little about that concept through this very exercise and the lovely notes and messages I've received pretty much from Day 1. Those notes and likes also help me immensely when I feel a little sad, like I do this eve. But I do know that tomorrow is a new day, and there will be more trips Home. That is my Happy for today...knowing that there's always a chance for tomorrow to be a little better. For now, I'll just chug back the NyQuil and hibernate until this grossness vacates my system. #365happydays

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