It’s hard to go wrong with red, black and white.

Obviously that’s not ideal. For countless reasons I’d like to have fully functional lungs back again. But it’s given me a great chance to weigh the costs of side effects vs the promise of net effect.

Over the time I’ve been on these meds I’ve experienced many of the listed side effects: Nausea, vertigo, accelerated heartbeats, insomnia, acid reflux, uneven body temperature, moodiness and a general haze over my mind.

The illness I’m trying to fight off caused breathing difficulties and fatigue.

Which is worse? Generally we accept the side effects because wellness is the worth the brief costs. But it’s not something we accept by way of specific decision each time. In my particular instance the side effects were only a part of the discussion in that they were listed on the meds.

So the question I keep wrestling with is whether I would’ve recovered naturally. Clearly, I haven’t recovered yet with meds so perhaps if I’d done nothing I’d be worse off. But if I’d avoided the meds I would’ve had a few weeks of insomnia-free sleep. I would’ve likely enjoyed slightly more regular body function and metabolism too.

Most of the time this isn’t something that comes up. You take the medicine, you get better, you stop taking the meds and the side effects and illness are both gone. But with my fifth visit to the doctor on Friday there’s a good chance I’ll get to decide whether the hopeful net gain is worth more side loss.

Hunter was grateful for what had been said, grateful that it helped to lift the pain. He would never forget how a president became, for a moment, a pastor and a grieving pastor could only receive and the lines between the political left and right were dissolved by the greater force of faith.

That’s from a great, brief story of when president Obama showed the love of Jesus to my pastor. You really should read the whole thing.

As the weather warms and the days lengthen, we’ll start going from monthly trips to weekly trips. By the time summer strikes we’ll probably need all our fingers to count our waterfront back-and-forths. For now we’re just happy we could finally take the year’s first proper Atlantic excursion.

Someone’s usually upside down and it’s par for course that we’re all looking in different places.

Today we took an amazing bandwidth – mesquite grilled sliced turkey with avocado, havariti cheese and bacon on fresh bread – and made it even better. All it took was pressing the sandwich… on a waffle iron.

The key is to simmer the bread in a little butter first, then put the lightly cooked side on the inside of the sandwich. Then butter the outside, set it on the waffle iron and give it a minute. Seriously one of the best sandwiches I’ve had in a very long time.

3. There’s almost always something better I could do with my time than watch anything. That’s not a truth I should receive from a company that only makes money if I prioritize watching videos. But every time I look at their top 10 recommendation, I can only imagine someone in their engineering department really wants me to spend more time reading.