My 5K coach/daughter/employer is holding me back from exercise as I struggle not to cough up a lung, while shuffling back and forth between meetings and work assignments. My voice is halfway back from nonexistent. And I am trying to believe I will reclaim my health and energy sometime soon. In the meantime, I am working on acceptance.
Done List--Week of Mar. 8-Mar. 14
- Refrained from 5K Training, like a grown-up, though I wasn't happy about it
- Finished Chapters from a Life, by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps; Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow, by Elizabeth Lesser; The Murder Room, by P.D. James; Understanding Your Grief: ten essential touchstones for finding hope and healing your heart , by Alan D. Wolfelt (Reading is one thing I can still do while coughing.)
- Cajoled family members into walking my sympathetic dog, three times
- Took my blood pressure daily
- Survived two part-time jobs while sick
- Attended 3 meetings; scheduled 2 more
- Published 5 blog posts
- Meditated 2 times
- Drove my teenager to and from work several times
Not much to show for a week, but resting was something I've been trying to find time for, and something which illness forced me to. I am not making big plans for this week, since my daughter's work trip means her two-year-old and I will be spending some long days together. On the top of this week's to do list? Enjoying that time for the gift it is.
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