LadyMaverick wrote:((((Kathryn)))) IMHO, you seriously need a break from the stress of trying to do more than your body is ready for. ((((Gentle Hugs))))
What am I doing that is stressing my body so much?
I will admit to trying to move my body. The months of recovery from 2 weeks of bedrest during the gall bladder terrify me. Especially since I can stand and move at this point and am not hooked up to an IV under the watchful eye of nurses.
I'll admit to an hour long visit with one of the refugees (R has been dying to tell me she's pregnant and W wanted to show us his car and tell us about his new job.)
I also made a bed today after tossing sheets in washer and dryer. Not pillow cases, just sheets. Yesterday I did pillow cases (talk about breaking a job into babysteps.)
I showered and dressed. Skipped shaving my legs (again) because I figured I wasn't strong enough to handle the bending.
I took my temperature and medicine at certain intervals and charted it.
I did not:
cook
wash dishes
go grocery shopping
plan dinner
vacuum or dust or wash floors (all required)
cut the water to my bathroom
phone the super and report the water leak
tidy
Nor did I
do anything on paperwork other than put the chits from my purse onto the ever growing pile
send any email
pay any bills
do my household or business accounting (4 months and counting)
update my bullet journal
send the email I should have sent for the residents' association.
I'm bored out of my skull but have no energy or attention span to do anything. Even TV bores me.
I have been doing this much or less now since Monday November 5. That is 13 days of doing 'nothing.' Thirteen days of having to tell dh "I don't know" when he asks me about supper. Thirteen days of telling my child "I can't" when she asks me to help. Even when all she asks is that I interact with dgs over skype. Because I can't and I know I can't.
I am going over to see dd tomorrow. Dh will drive me. She was to come here but she can't walk again, so she can't come here. She's home alone with dgs, her dh is on a business trip until tomorrow night late. This is an example of how having a car would help her out. I offered to maybe take her car shopping when I'm feeling better but she won't. If a lease transfer car doesn't land in her lap, she won't do anything to find one.