{"id":9120,"date":"2024-01-03T05:51:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T05:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=9120"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:32:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:32:44","slug":"getting-stuff-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=9120","title":{"rendered":"GETTING STUFF DONE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Just over two days into the new year and I am already learning new lessons.<\/p>\n\n\n

Like how useful steroids can be.<\/p>\n\n\n

My latest sinus infection chose Christmas Day for its arrival. The next day I felt remarkably better. But then the third day I woke up at 1:00 am to drive Sarah to the Fort Wayne Airport, two and a half hours away.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

I was glad to do it, but I know it played a role in giving this infection a major second wind. By Sunday morning, it had travelled into my vocal cords, leaving me to croak my way through the sermon.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

My Sunday afternoon nap – usually a trusted friend – betrayed me. When I woke, I couldn’t speak at all.<\/p>\n\n\n

Today, I decided that I had resisted seeing a doctor long enough.<\/p>\n\n\n

At 3:38 pm, I walked out of the clinic with an antibiotic for my sinuses and a steroid for my voice.<\/p>\n\n\n

The doctor had said, “This late in the day you might want to wait to start the steroid tomorrow or else you won’t be able to sleep tonight.”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

Wanting my voice back sooner rather than later, I took the first day’s dosage of the little white pills as soon as I got home. (As a guy, I know that following a doctor’s advice is optional – like braking when a traffic light turns yellow.)<\/p>\n\n\n

This evening, with newfound energy, I decided to rearrange my home office. I had been thinking it would make an excellent new year project since I had become aware of the setup not being optimal for my current workflow.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

Now it’s nearly 1:00 am, and my office looks like this:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Anyway, all this to say that I might have to look into taking steroids on a regular basis. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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