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Gotta get my healthstyle mojo back...
I've been down in the dumps, heavy on anxiety, and pretty lethargic for a few weeks now. It occurred to me this morning that perhaps the bout of sepsis I had early in August messed with how my body responds to my medications. I take Wellbutrin for depression and anxiety and ever since I was hospitalized for the sepsis I feel like I just cant "bounce back". I posted on Pterath's journal that I was going to kick my own butt out of this chair and accomplish something today. All I WANT to do is go back to bed, but I will do some chores around the house and go out to the store to pick up a prescription. I will stay away from my "comfort foods" and eat vegetables and protein.
Work on the basement reno is moving at what seems a snail's pace. We thought it was going to be done by the 4th of July, then Labor Day, now who knows? We didn't hire a contractor, just went with a guy my husband knew through his men's bible study that does odd jobs/construction work. He had worked for a mobile home sales business doing whatever they needed to set up houses for people. His work is okay, but it is sooooo slow. My DS#6 came on the weekend and put in the floating floor in the main part of the basement and bathroom and today I have a carpet installer putting the carpet in the two new guestrooms. Hopefully our handyman can install the doors and put the bathroom back together (toilet and shower doors had to be removed for flooring) in time for the weekend.
I started getting texts from our sons on Monday asking if they could come up to our place for the weekend. This is the youth hunt weekend in Michigan. We have some land the kids can hunt on. Last year one of the grandsons got his first buck here, so now all the young hunters want to hunt here. We'll have three families - possibly 4 - staying here this weekend. I wish our basement was done!!! Oh well, they are all family...we'll put them on air mattresses on the floor if necessary. GoodMan and I have to drive 3 hours south and back on Saturday for a memorial service for my niece's husband. My guys will just hang out at our house while we're gone. It sounds weird, but I'm glad my boys and their families feel so comfortable here.
I have to chuckle as I reread the last line I typed about being glad my sons feel so comfortable here because one of the other stresses I'm dealing with these days is DS#5. He has Narcissistic Personality Disorder which in his case manifests itself in an extreme sense of entitlement. He is almost 39 years old and he believes he should be able to move back home and live with us because we can provide much better for him than he can for himself. It is a VERY long story, and hard for most people to understand, but we've had to set strict boundaries on him and he's not very happy about it. It causes a lot of turmoil which doesn't help with my whole depression and anxiety.
As far as exercise...my coughing spells are dwindling now only 6 or 8 times a day. I will get some walking in today as I do the laundry and shopping. If the handyman gets the doors on so I can use the basement for the weekend I will be busy cleaning and setting up beds. I just don't think I have the will or the energy for my elliptical right now. My goal is getting back to the elliptical on Monday...hold me to it.
TTFN
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Aww - sweetie, take care of yourself first this week!
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Sounds like you have enough to do with all that family invading!! Having that many people is a ton of work!! Take care of you also get some rest. Hope they get the basement livable, renos always seem to take longer than planned.
16 Sep 15 by member: wholefoodnut
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Soooo...I decided I needed to tackle a project...to find something I could complete and thus begin a string of successes...I decided to clean the carpets in the upstairs guest rooms. I picked everything up off the floor moved furniture as necessary...and then remembered I loaned my carpet cleaner to DIL#5 last weekend...(shaking my head)...sigh...back to the drawing board.
16 Sep 15 by member: Hipaagrammy
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AWWW sorry. though you could just vacuum everything and consider it a good clean up. ;))
16 Sep 15 by member: wholefoodnut
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Wow! You are keeping a good attitude! Our projects seem to take so much longer now, too! Good call on tackling a doable project, and then your effort was thwarted! Little things getting done will add up to satisfaction. Good luck and I hope you find your pep! And family, You love them, but they do keep us busy!
16 Sep 15 by member: iulani
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My mojo is what keeps me going.. Hope you find yours too !!
16 Sep 15 by member: redgirl1974
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Sepsis is pretty serious, so it may take a while to "bounce back." Just take it one step and one day at a time.
17 Sep 15 by member: Horseshu1
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Lulani, agree about those projects taking longer. Mine seem to go on way too long.
17 Sep 15 by member: wholefoodnut
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You sound like you are doing well. You have had a lot of challenges but are overcoming. Its awesome that your family feels comfortable at home, as many don't. I wish I had the space to have my family here more, but a 16 x 34 building doesn't give much room for people to hang out in. I have had some of my grands here a bit as my 7 year old grandson is doing a cake entry for the competition. He did quite well, and has only a few minor things to do to finish it. Now if my grand daughter would get here and finish hers so I can move them out of the way somewhere and finish up mine! hehe! As for your energy, make sure you follow up with your doctor on that. I had that issue, severe depletion of energy. I had the gamut of low electrolytes, high red blood cells, low iron, but now feel great with no medicines. Getting back on track helps tremendously, but no energy can be a sign of other issues to take care of. Do take care of yourself!
22 Sep 15 by member: dorindam59
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