Manic Monday

I woke up this morning with a blinding headache which caused me to stumble through my "get ready for work" routine this morning. I was half an hour late to work as a result of being practically incapacitated, but fortunately, my manager(s) are understanding of that kind of pain. Migraines are one hereditary curse that I'd rather not have.

However, the meds finally kicked in and I am feeling fine. *whew* There's a lot to get done, and having to deal with a headache that temporarily paralyzes me upon standing and kneeling--it takes awhile for that "I'm going to die" pain to dissipate--would have been inconvenient--to say the least.

Another perk to the morning: Tyler called me from the field. He's out of the office and about 30-40 miles from civilization. We talked about forty minutes on the phone--which surprisingly didn't distract me all that much from work--and it was really good. That makes two phone calls within three days--a lot for both of us since we're not much for telephones. Anyhow, it was good to hear how he's doing and how his confidence is growing with his leadership skills. He has the capacity to be a great leader, he just needs to find his footing for sure and take off. It's neat to see/hear that happening. :) I'm so proud of him, sometimes it feels like I could burst.

Now, I'm on my lunch break eating another meal that's been sort of thrown together. At first, I didn't think that I had anything I could eat for lunch. I have a loaf of bread and sandwich fixings, but the bread is still frozen--heh heh--so that idea went out the window.

However, I had a half can of chili left from dinner last night and a can of tomatoes, so I thought of putting those together, sort of make the chili go farther. But then that didn't look quite right, so I had the brilliant idea of adding peanut butter. Don't gross out on me yet, hold on. I thought it would be similar to groundnut stew--which we ate a lot of in Ghana--and voila! It tastes pretty darn good after all. Hmm...maybe I should store this idea away for future reference. And, since there's plenty of protein, I should be able to focus this afternoon at work and do pretty much a lot--which is good since I'll be missing most of tomorrow due to dentist and orthodontist appointments.