That’s a classic rock song by Humble Pie. I just love classic rock. I find song titles to really describe my life!
When my back went out on Dec 30th and wasn’t any better during early January, my whole plan for my closed January fell completely apart.
I had plans to go away to a warm clime, but Mitch’s work was insanely busy, and I was bedridden, to that went out the window.
I wanted to take all the decorations at the rental down and get some work done there. That didn’t happen.
I was spending all my time except for the daily hike for the boys which was ridiculously painful, in bed. Ice/heat, repeat, 7 adjustments, massages and I was STILL miserable.
This felt so cruel. I also had so many plans to get things done away from the restaurant and rental and instead, the days were passing in excruciating pain. It hadn’t been this bad for a couple decades honestly.
Was this my body’s way of saying, stop this energizer bunny crap and REST? So, I gave in, but I worried.
When two weeks into the month garnered barely any relief, I was worried, maybe this won’t end and then what? How could I work?
Our bodies hold stress very well and when it sees a break coming, say to all our cells, ok, get ready, we are going on strike and making this body STOP. It is going to have time to pay attention to us so let’s be needy.
I have a relative who has an autoimmune disease and after an incredibly stressful situation alleviated, she went into a flare that seriously put her life in danger. The mind/body connection is REAL and not to be ignored.
So, I binged several shows, I ate and drank tea with tequila and gained 5 pounds and slowly, very slowly some relief was found. I have these pain patches that Mitch puts on for me. The pets all enjoyed cuddle time with mom, so I had a lot of fur therapy as well.
In the attempt to do more self-care, I had a regular and a reflexology massage, I sat in a salt cave, I tried a couple of devices that a friend loaned me with trigger points to help myself. We own a vibrating gun thing that is good for massage and Mitch used it regularly to help me get some relief. The chiro visits have lots of different therapies. I listened to meditative podcasts and tried to will away the pain. I stretched. I ordered some new anti-aging miracle creams, did several masks to reduce wrinkles and scheduled self-care tasks for the entire year. What gets written, gets done!
By the third week of January, I was feeling decent, so I went to the restaurant to start taking down Christmas and decorating for Valentine’s Day. I moved slowly. I was careful about lifting and moving things, but I accomplished some things. I was again being productive, albeit not like usual or what I wanted, but I was grateful I could do even trivial things again. My mental health is very much tied to my physical health.
I made efforts to feel extra grateful.
My car radio has not been working for months, and it started working again here and there. I was grateful when I got to hear a song or two before it shut off again. It is being replaced soon.
I was grateful when I saw the lone Goose out with her donkey friends. She was the subject of my last blog almost TWO YEARS ago. I’ve been busy but want to get back to writing. It is therapy for me.
I am so grateful that it is no longer crazy painful to enter or exit my Jeep. I delight in the work my body can accomplish. I am looking forward to getting back to the work of feeding people.
While it has been really nice to be home, get housework done, cook dinner for my husband, be still and not have to run run run to get ingredients and such, I’m also excited to get back to work.
What a strange time it has been to kind of STOP. I’m definitely not used to this. I feel like my system has slowed and is out of shape. It is going to take some time to get back into the rhythm that was my normal. With my team around me, we are going to create some incredible culinary gifts for our customers.
So, this is short and sweet but got me writing a bit. I’m grateful for that too.
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