One of my health problems is getting over tired. When this does happen, my energy level drops dramatically. This is usually when I get sick like with a cold or even depression. Since I bought my new mattress and when I sleep on it my back does not hurt near as much. I do have a habit of falling asleep on the recliner of my sectional couch near the TV. When I broke my leg, I spent a lot of time in that recliner with my leg elevated, so quite natural I am use to taking a nap or sleeping through the night in the recliner.
I go to church on Sunday mornings and do help run to overhead projection computer and need to be alert. Our choir directory is one that changes her mind on what she wants the choir and congregation to sing as the Holy Spirit leads her. So I have to really “be quick fingers” to make the necessary adjustment and get the song lyrics up on the big screen. It is very challenging at times. Anyway, I told myself to go to bed early last night by no later than 10.
I decided to get my shower before going to bed so I didn’t wake my family member in the morning because they work till 5 AM. So by the time, I got my shower and blow dryed my hair it was 1 AM. Went and took my meds. I barely got to sleep when I heard 2 law enforcement vehicles coming at a very high speed and with loud rapid sirens. I am use to most times the siren, cause they fly on past our area, but this time it was a high speed chase that was going on in my neighborhood. There was one back a few months ago and it was my van that got hit, the only vehicle! So I said a quick prayer while my heart was beating hard in my chest that my van would not get hit again. Luckily, they all turned left instead of right at the intersection by my house. Thank you Lord!
Though sleep still escaped me, I decided to go down and get in the recliner and turn on the TV. As I sat there thinking about why I was having trouble going to sleep, I thought about what I had been going through lately both physically, mentally and spiritually. Physically, I have been very busy helping solve a problem for friends of mine with working on doing some maintenance work on their websites including my own. This has been extremely draining, though I have enjoyed the challenge and the confidence at doing this project with my friends. I have some major work to do to my website and blog. I want a new theme a friend of mine found and shared with me about it. Thanks Coleman! The other problem with working long hours and sitting in one spot, I get stiff plus I drink two pots of coffee or drink some other form of caffeine. It is too much stimulate for my poor system and lack of sleep. Also, having concerns about my godchild, Chayton, this past two weeks.
Mentally, when I am over tired I tend to start being hard on myself for not being able to keep up like I use to do when I first started learning about html, shtml, php, css and ftp. I use to get an adrenalin rush from creating a new challenge on my computer. Also, being worried and crying about Chayton has been mentally draining. Having to reaccess what could and should I do about him. Wrestling about giving this to the Lord completely.
Spiritually, I feel I am doing very well. I do pray. I do attend church and read my bible scriptures. I know who my Savior is, Jesus Christ. I am more at peace with myself than I have been in a long time about it. Though I do tend to keep hanging on and not letting God have “IT”. WE all have things we hang on to and don’t want to let go of them.
I know when I get more sleep and my blood sugar levels are more in the normal ranges that I will feel better. Being stressed and worrying over everything including finances is making it hard on me. I have been trying to remember to be more thankful for what I have and be grateful things are not any worse at the moment. Telling myself to have more faith. By having my faith intact, I am telling myself all will be alright as long as I let God have it all and everything will be alright. Then sleep will come. Good night and sweet dreams.
I think one of the most painful things is when your feet hurt. It hurts to stand and of course to walk. When you’re not able to do either of those things, it can really restricts what you’re able to do. My friend has Plantar Fasciitis. She has to wear special shoes and misses out on wearing high heels. It is hard for her to wear something formal.
She’s planning her daughter’s wedding and is going to be looking for a Mother of the Bride dress. NOt being able to wear stylish shoes makes it hard for her to chose a dress. She’s not able to walk long distances and that really upsets her as walking is one of her hobbies. I try to help her focus on what she can do instead of what she can’t as that’s my goal in life too.
Today, I went to my monthly meeting and luncheon for the Christian Women’s Stonecroft Ministries. We had a lovely luncheon of ham, mashed potatoes, lima beans, cole slaw and date nut pudding with raisin rum sauce. Though the date nut pudding was over cooked and burned on the bottom, most of it was okay. Our guest speaker was late so several of us ladies had a chance to talk. One of the ladies at our table told us she was trying to get auto insurance quotes from several companies. Her husband had an accident in the past year and their insurance had gone up higher on the premiums. They wanted to see what other insurance companies had to offer and the difference in the premiums. We all offered the names of different insurance companies to her that we use. She graciously thanked us.
It is hard to know what to do when you are elderly and on fixed incomes and have sky rocketing premiums. Sure hope she finds what they can afford soon.
My youngest daughter and I were talking about life insurance. I advised her to get life insurance outside of their employments for both her and my son in law. By telephoning different companies, life insurance quotes are easy to get plus she got quotes online. She was surprised at the various ranges in prices for the same amount of coverage. They both need to get their life insurance while they are young and can afford the coverage at a lower price than when they get older.
I have been trying to get in the Christmas spirit more today. After finally getting the Christmas tree all decorated and other decorations up around the inside of the house, I decided to go look around some in the stores at the Christmas merchandise. One of the fine department stores in the mall was giving away promotional bags filled with small samples of hand cream, perfume card and a nail file with their name on it. I thought that was a great idea to draw customers in to increase their sales. With the economy the way it is, this great idea would make me spend my money there.
Over the past week, I have been on the sad side and my energy level has been low. I know all of this is signs of depression kicking me again. I really would love to live a life without depression crawling back on me just when I feel my life is getting better again. The roller coaster of emotions is so hard on me mentally. I do tend to drink more caffeine drinks like iced tea or coffee. I love espresso coffee as my drink of caffeine rush trying to give me a lift and feel like doing things. I want to get a newer capresso machine that also has a dual frothing system. I know drinking more caffeine is not healthy to a person’s heart. How some people drink those high energy drinks is unbelievable. My heart rushes enough when I drink too much caffeine.
Sorry for rambling. Like I said I have had one of those weeks of being on the sad side. There is a good reason for my sadness and it has to do with my godchild, Chayton. He is hurting inside. His parents haven’t been very nice to him. Mommy ran off with another man and left him behind. Daddy is living with another woman who has 2 daughters. Mommy was hitting him and calling him mean, filthy names. His Dad is not affectionate with him or won’t spend quality time with him. His grandmother loves him but feeds him full of sugar and he is excessively overweight for being 6 years of age. He has diabetes and high blood pressure. There is so much more to this life of a young child. My heart is aching and breaking for him.
It is that time of year for a head cold for me! Last year around this same time I got sick with a head cold which also turned into bronchitis and pneumonia. Thank God I quit smoking last February 3rd. Hopefully I will get well quicker. As a diabetic when I get a cold it takes me so much longer to get well. It affects my blood sugar levels. Due to the fact I am on cold medication and getting as much rest as I can, I am off schedule on taking my other prescription medication, eating and taking my insulin. Since I don’t have anyone to remind me every time I need to eat or take my medications, I am starting to have problems. This morning my blood sugar was very low. Yesterday my blood sugar was very high and I hardly ate due to sleeping so much and my temperature was elevated.
I am behind on starting on my Christmas shopping. I have asked several family members what they would like for Christmas. I get the usual answer of “anything”. That makes it hard for me to shop for a person. As a person gets older, we all have our share of dust collectors and don’t want to receive a bunch more. It would be nice to receive a present of something we like. I saw a website with replica watches. It is unbelievable the savings on the price of a replica Rolex that I would be able to buy for a family member for Christmas. I believe I found the perfect gift for him.
