I have tried hard to take it easy today - then I remember something I want and unpack five more boxes. I love decorating. I have missed my pretty things. It is like Christmas every time I open a box. But now, I got the heating blanket wrapped around my back and on a forced rest. GRRRRRRRRR I miss being able to stay active
I feel that we as women have that instinct for "home and hearth" and it has to be done RIGHT NOW and it has to be PERFECT! And it just bites we can't do it that way.
Even in college, during my painting classes, I literally worked on 3 paintings at once. I was outstanding painting student that year. I also talked non-stop.
With RA, I still try. I think God gave me this to slow me down and get my attention.
I wonder if I'd sit still long enough and listen, would that cure my RA?
Sigh....
Things do wait for me. I still do a lot, just have to take lots and lots of breaks.
Yep Deanna. For the first time in my life RA has made me feel boredom. I used to ask myself how can people be bored. I had so many interests, I could never have enough time in a day to do them all. I hate to use a coined phrase but pre-ra were the good ole daysAre we all A type personalities gone out of control? This sounds so much like me. I always had a million things going at the same time: several jobs, art projects, hosting big family dinners. There must be something to getting a disease that literally makes you stop in your tracks. Maybe it's connected to needing to slow down.
I have thought of that. Type A personalities put too much on their plate and WAH LAH STRESS. Stress effects immune system. I was always so busy, never relaxed. Except exercise was relaxing to me - hmmmmmmmmm Yep I did it to myself.
PS Is that how you spell Wah Lah LMAO
After this surgery, I find that just washing the dishes or making up the bed will wiped me out. If I over do it, then I spend the night having muscle spams and sleep with ice pack on my knee.