Mombie – a bit of everything

I keep forgetting that colds are a thing

My husband had Covid last week but none of the rest of us got it.

Meanwhile, today, I have a cold – gravelly throat, an out-of-it feeling, and chills.

He didn’t have those symptoms and I have tested 4 times in the last week (including earlier this evening) and given how his timeline worked, I would have been testing positive by now.

I was feeling a bit puzzled

“I’m sick but it’s *not* Covid?”

“And it’s not a migraine?“

“What is this?“

Oh RIGHT!

Colds are a thing.

In all these years of wearing masks, I had kind of taken colds off the list of things that happen to me.

And now I am wearing a mask around my house, something it never occurred to me to do before Covid.

Now it is so normalized and so civilized.

I guess before we just treated viruses as inevitable?

Weird, hey?

Sticking with a plan?

I often have trouble sticking with plans I made for getting my work done.

Either I underestimate the work involved, I forget about travel time, or I make some similar error and get on my own nerves.

Oh, and sometimes I plan for a regular day just when I have a bunch of unusual days coming up in a row.

Yesterday, I made a place for an ordinary day today but I had to pick up my car, go to the supermarket, and head to an appointment by 9:30.

That’s not an ordinary day so I couldn’t use my plan for an ordinary start.

Luckily, I have gotten past the point where I think that means I have failed. And I have stopped abandoning the whole plan when one thing goes wrong.

I still have a little trouble deciding how to change the original plan to match my reality though.

I guess these things just take time. 😉

Remembering to Breathe

I have a lot to do in the next two weeks.

Not an impossible amount but still a fair bit more than usual.

I need to be focused and stay on task.

And I need to remember to spend MORE time meditating even though it feels like taking time away from my list.

I just have to trust the fact that it’s always easier to pay attention to the details when I have remembered to breathe.

The view from here

Here being my hammock on a sunny September Sunday.

🙂

A photo of a maple tree from underneath
Image description: maple trees – trunks, branches, and leaves- as seen from my hammock underneath them. Blue sky can be seen here and there between the leaves.