I was talking to a couple of friends the other day and we were talking about our anxiety levels, and one of my friends said I remember you use to blog to help you deal with your anxiety. I did use to blog to help deal with my anxiety so why aren't I blogging?!?!
I am back to blogging! I have actually had some really wonderful hoorays in my life lately that have lightened my load and my heart! It seems as if all my baby chicks have grown up and our out living on their own and thriving! Even in this crazy world! I have also had some real scares! So here is the update with my family... First the Hoorays! My son, Matthew, bought a condo and is renting out 2 bedrooms so that almost all costs are mitigated! I am so happy for him! My daughter Danielle has moved into a condo that she is very happy about and has a job that she seems to be pleased with! I am going to miss my sweet baby girls that of coursed moved with their mama! Danielle has moved close to her brother so she still has family around! My son and daughter in law that she has moved close to are expecting another baby! That makes 12 grand kids for me!!! Yay!!! That son, Jonathan, recently moved to that area and have a lovely new home! (When I get to go visit them covid permitting I will be able to see 9 of my grand kids at once! My son, Tom, and his wonderful family, my daughter Megan and her wonderful family, and my baby Michael are all doing great! Woo Hoo!!! Now the stressful and scary news that is turning out okay... My son Bob has covid 19! This news scared me to death especially the fact that he was having to use everything he had in him to get his breath! My sister took him Xlear (everyone should have this as it mitigates the symptoms!!!) and it has greatly relieved his symptoms! Bob immediately quarantined himself to the guest bedroom so that he didn't infect his wife, Dawn, who has diabetes. If she had gotten it, this would have been very bad! (Dawn unfortunately had her birthday in quarantine! Dang!) They are both doing okay!!! I love them both and the thought of the potential consequences of having covid 19 scared me to death!!! I was in the process of selling my house... Quite the experience when in quarantine!!! My house is under contract in record time and everything has turned out really well so far! (Thank you Sean!!!) Lastly, there is construction on our street and the other day the construction was right in front of our house with a very large hole in the road about 6 feet deep. We knew our water was going to be turned off for a few hours and had prepared for this. The construction workers accidentally hit the power lines and the power went out. Normally this would just be and inconvenience; however, mom is on oxygen so without power her concentrator does not work! I switched mom over to her battery powered portable concentrator that has 6 to 8 hours of battery power. When the battery was down to 18% power I was getting very concerned... I called the power company and ended up speaking to someone that was rude and really didn't get the scope of the problem. With the hole in front of the house and the fact mom has to stay in isolation made in my mind an insurmountable problem for getting mom to power to run her concentrator. As I explained this to the customer service rep. she told me rudely that this way my problem not the power companies but mine and I should have prepared for it! I tried to explain again and the answer I got was that the workers wanted to be able to leave and go home just as much as I did! WHAT?!?!? I lost it at that point and unfortunately yelled at her that she didn't get the situation at all and I might have used a swear word or 2 and asked her to get her supervisor... It is amazing how when the supervisor got on the line and I explained the situation she immediately got a hold of the dispatcher and came up with ways to get mom out of the house with a steel plate being put down over the hole etc... Thank goodness it didn't come to that as mom called our neighbor and they had a generator that they brought over!!!! Hooray!!! the day was saved!!! And other than losing it on the phone for a second I held it together and had mom taken care of through the whole ordeal!!! YAY!!! We are definitely living in a stressful world right now and this anxiety girl isn't doing so bad!!! I think that having to be in quarantine and not face to face with a lot of the problems has actually been a blessing for me! Hang in there everyone and give each other a little extra love1
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I am Ally. I am the center of my universe and I can determine whether to be a victim, survivor or thriver. At one time or another I have been all of the above... I am choosing to thrive!
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