Sometimes life happens….wow. This has been a crazy month so far. I have an annual Christmas party that I do each year with my sister for the past 15 years. It involves a lot of cooking and planning but we have so much fun doing it. The party is always on the first Monday of December. Then, for the last six years, we have been taking annual trips for my father whose birthday is Dec 7th. He turned 88 this year and we went “bridge hunting” for two days. He is fascinated with old railroad bridges. Then life really happens.
Back in October, they found a cyst on my ovary and needed to remove it because it had grown to the size of a small melon and caused heaviness which you can only imagine. I had the surgery this past Tuesday…and today is Thursday. I am feeling fine. I am not in much pain just a little discomfort except for my BRAIN. My brain keeps telling me everything that needs to get done! Yikes. Why does it do this? I just had surgery and my moron brain wants me to know what I need to get done. Yep, I just argued with myself. Seriously, an argument. I watched 3 movies and enjoyed the heck out of them. I enjoyed drinking my hot lemon water with honey (my throat was soaring from tubing) and reading my current book and my brain is trying to make me feel guilty! I am still having a conversation with my brain. I got up this morning, I had two projects that had to be done for work, bought two Christmas gifts, and now writing my weekly blog. So, I am going to tell my brain to chill and I am going to find a movie for today!
Sometimes we just have to negotiate with our brains. It is only our thoughts. This is what makes us humans. We can have a conversation with ourselves. I am telling myself that there is all the time in the world and I am going to watch another movie! Now, I also know that we let our brains talk us out of doing our planned agenda when there is no good reason. I too have this happen but now am pretty good at calling it out. Toddler Janie ( part of my brain that wants to act like a toddler and do what feels good at the moment) is getting her way one more day. Then, back to my planned routine!
When we need to rest or recover, tell your adult brain that you are going to turn it over to the toddler for the day! It is all good🌸🌻
Have a fun day!
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