February 6, 2015
So today I feel I made some progress. I started out the day by making the kids a yummy, hot breakfast of cheese toast and scrambled eggs. Sadly, I have gotten very much out of the habit of preparing them a hot breakfast every day, and that's just been flat out lazy of me. We all had a nice breakfast and that was a good way to start the day.
I also had to get out of the house to see the surgeon for my follow-up, and the visit was positive. My recovery is progressing better than I thought that it would. I am finally in less pain, and I am hopeful that this almost 3 year long ordeal is going to be behind me very soon, provided I stay on track with physical therapy. It was good to just get out of the house, and I am happy that the weekend will be lovely weather-wise, and I plan to get the kids out to the park for a few hours on Sunday. I think the fresh air and sunshine will be good for all of us.
I also read some news that I didn't obtain from Facebook, and while I felt that there were things I would've read and posted to Facebook the urge to do so wasn't very overwhelming. The primary thing I read and liked was the story of President Obama's speech at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday. The President continues to impress me, and I love that he has finally reached the stage of being more assertive and "in your face" with his commentary and stances on the issues plaguing the country. I only wish he could've found his voice years ago, and not just in the last 2 years of his stretch as President.
I played with the kids a LOT today, probably more than I have in a very long time. Unplugging myself from Facebook is really starting to make a difference in the level that I plug in with them. We brought out their kinetic sand kits for the first time, and they had a blast playing with it for well over an hour. After that we spent about an hour just putting together puzzles. Every day they amaze me more and more, and it is such a joy to watch their little minds at work.
One thing that I have realized over the last 2 days is that I have connected so much in my life to Facebook. One thing that stands out in particular is how many websites I have set up to log in through my Facebook account. I've actually had to reactivate my account a couple of times to change those settings. Both times I was able to resist temptation to check all those notifications just sitting there waiting for me, and just pop in to deactivate my account again. This is getting easier.
I've been spending quite a bit of time doing crossword and word find puzzles. It feels good to exercise my brain on things like this that I used to enjoy, but fell by the wayside in lieu of social media. I feel confident that over time I will begin to spend more time reading, doing projects with the kids and I've considered getting myself a membership to the YMCA so I can do some yoga and use the recumbent bikes. I think that yoga will be good for my anxiety, and the recumbent bike would be great therapy for my knee. Win, win.
Mike has picked up the cold that the kids had last week, and he's feeling pretty rough. Today I made another batch of the homemade cough syrup that worked so well for the kids, although I don't know that he will actually partake in my "hippie voodoo cough syrup" it is there waiting just in case any of us need it. I also tried my hand at homemade chest rub (Vick's chest rub) for the first time. It seems to have worked very well. I'll post the recipes in another post tomorrow.
Anyway, I am headed to bed, and I feel more satisfied and tired than the past 2 nights. I feel confident that I will fall asleep much more easily tonight, and get better rest. Hopefully tonight there will be no strange dreams about being in love with Seth Rogen. Haha!
It's still one day at a time, but the days are getting shorter, and longer at the same time as I begin to plug back in to the things that I used to find enjoyable. I only watched about 30 minutes of TV today, and I don't even remember the last time that happened.
Goodnight world. :)
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