Interesting word, "recovery." There are so many types of recovery. Recovery from: illness or injury, financial woes, substance abuse, relationship problems. Whole books have been written about recovering from something or other. Folks take classes, go to workshops, earn certifications, even base their livelihoods on recovery of one sort or another.
Depending on one's point of view, recovery can have a positive or negative connotation. Who wants to have something bad to recover from? No one, I bet. Recovery just sounds kind of ....unpleasant, stressful. If something bad hadn't happened, I would't need to recover, right?
I am currently "in recovery". Several different types. I could write volumes on how these "recoveries" have affected me, But, the aspect of recovery that is occupying my mind these days is physical recovery. I had a hysterectomy about 2 weeks ago. Fortunately, it was planned, I've had all the kids I plan to, (the ones I have are actually young adults), I don't have cancer, the doctor was good, the hospital was nice, the surgery went well. I knew for about 2 years this was on the horizon. I finally got sick of my "condition" and scheduled it. I feel fine. Except....I'm way tired, sore, and have to take it easy. For WEEKS.
So, what does "taking it easy" while recovering look like? The list of what I am not supposed to do is pretty long. I'm not typically one to kick back. Or follow medical instructions to the letter. But, I want this to be successful, so, this time, I will follow those instructions as best as I can.
I have a wish list on Amazon that is pretty lengthy. I have curriculum to write for 2 classes I teach (I'm even going to get paid for some of it). Of course, there's Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad episodes to catch up on. It's really hot down here in San Antonio, so doing a whole lot outside during the day isn't real attractive.
And of course, there's this writing course I signed up for.
Restlessness set in the middle of last week. I love my Kindle ereader, and subscribe to a lot of Facebook "daily deal for your Kindle" inexpensive or free book sites. I love the romanticism of all these unknown, undersupported authors making it because of "the new wave of publishing." Only problem, some of these books aren't terribly well written. Found myself irritated at the one I'm reading now, and thinking to move on to something more....mainstream. I'm sad because my garden needs tending. Why did I plant a new vegetable garden this year when I knew I wasn't going to be able to bend over for about a month? I'm used to walking a couple of miles a day, rain or shine, school or no school. Now I'm exhausted after about 1/2 a mile. Everyone's going to the lake, the pool, organizing cookouts for the Fourth...I went over to a friend's for dinner on Saturday, was exhausted and home in bed by 9 pm. Don't think I'm going to be organizing a cookout this week.
And then, there's this writing course I signed up for....
So what's a girl to do with all this time on her hands? I KNOW I personally get depressed unless I have a stack of projects. I picked up that current ebook and continued to read it, I'm going to give that unknown author a chance. I took some pics in the yard, made a collage. I enjoyed the redheaded woodpecker family that loves the insects living in my mesquite trees. I got my husband to pick those massive zuchinni in the garden. I went for my 1/2 mile walk, and made it .8 today, and feel fine. Got my husband to get my heavy sewing machine (no lifting anything heavier than a gallon of milk) out of the closet and set up on table in the spare room. I looked over the blogs of the ladies in this writing course I signed up for....I read their FB posts and looked at a lot of profiles. I feel a little intimidated. I don't DO THIS. The big joke among my coworkers, "Topper doesn't do feelings....just the facts!" Please, don't make me teach the class that's like a giant group therapy session, I suck at that. Give me a science class to teach.
So I don't know how I am going to do with this putting my stuff out there. But, something new comes out of recovery, right? Maybe we should add a line to that definition of "recovery"...something about regaining something lost, and adding something new?
Have a great day, ya'll.
Depending on one's point of view, recovery can have a positive or negative connotation. Who wants to have something bad to recover from? No one, I bet. Recovery just sounds kind of ....unpleasant, stressful. If something bad hadn't happened, I would't need to recover, right?
I am currently "in recovery". Several different types. I could write volumes on how these "recoveries" have affected me, But, the aspect of recovery that is occupying my mind these days is physical recovery. I had a hysterectomy about 2 weeks ago. Fortunately, it was planned, I've had all the kids I plan to, (the ones I have are actually young adults), I don't have cancer, the doctor was good, the hospital was nice, the surgery went well. I knew for about 2 years this was on the horizon. I finally got sick of my "condition" and scheduled it. I feel fine. Except....I'm way tired, sore, and have to take it easy. For WEEKS.
So, what does "taking it easy" while recovering look like? The list of what I am not supposed to do is pretty long. I'm not typically one to kick back. Or follow medical instructions to the letter. But, I want this to be successful, so, this time, I will follow those instructions as best as I can.
I have a wish list on Amazon that is pretty lengthy. I have curriculum to write for 2 classes I teach (I'm even going to get paid for some of it). Of course, there's Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad episodes to catch up on. It's really hot down here in San Antonio, so doing a whole lot outside during the day isn't real attractive.
And of course, there's this writing course I signed up for.
Restlessness set in the middle of last week. I love my Kindle ereader, and subscribe to a lot of Facebook "daily deal for your Kindle" inexpensive or free book sites. I love the romanticism of all these unknown, undersupported authors making it because of "the new wave of publishing." Only problem, some of these books aren't terribly well written. Found myself irritated at the one I'm reading now, and thinking to move on to something more....mainstream. I'm sad because my garden needs tending. Why did I plant a new vegetable garden this year when I knew I wasn't going to be able to bend over for about a month? I'm used to walking a couple of miles a day, rain or shine, school or no school. Now I'm exhausted after about 1/2 a mile. Everyone's going to the lake, the pool, organizing cookouts for the Fourth...I went over to a friend's for dinner on Saturday, was exhausted and home in bed by 9 pm. Don't think I'm going to be organizing a cookout this week.
And then, there's this writing course I signed up for....
So what's a girl to do with all this time on her hands? I KNOW I personally get depressed unless I have a stack of projects. I picked up that current ebook and continued to read it, I'm going to give that unknown author a chance. I took some pics in the yard, made a collage. I enjoyed the redheaded woodpecker family that loves the insects living in my mesquite trees. I got my husband to pick those massive zuchinni in the garden. I went for my 1/2 mile walk, and made it .8 today, and feel fine. Got my husband to get my heavy sewing machine (no lifting anything heavier than a gallon of milk) out of the closet and set up on table in the spare room. I looked over the blogs of the ladies in this writing course I signed up for....I read their FB posts and looked at a lot of profiles. I feel a little intimidated. I don't DO THIS. The big joke among my coworkers, "Topper doesn't do feelings....just the facts!" Please, don't make me teach the class that's like a giant group therapy session, I suck at that. Give me a science class to teach.
So I don't know how I am going to do with this putting my stuff out there. But, something new comes out of recovery, right? Maybe we should add a line to that definition of "recovery"...something about regaining something lost, and adding something new?
Have a great day, ya'll.