Cabin Fever . . .

Ughhhhhhh! I have got an extreme case of cabin fever. And yeah, I know - I know. I'm not the only one dealing with our TWO measureable snowfalls in less than one week. But man oh man! I am so ready for this cold dreary winter to be over.

I guess the fact that a long awaited opportunity to go to a favorite hide-a-way of ours a few of weeks ago blew up completely didn't help at all. Yep, our plans were diverted by a reason we have come to understand as 'sometimes life just happens.'

Mike has wanted to go to this particular cabin for quite a while now, but it always stays booked solid. So I secretly scooped up an available weekend back in the summer and presented him with it for Christmas. It's hard to say who was more excited and ready for the get-away, me or him! So, with only one day to go - we planned, packed and prepared - to get the heck out of Dodge for the perfect weekend.

Well . . . things just don't always turn out the way we want them to, do they? About 9:00 P.M. that night Mike began having neck, shoulder, back and ear pain. He tried his best to ignore it and wish it away. But by 6:00 the next morning he was asking me to take him to the ER. Bear in mind, this is a man who I normally can't even get to call his primary doctor, much less make an appointment.

So to make a really long and drawn out day shorter, he was basically treated for heart issues (which he did NOT have) and finally sent home with muscle relaxers and pain pills to await a MONDAY attempt at following-up with his own doctor. Not the weekend we had eagerly anticipated. He suffered in pain while I spent a lot of time trying to assure him I knew he would rather be in that cabin.

So yeah, I have cabin fever. I have it really bad. I am more than ready to get out and go. Ready to shed the coat, put away the umbrella, constantly need the sunglasses and just get away.

And I know I live with a man who feels the very same way . . .

BTW . . . he finally had an MRI, the pain is almost gone and he sees his neurosurgeon later this month for the results.