I'm going down...

For over a week now, I've been sick with some cold/flu/thing. It's in my chest, then my head, then my chest and head. It keeps moving around. This was suppose to be my vacation (at home) to catch up on some chores around the house, paperwork, and take a breath. Well taking a breath would be cool...IF I COULD BREATH!

Despite emptying a box of kleenex and a box of Tylenol Cold and Sinus... I've been a trooper. My thinking was "I've taken a vacation to accomplish things and by god, I'm going do it." Yeah.. ok. I have several rooms in my house that require painting. Due to a recent construction project there are boxes everywhere containing the elements of my life and organization is well...NOT.

It's friday. Any serious painting is just not going to happen because every morning I wake up with a body that is heavy and dragging as I push it through the day. Fine...I succumb. I'm taking the weekend to stay in bed (this might just kill me), read, watch movies and generally except that... I'm going down.

Comments

[Igor Polyakov]

I wish you fast recovery, take care!

[Jari Loisa]

It's a cool clear tuesday morning with a sense of coming winter already. Hope you're feeling better Lisa

[Mark Randall Kilburn]

Lisa,

RE: "Im going down"

Stop and think about this! Maybe this is your bodies way of overiding your minds decision, in order to prevent a burnout scenario, in the near future. My friends wife had a very serious stroke at 27 years of age. She was doing her job, her bosses job and her bosses, bosses job. Twelve hours a day, 100MPH, for five years, and then WHAM!!! a stroke.

Just remember, when you got to a funeral you never see a U-Haul trailer behind a hearse!! In other words you can't take it with you. Yeah, I know, I like my Manhattan/SONO dinners and drinks as much as anybody and money is GOOD!! but Jim Morrison said it and I beleive it....NO ONE HERE GETS OUT ALIVE!! SOOO...scheduled "down time" is good for a person.

[Lisa Mikulski]

Mark, Thank you for this. And you are absolutely right. I do find that if I overwork for long periods of time, I will get sick with a cold or flu. It is my bodies way of saying "Ok, you didn't listen when I suggested you STOP, so now I'm going to make you STOP." In fact, I'm still not feeling quite up to speed yet... sooo, I'm really considering some life style changes here (maybe take a Sunday off now and again, eh?)