Day 3 Summary

For today, so far so good. I took a Zantac yesterday to treat the chest pain after I researched chest pain causes and realized that maybe I've been suffering from acid reflux and thankfully it seems to have taken care of the problem :-) Thank God for meds!
When I was pregnant with my two little darlings, I got hit with the worst case of heartburn ever! I felt like I was having a heart attack and no I'm not exaggerating. The pain was like a knife being thrust into my chest and there was nothing I could do to alleviate it. For those pregnant women out there who know what I'm talking about, my heart goes out to you. What a horrible thing to experience. You really think you're chest is going to compress on you and you'll die. In fact, you think that that might be a nice remedy since it's agonizingly painful. One thing that did work to take off the edge was apple cider vinegar. Yes, there are those sites out there that claim this to be miracle solution for everything and while I can't speak for that, it did help me with the continual acid reflux from pregnancy. Try it if you wish, it can't hurt you. If you are going to get acv, make sure and get it raw and organic. I get mine from Bragg's at Vitacost.com and have gotten a lot of uses out of it. It's also suppose to help balance your ph levels. As I am writing this the pain is slowly starting to return so I think I'll go take a shot of it. Btw, make sure and dilute it if you do take some. When I was prego and had no idea how to take it (my midwife only told me to take a tablespoon of it) I thought it was fine to drink it straight up, however, to my dismay, it only made things worse and I wound up burned the lining of my esophogus-lol. Such an idiot. It was a good learning experience if nothing else, but  learn from me and don't do that!
My mood today has been great. I  ran a few errands this afternoon, which I rarely get to do given my children's ages, and was able to really relax and enjoy being alone. No rushing, just browsing. On top of that, I've been asked to sing at a seminarian friend's first mass and am so thrilled about that! I haven't sung since before I had my children and this is simply what I feel I was born to do. When my children went down for a nap, I went down into the basement and started doing my vocal exercises that I use to do back in the day. Lip drills and scales galore! How I miss singing and how my soul rejoices when it does. It's been a lovely day, the sun is finally shining and it feels like summer. Thank you God- I feel alive!