Sunday, May 17, 2009

A smile on my dial again

Well what a good day today is. As you know I have not been well for a couple of weeks and when that happens a strange phenomenon occurs ( not just with me but with lots of other needgreaters I have spoken to) - you get extremely homesick! I don't know whether it is because you want to be surrounded by your loved ones or what but you just get to be wondering why on earth you are doing this to yourself. So I get better from my flu on Wednesday but poor Mark had a terrible night with tooth pain so off we had to go to the dentist. He ended up having to be sent to an oral surgeon for a root canal - ouch! Even more ouch is he got through the whole thing without anesetic! (We now know you have to actually ask for the stuff). Thursday came around and to make my week even better - I woke up with a migraine. So by now I am really wanting to get on the next plane out of here!
Finally though today I seem to be over everything and back on deck. It only takes one morning out in the field to be thankful again that we have this opportunity. We were due up in the mountains for Marks study at 7.30 am and usually it is quite cool that time of the morning but today the sun was shining (and has been all day) so as I have said before - you can't beat Cuenca on a good day, it really is beautiful. Life is good again!

7 comments:

Just Me said...

I am so happy to know that you are doing well. I hope the sun and the smile keep on shining. miss you.

catherine said...

Glad to hear and see you are on the up again. We miss you too but we know that is where you want to be at the moment. Keep up the good work. Lotsalove x x

Chad and Michele said...

Admit it Beth....it wasn't the sickness that made you homesick..it was the fact that WE were out of town!! haha
Glad you're feeling like yourself again!

The Kinlocher's said...

nice to finally get a chance to catch up with your entries- sorry you haven't been well but pleased to see you have bounced back- and poor mark i grabbed my face when i read about the tooth ache.
Loved the piggy song by the way.
love to you both and to your flat mates.
cheers

Elizabeth in Ecuador (de nuevo) said...

Actually Michele I think I might have been sulking cause you guys were having fun without me! And to top it all off you had the nerve to have a party without me too - you can go off some people very fast you know!

The Scottys said...
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The Scottys said...

OUCH SORRY ABOUT THE tooth MARK TEZ CAN SYMPATHISED WITH YOU ON THAT!

WOW BEEN SO BEHIND ON THE BLOGS.
SORZ YOU BEEN SICK BETH, BEEN HOME WITH A SICK LITTLE GIRL AND A CROOK BACK FOR A WEEK, COULDN'T SIT AT THE COMPUTER MUCH.

LOVE THE PIGGY VIDEO AND GLAD YOU ARE BACK ON BOARD AGAIN.

KEPP UP THE GREAT WORK AMIGOS.
AROHANUIXX