The Great Sickness

I normally get sick in like February through April….that’s normally when my body says…I give up.

I have to tell you I have not been sick during Christmas Time in…years.

I normally always get a flu shot and now I get a Covid booster…but sadly I have had direct exposures to Covid for several weeks…which delayed me in getting shots. AKA I never did get the shots…but then basically got Covid/flu and my husband had a strange variation of the RSV virus…now we tested negative for Covid…my husband tested negative for flu…but they told us there is a new variation which he probably has. The man has been down for a week and a half…I’ve been out of my store for almost a week. We also had two more employees out at the same time…with Covid…so to say that our staff is tired would be an understatement.

If you own a business and you homeschool your child…you know about how much rest I got…which is why I’m going back to work tomorrow…and will take extra naps on Sunday.

I had high hopes on reading books…but my eyes would water so fixating was hard. Was going to finish finalizing some trip plans for January and February but my brain was fuzzy just putting a Walmart order together. I thought we would catch up on school but my daughter was coughing so much and had a fever I knew she wouldn’t retain anything she read anyway….

So, alas…I spent a lot of time watching tik toks. Falling asleep during movies and cuddling with my dogs. I seriously think they are the only ones that benefitted this week.

My dogs stayed with me….

I was able to get a lot of Christmas shopping done…I believe I’m done. Even ordered Christmas cards for the first time in a very long time…

But I absolutely stink at being still….

I try to…but then the phone dings and I have to answer it for work and sometimes I wonder…what would happen if I just let it be for a bit. What if for 30 minutes each day I just said no to the noise…no to the impatient texters…and no to anything but being in the moment….

The last three months I’ve done this every morning. I’ve set my phone to be on do not disturb while I’m on the fitness app….and it has made such a difference.

It’s been really difficult this last week because I’ve been sick and so I haven’t been able to take the dog for a walk in the early morning hours…my body and mind need it. I need to be quiet.

During this season of making memories to the point of making ourself delirious…may we remember that sometimes the best memories are the quietest moments…

Sometimes they are reading or doing a puzzle together. Sometimes it’s a candle service…you never know.

Just enjoy the quiet…