Patrisha

December 14, 2004

Later on Wednesday

After Fred called and sounded SO much better, I had a good cry. I didn’t realize how worried I was until I stopped being so worried.

I decided to do a bit of cleaning so got out some Spic and Span and a bucket, some hot water and the mop and did it. It was not done very well so when it was finished, I decided to do it properly. The only way to do a linoleum floor properly is on one’s hands and knees. So, that is what I did. Now, once you are down there on the floor face to face with the dirt, you see other dirt that you have never noticed before. For example, the fronts of the bottom cupboards needed a good scrubbing which I did. Then I dumped bleach into hot soapy water and gave the bathroom a really good clean including the floor. So, now my hands smell deliciously of chlorine. Fortunately, we have lemon juice.

This morning before I went to see Fred, I put some chuck beef into the crock pot with onion and a little light soy sauce and a lot of pepper, and this evening added some tiny frozen onions and a little corn. I prefer “real’ potatoes, but made do with the instant flaked ones and the whole thing was delicious. If Fred was eating, I would have thickened the gravy with flour {or a few instant flaked potatoes} because that is how he likes his gravy but I prefer au jus.

I just got a phone call from Fred’s younger daughter {of the twins}. I had called both of his daughters around six after he came out of surgery instead of at around ten which was the time he had told them that I would call. She wasn’t home, and so I left a message with J., her 16 year old son that his grandfather had made it safely through the surgery and asked him to tell his mother. Well, he didn’t. At 9ish, she told me, he was hogging the phone talking to his girlfriend and only when she told him to get off so she could get a call from me, did she get the message. Ooops!

I am aching all over. Some of it is floor cleaning on hands and knees but some of it is the release of tension I didn’t know I had until Fred called me.

Until later…

Happy Trails

December 15, 2004

Good thinking to have a nice dinner ready for your return home. When will Fred get out of the hospital?

Gosh, you’ve worked hard. Hope you have a nice warm bath or something to relax : )

Newsnut

you definitely deserve to relax! and you’ve inspired me to mop the floor in the morning 🙂

Mezzo

Ah……I know this syndrome well! Nothing like a good scrub when there are things on your mind! But jeepers woman! Hands and knees???? I don’t think I’d walk for days! Have a good sleep….and know that we are all sending hugs, and cheers, and speedy recovery wishes for The Fred! Love ya! ~M

woman in the moon

Glad to hear Fred’s doing well and you’ve scrubbed your floor. I gotta do that too someday.

ChinaBaby

Doesn’t crying react with body chemistry to relax you? I think so!

I suspect that the floor cleaning frenzy was also to release some of that pent-up stress. It feels so good to release it and have a clean house at the same time. I’ve learned never to trust messages getting to the person intended if you leave them with (a) kids or (b) husbands. They only get through about 10% of the time.

Pskettios

My Mom also taught me that the only way to clean a floor properly is down on your hands and knees. It really is true. I wonder if my kids will agree and do the same thing. I’m glad you’re feeling better. Sometimes it’s hard to realize just how much stress you are under. Make sure to take some time for yourself and your feelings, too.

Oh, I’m laughing now because getting down close to the dirt on a linoleum floor is EXACTLY what I’ve been facing these days. Amazingly revealing, isn’t it?

roseyrays

Cleaning is great for getting rid of that adreline, you must have been storing up from that stress. Your meals sound so yum, glad your feeling so much better Best Wishes

A good cry always helps me. You have a lot on your plate (in addition to that wonderful meal you prepared). Hugs,

gray tabby

December 16, 2004

a good cry is probably exactly what you needed. i try not to leave messages with teen aged boys. they forget to pass the info along until pressed to remember. glad fred is doing so well. take care,

SomeKindOfACircle

Patrisha, I am so glad you released that tension through tears & scrubbing. When the body is working, something is being resolved or excised. And I am ever so glad Fred is feeling good! All’s well! Love, Anna

Redsirens

I love to do my floors that way too but my knees sure dont like it. Glad everything is going well for you both.

your supper sounded really good. And yep, sometimes we don’t know how tense we are until we relax. I’m glad he is doing better.

Shi

A rough time for you, and am sending good thoughts it gets better very soon.

ryn- Yes…I do believe you have mentioned freecycle before. LOL In fact I followed your link to their site and the nearest chapter is out by my daughters’ homes, at least an hour’s drive away. Our library is a ten minute drive away, so I guess it is the library for us. But, thanks for the reminder.

RosieLyn

Glad to hear Fred was feeling better. A good cry can release a lot of pent up tension. I feel lazy about cooking a lot of times lately. So why does my crock pot sit idle on the shelf? Thanks for the reminder.

MargUK

That’s good news about Fred – and you obviously had loads of mental energy built up from the worry to get rid of!

WhisperingWriter

I’m glad Fred is feeling better. That meal you made sounds delicious.

greeneyes&sunflowers

I do not like gravey either. *huggs* and boy does my floor and bathroom need the same treatment. *sigh*

Ginger Rogers

December 17, 2004

I often clean when I am stressed out. Take care.