Parkinson's People
I sometimes need to put things into perspective. When I start feeling sorry for myself, I try to think about all of the wonderful and positive things in my life. This is NOT the worst thing that has ever happened to me. I am in pain from my Sciatica but I can bear it. The Gabapentin takes the edge off of the pain. I can still drive, and take care of myself completely! I can cook as long as I don't have to stand too long on my leg. To be honest, we order a ton of takeout or buy cooked food at Acme! Yesterday I cooked a package of chicken and that usually lasts a few days. I had met my friend Leslie for lunch the other day at a local restaurant and I had the best salad! It had romaine lettuce, chicken, blueberries, strawberries, and walnuts! So I have been making that for the last few days and it is delicious! My friends have all stood by me and I appreciate that so much! If I keep busy, I don't think about it 24/7. I keep cleaning out my house and that takes most of my day when I am home! My Roomba is on the fritz and I am having a hard time not being able to use it all of the time.
Olivia starts a new job on Monday. She had three job interviews this week and she was offered a job at each salon. She decided to go with a blow dry bar! She liked where she worked but they kept calling her off when they weren't busy and she needs to work everyday to pay for her car insurance!
I have been ordering Christmas presents online. I am anal so I start early! Today I started to wrap the presents. That is the most difficult part. Moving around while sitting on the floor is close to impossible! I think I will be putting most gifts in Holiday bags this year. It is just so hard to kneel up and cut the paper and then sit back down. I know I am anal so I started shopping and wrapping because everything I do takes me at least three times as long to do as a normal person who doesn't have PD! I mostly will give the girls money to shop on Black Friday, our favorite day of the year!!
Mon night was a bereave parent's meeting. I think we all should give back as much as we can of our time that might help someone else. I also had a bereaved moms daytime group meeting today. Sometimes I wonder if I do enough to help others. I try to do things that help others anonymously. I sometimes pay for the person who is next in line behind me at WAWA or at CHick fil A. I am trying to think of something new to do that would help others. This time I am going to add a Mass Card from Amy. Dan ordered a box of hats, scarves and mittens. I will try to find a shelter to drop them off at and put a mass card from Amy in each bag!
Olivia starts a new job on Monday. She had three job interviews this week and she was offered a job at each salon. She decided to go with a blow dry bar! She liked where she worked but they kept calling her off when they weren't busy and she needs to work everyday to pay for her car insurance!
I have been ordering Christmas presents online. I am anal so I start early! Today I started to wrap the presents. That is the most difficult part. Moving around while sitting on the floor is close to impossible! I think I will be putting most gifts in Holiday bags this year. It is just so hard to kneel up and cut the paper and then sit back down. I know I am anal so I started shopping and wrapping because everything I do takes me at least three times as long to do as a normal person who doesn't have PD! I mostly will give the girls money to shop on Black Friday, our favorite day of the year!!
Mon night was a bereave parent's meeting. I think we all should give back as much as we can of our time that might help someone else. I also had a bereaved moms daytime group meeting today. Sometimes I wonder if I do enough to help others. I try to do things that help others anonymously. I sometimes pay for the person who is next in line behind me at WAWA or at CHick fil A. I am trying to think of something new to do that would help others. This time I am going to add a Mass Card from Amy. Dan ordered a box of hats, scarves and mittens. I will try to find a shelter to drop them off at and put a mass card from Amy in each bag!
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