Solitude & Sereni.tea

I am feeling better. I am not 100% yet, my lungs are still um – well we have a bit of work to do still. But my energy is way up. The fever is gone, my mind is clear, and my depression has lifted. And while we can give the magic cough syrup some of the credit. I am going to give most of the credit of my wellness to the corgi I cuddled on Friday night, the eating of a hamburger (I’m not much of a meat eater), taking a huge time out for rest, and sleeping 10+ hours a night. This recovery took a lot longer than I expected. My doctor estimated that it would take six weeks for me to feel better, and he was right on the money. But for me, it took about six weeks too long. I don’t have a lot of patience for myself when I am sick – and I don’t usually pay attention to the signs that lead up to getting sick, which makes me bad patient. But I learned a valuable lesson. When your body says you have had enough, you better listen, or life is going to be very difficult for you.

This return has come at the most perfect time for several reasons:

• my freezer is empty and I feel ready to cook again – which makes it the perfect time to start a new diet. Hello low carb diet (starting tomorrow) I am start this partnership again.
• my teaching practice (classical guitar-private lessons) begins tomorrow. I am thrilled to be starting off the year almost healthy – healthy enough for zoom lessons anyway.
• the temperature is dropping to comfortable temperatures, which will make outdoor exercise easier – I wont be doing anything more strenuous than walking for the foreseeable future – but my goal is to walk for 90 minutes for 5 days a week, by the end of September.
• September is a natural point in the year to make resolutions – and so I am returning to my self-care calendar. Though I will be giving myself a lot of grace. If I dont feel up to doing my scheduled activity, I will not feel guilty about choosing to not do it. Instead, I am going to say to myself that Self-Care is saying no.

This afternoon, I am going to reward my return to health with an hour long meditation and sound bath. And then an evening of making healthy blueberry muffins (low carb diet approved). Because a return to health deserves nothing less than mmmmmmuffins.

*I have had enough of tea, so I’m drinking copious amounts of lemonade.