Home Invasion in Everyday Ramblings

I am always on the lookout for interesting tree textures and colors and I enjoy taking pictures in the neighborhood to pinpoint the season and the light. This was Sunday.

There was an underlying reason (besides being an introvert) to not go to the poetry reading on Sunday evening I have discovered. I have the flu.

Not fair! We are all scheduled for our flu vaccinations tomorrow. Drat. Saint Joe and my volunteer coordinator both had it week before last and even though I wash my hands constantly (a habit I picked up when Mr. Finch was sick and a requirement on the unit) the virus was up to the challenge.

The good news is that I am better today. Yesterday was not fun at all. My oldest sister felt like I did yesterday for over a month after her chemo. My empathy for her was pretty high and that kept the misery in perspective.

My guess is that all the stress around Sammy just left the immune suppression a little more active than normal and the bug just walked in and said, Hi, I am in charge of your life now. Bleh.

I started wearing my activity monitor about 19 months ago. They have you set a baseline of activity that you as a unique person gets on a normal day and then from there you start earning points (that you can eat) based on how active you are. What I like about it is that you can’t cheat. I used to way underestimate how many calories I was burning when I guessed. That is one of the handful of reasons I wasn’t losing weight.

Yesterday for the first time in all that time I didn’t make my baseline. Sniff.

The other thing is that I recently decided I wasn’t going to use anymore sick leave until I retire, because sick leave is a factor they use in calculating the payout in our state retirement system.

Making that decision was pretty much a guarantee that I’d get sick, now wasn’t it?

I am going to venture out to the grocery store later if I feel stable. I had wanted to take a week off from teaching the caregivers class after six months of every week. But not like this.

Teaching while sick is not an option in this environment so I’ll have that break tonight.

In the meantime I am a little lonely. I am listening to Performance Today and Fresh Air and The Science Times podcasts and sleeping and making cup after cup of tea and toast. You can probably hear my intellectual brain cells firing where you are. :)

Everything here is turning, turning as the tree above is turning, towards busy, towards rajas (activity) as they say in yoga as we move towards the end of the year.

I am looking forward to attempting to find some balance in there somewhere.

Oh, and not feeling like I’d rather be dead.

Last updated September 16, 2014