Not much to report, which is a very good thing. I was sick for about a week with food poisoning and then less than two days later a sinus infection. Thankfully I'm quite familiar with both and know how to handle them - mostly lots of bitching and whining is the best way.
Work, I believe, is finally slowing some. Still not quite ahead, but our heads are above water.
I haven't spent much time on my art, but I had some interesting hallucinations while I was sick. At least I hope that's what they were...Processing dreams is one of my favorite avenues of inspiration, and I also enjoy hearing about other people's dreams. It's always such interesting fuel for art.
Most importantly, the dogs are happy. I officially started driving again on February 1st and a few days before that I started taking small walks. Uneven ground still completely unravels me, and I haven't really been cleared for it yet. But I can get into the shower and stand there without shoes (as long as I use shoes to get into the shower). This has been such a huge mood booster for me. I also stopped wearing my boot at night. At some point during my food poisoning my self pity reached its peak and I flung the boot off in complete and total misery and suffering. What an injustice to experience food poisoning and a cumbersome boot at the same time! Robert and I call these moments first world problems, which is funny after the fact, but nothing's worse than hearing your husband ask if you're experiencing a first world problem, the mock sympathy in his voice making you think twice about whether you threw your boot at the wrong thing.
I was actually cleared to sleep barefoot a few weeks ago, but only if I could have the presence of mind to put the boot on if I got up in the middle of the night. I no longer have nighttime hallucinations or sleep paralysis thanks to removing dairy from my life, but I am an active sleeper. A year or so ago I took off running straight from sleep. I found myself on the floor with my hand completely sliced up. One of my brothers is a sleep walker and my mom used to have entire conversations with us when she was sound asleep. So it's likely a family thing.
My next big challenge is to be able to do 25 single calf raises. Not sure who has tried this, but it's actually pretty challenging. It's a step closer to getting back to jumping and running, which are still months away. But I'm pleased with my progress. Thrilled to drive. And thrilled to take some very slow walks (when I'm not doing calf raises or working).
Here is my sweet Goper at work. She has two of us taking her on walks at work now!
Josie laid like this for almost two minutes. Talk about some serious dog yoga! As you can see from the background, we have still not celebrated the holidays here. Robert's mom was sick for quite a while, Robert and I have been working most weekends, and then I also got sick. We may have to wait until the end of this year at this point. 😂
They both really know how to relax. They are definitely experts at it.
No comments:
Post a Comment