As many of you know, the last 18 months have been full of ups and downs for me . . . many of which have involved downs through which I could not do much physical work. I guess it shouldn't be surprising, then, to hear me say that it has been a wonderful weekend of doing simple things around the house and with my family. Here is a brief list of things I've done this week and weekend to keep the household running. I share it not because it's spectacular by normal standards, but because for me, coming out of lengthy physical trials, it seems significant (and I took a day off work to sleep in the middle, too, because I was exhausted, so I'm still not all the way there, sigh, but I'm really trying to look on the positive side):
- took Si shopping for his suit (a 3 hour ordeal during which he kept saying "I don't really care what I wear" but after which he was quite appreciative)
- went to International Festival with my son and DH
- took my son
to the zoo (last Sunday) and walked myself into the ground - did laundry (last load is in the washer!) and even carried some of it up the stairs by myself!
- made dinner twice (usually Mike cooks . . . see pic)
- worked long hours for the levy (did I mention it passed? lol)
- got more of the "old mess" cleaned up in our family room
- hung the wreath above our mantel that's been sitting on the hearth for nearly a year (see pic)
OK - that's probably enough. Suffice to say I'm happy to be continuing down the road to normalcy.
As many of you know, the last 18 months have been full of ups and downs for me . . . many of which have involved downs through which I could not do much physical work. I guess it shouldn't be surprising, then, to hear me say that it has been a wonderful weekend of doing simple things around the house and with my family. Here is a brief list of things I've done this week and weekend to keep the household running. I share it not because it's spectacular by normal standards, but because for me, coming out of lengthy physical trials, it seems significant (and I took a day off work to sleep in the middle, too, because I was exhausted, so I'm still not all the way there, sigh, but I'm really trying to look on the positive side):
