A Lazy Day

• I was writing yesterday that I have had two consecutive days of energy where I got things done. Well, I was wrong, it was actually three days of feeling normal with little to no pain and the ability to get small necessary jobs done. However, last night broke the chain. I went to be early–sleep is an important part of the next day energy– but read until 3 AM. and woke at 7 AM. So, today can be labeled a do-nothing day. We all need them, right?
• Jake is dropping in tonight to pick up my recyclable boxes. I was thinking I might get them out there to my car myself but since I only have one useful arm– the other is holding a cane which I am going to need today, I know already–I will let Jake get them.
• I am really glad I got food in yesterday. Since I was feeling good, I bought more than I usually do and put the canvas bag on wheels in the back of my car, Usually all I buy will go in the bag in one trip in to the apartment but yesterday I took two trips  from the car to my door but managed quite well.
• Now, I have had breakfast–a cup of tea and two pieces of toast and Marmite so, I am now going to make my bed and lie under the winter comforter fully dressed and read. And it’s possible I may nap, which after last night will be a good thing.
• Tomorrow is "drink lots of water all day" day in preparation for the medical stress test which I have to take at 8 am after fasting from midnight on. I don’t usually ear much after 19 pm but I have noticed that if I am forbidden to eat, that is exactly what I want to do! I can drink water on the morning of the test but no tea or coffee.

An emotion is only an emotion.

It’s just a small part of your whole being.

You are much more than your emotion.

An emotion comes, stays for a while, and goes away, just like a storm.

If you’re aware of that, you won’t be afraid of your emotions.

~Thich Nhat Hanh

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. — Marcus Aurelius