Argh! I have a habit I have never out grown. It is becoming frustrated when I know my mother is correct about something. The frustration is aimed at myself, sort of in a “Why didn’t I think of that” way. It is because – after she has pointed something out – I realize how obvious it was in the first place. I had one of those moments earlier today.
After smacking the top of my head on the car as I was getting into it, my mother expressed concern about all my recent injuries. In less than a week I have hurt my knee, hurt an ankle on my right foot, hurt my left foot, and attempted to give myself a concussion. I cannot figure out which foot/leg to favor when I am walking – they both hurt – so at times I am sort of shuffling along. I have a lump on my head from smacking it on the car, and advil has become a very dear friend.
My loud “Ow” – when I hit my head on my mother’s car – prompted her to share her thoughts about the “accident waiting to happen” bubble that seems to be surrounding me. The long and short of it is that she has diagnosed me with a severe case of distracteditis. Basically – in her opinion – I have too many things on my mind right now, and I am allowing all those thoughts to distract me. She believes that my distraction is causing me to not pay close enough attention to what I am doing, and my surroundings, resulting in my many injuries. She brought to my attention that if I continue going the way I am, there will come a time when I will do serious damage to myself.
She is correct…I have been hanging out in my own head, mulling over the many things that are going on in my life right now. As a result, I am not all that aware of my surroundings. I am not paying attention to where I put my feet, as well as my head. Time for me to get focused!
The power of positive words is life giving. They build me up, and provide me with encouragement. They have been known to empower me, giving me the confidence I need to face something difficult. Beginning with the letter A and ending it with Z….I am going to make a list of one word for each letter (A-Z) and include why this word makes me feel positively happy.
Dear Awesome Person,
There is always something to be thankful for! I believe this. Even on the days when I feel rotten, there is always something to be thankful for. The things that I tend to be most thankful for, are the little everyday things that we usually take for granted.
Today’s prompt is to write about someone I did not want to let go, but we sort of just drifted apart. This topic is posing a problem for me. I am sure that this scenario has happened during my life, and most likely when it did I did not want that person to go away. However, now that I look back and think about those old friendships/relationships I can see that most were not healthy, and it was to my benefit that we drifted apart. I have taken the time to get back in touch with a few of the people who drifted out of my life. Of those, I only stay in contact with two.
I am going to do it. Yes. I. Am. I am going to have my very own blog giveaway. My first one actually. It was my mother’s idea to do this. In fact, she bought one of the prizes for this month’s giveaway. My hope is to attempt to have one a month this year. I am a little nervous though. After all, it is the first blog giveaway I have ever attempted.
This picture is an accurate representation of how I have felt the last couple of days. I am exhausted. When I wake up, I feel like I have not gotten any sleep, and no amount of coffee is enough to get me moving. All I want to do is crawl under the blankets on my bed and not move. Of course, with the way things are sometimes, even my bed is not a total guarantee of rest. Night sweats have been plaguing me as well.