Things I got done this week:
I load exactly 1 (one) load of laundry into the washing machine.
I didn’t get it rotated to the dryer. I didn’t get any other laundry done, nor did I get any other household chores done this week, or last week.
The last two weeks I have been so sick. I am still struggling to recover from catching the common cold (yes, I am sure it was just a cold) but of which, my body handled it as if it were the flu. This has been my normal since childhood.
Anyhow, that’s about all I got done in the past two weeks, as far as getting things done on a daily basis. One load of laundry. But you know what? I am okay with that at the moment, but only because I know it’s not my goal to only ever do the bare minimum of work and because I understand that my current season of life is one where I am apparently battling health challenges more so than I usually do. And I need to be understanding about needing to adjust my expectations at the moment, for the moment. I’ll get back to trying to do more, as my body and health allow, but for now, I need to be sent, compassionate, and gentle with myself, as I allow my body to recuperate to whatever extent that it is able to, so I can eventually get more things done around the house than just one load of laundry. It’s okay that I “only” got one load of laundry done – I am busy doing other work that requires my attention at the moment, like figuring out my health and trying to prepare to make some much-needed changes in my lifestyle that I hope will help with my health challenges.
Oh, I did at least one other thing this week. I went to a doctor’s appointment and my doctor had some labs done to do some tests in hopes of figuring out what was going on with my health. It is likely autoimmune-related, though. I’m not sure if this first test will be able to give an answer as to if / what autoimmune disease I might have, or if it will take many more tests and doctor’s visits to find the answer. I’ve already had a traumatizing experience in the past in trying to figure out whatever mystery illness this is that I am dealing with, and after spending a year and a half and dozens of doctor appointments and tests and seeing II don’t know how many specialists, and still no answers… But oddly enough, during that year and a half of medical visits and tests, not one of them was to check for anything autoimmune related. I have no idea why my doctor that I had at the time (this was 7 and 8 years ago) didn’t think to test for an autoimmune disease… but here we are, and my current doctor is testing me for just that, now. Maybe this is one of the miracles that I have been praying for. I’m praying that it is and that I finally receive answers after waiting 30 years to find them.
And I’m still praying for answers and a myriad of miracles.
