[lizardlady]

I posted before about being sick. I have a long history of pushing too hard when I'm sick. I'm at the stage right now where I usually do too much and make myself worse. I'n not sleeping all the time and have enough mental energy to be bored with reading and being inactive. At the same time I have almost no physical energy and am still trying to cough up a lung.

I'm pleased with myself, so far. I went outside earlier and worked on the chicken coop. That's the sort of thing that I get involved in and keep going until I collapse. I'm happy with myself. When I started to get winded I came inside to rest. I'm w-a-y behind on paperwork from work. While I'm off this week I'm going to spend some time getting caught up. I did a couple of hours of paperwork. It made me use my brain, but let my body rest. Am going back out to tinker with the coop some more.

Keep your fingers crossed that I can remain sensible about this.

Keepin my fingers crossed, take care of yourself lizardlady. I wish you weren't sick.

[unaluna]

We'll be "chicken" up on you

[lizardlady]

Originally Posted by unaluna

We'll be "chicken" up on you

[lizardlady]

I pushed a little too hard when I went back out and worked on the coop some more. I took short breaks as I worked, but ended up doing a bit too much. Problem was that I'd reached a point that I couldn't stop because the coop wasn't enclosed yet, which means critters could have snacked on the chickens during the night. Am going to take it easy today.

Related to this - I have the week off from work. I have a To Do list about a mile long I planned on attacking this week. In the past I would've been berating myself to get the stuff done. I'm letting it go now. There are a few things on the list that I'd really like to have done before I go back to work because they'll make my life easier. I moved them to the head of the list. I'll get to them as I can this week.

It's all about prioritizing, right? In the past I didn't think I deserved to be put first. Now I realized that I do deserve to be first. Plus the stuff won't get done if I don't take care of myself first.

[lizardlady]

I was proud of myself for being sensible yesterday until the pump went out. I live on a farm in the boonies. If the pump goes out I have NO water. It took almost an hour fussing with the danged thing before I got it fixed. I was dragging my tush when I got back in the house.

Today was a return trip to the doc followed by running some errands. Am pooped tonight, but telling myself it's okay to not do anything constructive the rest of the day.

Some friends had invited me over for Turkey Day dinner tomorrow. I called them today to say I appreciated the invite, but I'm going to stay home. I figure I need rest way more than I need to spend a couple of hours on the road and hours at their house.