Vertigo

No, I'm not talking about U2.

I woke up at 4 a.m. with the room spinning as if I had been on a carousel for the past six hours. It was back-- the vertigo.

I can't remember ever having a normal inner ear. I was the little girl who could never roll down a grassy knoll or spin on a merry-go-round or even perform a somersault. I always got dizzy.

About seven years ago I took medication daily for this annoying ailment. I've stopped the meds, and now I never know when it's going to strike.

When Mike and I started dating I was in Lansing to meet some of his friends for the first time. I had to sleep in the car in the restaurant parking lot before joining them for dinner inside. And while shopping with friends, I remember countless times when I had to "sleep it off" in the car outside the mall. I think my Indianapolis friends got to the point where they didn't even bat an eye if I had to go sleep after being in a car. "Yeah, Traci's in the bedroom....sleeping again. She'll be out in about 20 minutes..."

But let me just say, now that I'm a mom, it's not so fun. Well, it never was fun....you know what I mean.

Mike had to take a sick day. The kids were out of their routines. And I was completely out of commission.

As Mike says, "If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy."

We'll hope for a better day tomorrow.