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Sounds good @Former-Member
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25 Jan 2017 06:01 AM
25 Jan 2017 06:01 AM
Hi @oceangirl .... how are you travelling ?
It's been a messy day for me today. Internet woes .... trying to muster an unwilling tribe to meet a lunch commitment, and WH has come down with a bad cold, and as much as he might protest ... he is not taking the proper care of himself to get well .... :face_with_rolling_eyes: .... it has stopped all his exercise ... so guess what ?? Barely eating .... grrr !! All part of our road ....
I hope you have had an okay day. You have been on my mind .... ❤️💕
Sorry @Ffm48 .... late reply for "messy day" reasons above. I am sure Rory to hear you are struggling ....
I have a "shower menu" for when I am feeling low and a shower-shower is just too much to consider -
1. Shower-shower - as in putting self under warm running water with soap
2. Hand-basin-shower - wash cloth, warm water, soap .... **
3. Wet-wipes-shower - cold, but "soap" is already in the cloth .... **
4. Deodorant-and-underwear-change shower - bandaid solution only lasts 24 hours or so ....
** can be partial .... hit and miss over days is okay.
With 5 kids under 10 ... the first of whom were 3 kids under 2 (one with major health issues) ... I learned to run raids on the housekeeping before collapsing back into bed .... my bedroom being set up as a day-care centre full of play pens, TV, toy boxes, a kettle and tea and coffee, snacks, and wet-wipes for "showering" everybody.
Would muster the strength to go thrown on a wash-load, then return to my room, or soak dishes in hot sudsy water and pull them out on another raid when the water had gone cold .... it's amazing what you can get done while spending most of the day horizontal.
Hope this helps .... thinking if you too ....
❤️
25 Jan 2017 11:53 AM
25 Jan 2017 11:53 AM
HI @BlueBay
There are times when I can't handle some of the posts here - and sometimes I am battling myself - I don't come in - I only want to give my best unless I want to share my own difficulties - and I have done that today - about my mother - yesterday it was about the heat the day before - but also
There are some subjects I just don't get to - there is no way we can deal with all the posts - or even all the people - I have found it best to keep to a few people I know something about - and have an idea about their lives
We are here to help each other - but not to run a risk about ourselves
We just do as much as we can handle easily - at least - that's what I do
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25 Jan 2017 01:33 PM
25 Jan 2017 01:33 PM
That's great that you have come to that conclusion @utopia. I think I'm feeling a bit calmer about it all too. Hopefully when she is ready she'll come back. I know I've done this in the past a bit too.
Heading off for a bit and hopefully be back on later tonight. Hi and hugs to all 💜🤗
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