Rest

Noticing a trend? I'm obviously moving my old posts over here, but this one grabbed my attention and made me laugh. Sometimes I'm such a dork!

Remember all those wonderful plans I had? A daily plan! A weekly menu! All sorts of priorities figured out! Plans are good. So are memories!

Here is a round-up of the week thus far:

Attempted to cook, but couldn’t stand to look at food.

Attempted to eat some junk food, but it was gross too. Possibly gained 10 pounds just looking at it.

Slept all day Monday thanks to the weather. (Bad pain days always mean sleep.)

Was invaded by ginormous house flies.

While trying to make homemade sticky fly traps, almost set the kitchen on fire. (Thank you Lord for a functional smoke detector!)

Ran around with a spray bottle filled with water and a few squirts of soap, spraying at flies and windows, using all reserved energy.

Woke up to… no buzzing! Well, some buzzing, but lots of dead flies!

Called housekeeping services. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.

Glared at dead flies. Stared at laundry. Pondered dishes. Stuck up nose at toilet.

Went to the ironically named Dr. Hack. Forgot the words to tell the receptionist why I was standing in front of her.Set up more tests.

Sneered at house that smelled like smoke.

Thanked God for the gift of rest and peace in the midst of chaos.

More Priorities

Don't you think this blog is pretty? No? Neither do I. It looks incredibly awful and I will be the first to admit it. But right now... it's just not a priority.

The result of a search for "virtuous woman." Hehehe!

In all honesty, I must admit that while I do want to help people, it's stinking hard to keep yourself  accountable when all you want to do is take a Benadryl and sleep... all the time. But is that what the Virtuous Woman of Proverbs would do? Definitely not! While Christ is of course my ultimate example and strength, it certainly helps to have a female role model. (But I bet she didn't have fibromyalgia and more additional diagnoses than she can count!)

So, while I hope eventually others gain hope and inspiration and all sorts of other warm fuzzies from this blog, right now I need some accountability- and this seems like the best option.

Two days into the routine and it's going OK, aside from the fact that the routines were not followed either day! However, the general routine was indeed followed, and considering that I'm still weak from some unknown illness, that's pretty good!

Repetitive movement = ow!

Yesterday morning two rows of the garden were planted (yay!) and today I did some much-needed laundry, while still getting some work done- yet another example of how anyone with fibro has to CONSTANTLY prioritize. (Yes, I needed clean clothes.)

Granted, this can make some relationships difficult. However, anyone who truly loves and cares for myself and my husband refuses to take cancellations personally and understands that this is simply how life is. Unfortunately, this sometimes means that family members and friends who we care for must essentially be "dumped." If someone makes you feel worse instead of better, they need to go. Fibro causes enough pain without stress- relationships that bring more negative into your life than positive will only make you feel worse.

I am again well aware that this post has gone far off topic, but this is what is on my heart today. Keep taking those baby steps!