Oh what fun it is.....

Not feeling well is testing my ability to be tolerant. Things that I could and would normally let just roll off my back are annoying and aggravating to me.Right now the dogs are in the yard as the plumber is doing extensive repairs to our heating system. What started out as a minor inconvenience (no heat in our bedroom) has blossomed in to a huge project which undoubtedly will be accompanied by an equally proportioned invoice. Of course the dogs would much rather be inside and are making their feelings known by barking for the last hour and a half.
Did I mention that while working on the boiler ,the heat must of course be turned off? With the front door ajar so that a drain hose can be in place, the 34 degree temperature outside has now made its way into my office space.
The cough which I developed over the weekend is subsiding however the jabbing pain in my ribs that accompanied the cough still persists. Every time I move, it's as if some one is shoving a knife in my side.
To say that I am less than my affable ,happy go lucky self would be an understatement. 
And trying to conduct business in a week where many people are just not around is another challenge. I have resigned myself to not sweating what I can't control and spending my energies and resources on those that I can.
I suppose if I were not as physically challenged, the rest of these challenges, like this down time for my vendors and customers, would be easier for me to deal with. 
I would suggest to myself to take a deep cleansing breath to regroup, however, as I said before, that deep breath would come with a sharp pain in my ribs!
I have a number f agenda items that I can take care of that require little to no input from any one else, so that is where I will devote my attention for the immediate future.
That is after I warm up and get these stupid animals to shut up!