Sick Day

     
                 I woke up feeling really sick and I'm having trouble getting started. So I decided to write a bit. Today is just one of those days. I have a list a mile long and no real energy to do anything. I have been burning the candle at both ends and it shows. I decided to take the day and rest up and try to gain a bit of energy. It happens. I have to try and listen to my body when it says...enough is enough.

Last weekend my Son went to a Christian Teen Conference and I was so happy for him. He was looking forward to that weekend for so long. I wish I could have had that experience as a teen. They have activities, a concert and workshops all weekend and they even have late night prayer area where the Teens can write prayers or read the prayers of others. They were even stations where they could create artwork.

My son woke up this morning very very under the weather so I let him stay home from school. It seems this sickness is making it's rounds in our house. He slept for a long long while.  Since it was so quiet I too fell asleep. I curled up on the couch with my favorite faux fur throw.
                                             
The day's worries floated away and my body thanked me for it. It was strange that I received no phone calls or messages during those few hours of sweet respite.

My poor dog didn't know what to do with himself. Usually he follows me from room to room, but today there was no activity on my part so he was content to nap on the floor near me.

When I was little, whenever I found my life's circumstances too overwhelming I would sleep. It was my way of shutting out the stress and sadness.

At night sleep eludes me now. I don't sleep well and when I do it is never ever enough.

After a about an hour and a half I awoke a bit unsure of what day it was.

I felt a bit better and went downstairs to tackle the laundry room. It's really not a room,; its just a corner of a the unfinished part of the basement. When we first moved into the house I was so excited to have a washer and dryer. No more lugging laundry in a cart and spending two hours in a laundry-mat. The other item I was over the moon over was my dishwasher. I had never had one before and the thought of not spending all that time at the sink was a blessing to me.

So downstairs I went to try catch up on my laundry. Today it was all about caring for my son and trying to tidy the laundry room.

Hopefully as I take it slow and bring up load after load, I'll make the laundry area look good and will be able to start another area tomorrow.

How about you Dear Ones; how did you spend your day?