No Fabulous Find

This last Friday I missed out on having a Fabulous Find. I wanted to find one, I really did, but I was kind of stuck...literally. I was stuck at home. No, I did not have a broken car. My car was in the drive with gas in it. And no, I was not babysitting or waiting for someone to show up or call. I was just told that I could not leave the house. For you see, I had strep throat and was still contagious.

My throat had started hurting on Wednesday night. I didn't think anything of it though because it only hurt on the left side and only when I tried to sallow something. Thursday came and it started to get worse. But it was weird. It didn't really hurt in my throat. It was more the back roof of my mouth that hurt and it only hurt when I swallowed. It felt like the muscles back there had gone through a workout and now had muscle fatigue or something. By the time I got home from work and ate dinner I was sick of it hurting. I asked my mom what it meant if the roof of your mouth hurt when you swallowed. She just looked at me for a second and then told me we were going to the doctor. I didn't really like that idea. I just figured that I would sleep it off and be good to go the next day. She told me to get in the car.

We went to the Intsa Care here in Bountiful and waited to be seen. Once I was called back they took my vitals and asked what I was there for. I mentioned what was going on and they decided to swab my throat. The doctor came back a few moments later and told me that I had strep and that I was to start antibiotics that night and stay home for the next 24 to 36 hours because I was contagious.
Well, that meant that I could not go to work, which I was not sad about, but it also meant that I could not go find a Fabulous Find. Therefore I spent Friday laying around at home.

It was weird at first and I really didn't know what to do. I couldn't remember the last day that I just spent at home and didn't go anywhere. I ended up cleaning the bathroom, tidying my room, hanging my Disney art from my trip, updating the blog, doing all of my laundry(which never happens), reading a book (yes, a whole book), painting my toe nails, and somewhere in there I showered, made breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and took a nap outside on the grass.

It was while outside that I decided that I was grateful to have strep throat. I know that sounds weird. Who is grateful to be sick right? But I was. I had just spent the morning getting things done that usually don't get done and I was know outside laying on a blanket on the grass and it was a bright sunshiny day. I had been reading my book and listening to music and I just realized that my day was Awesome and it wasn't even over yet. I sat there and started laughing because I realized that I was grateful that I had strep throat. I was grateful that I was forced to stay home. And grateful that it was just my throat that hurt and that I still felt good everywhere else and had the energy to do things. It was a great day, and even though I didn't get to find a Friday"s Fabulous Find, I still had a fabulous Friday.