The fact that I am writing this February round up on March 19th pretty much sums up my February. Here’s the headline: AND CHAOS ENSUED!
I was really doing great with all my goals and walking every day and keeping all my commitments until February 16th and then:
1) I went on vacation to Madrid.
2) While on vacation, I sprained my ankle.
3) On the plane ride home I began feeling a bit poorly. And then worse.
4) By the time I arrived back to my house I was in full thermonuclear flu meltdown AND
5) I somehow got bronchitis while fighting the flu.
YAY! BE EFFICIENT! Get all the things in one month!
I’m recovered now. I’m fine. I have only now resumed my almost-daily walks and my general health is almost back. One thing no one tells you is that when you get the flu (or are sick for any period of time) you get depressed. It spirals down into a dark place, friends, like the day I told Drew I wanted to know if my life had peaked and I just wanted to burn it all down and move to Mexico under an assumed name and never bother doing boring things like taxes and laundry ever again.
Good times.
So it’s March and February is but a dark memory (thank the Lord) and the true test of me and my goals and my momentum is whether or not I give up OR if I pick up where I left off. I am choosing to pick up where I left off.
It’s going to take me a while to get back to my longer daily walks, my foot and ankle are still healing. But I’m going slow and making it happen. Today I did walk divided in two parts with a rest in between. And I’ve been making clothes like a crazy person, obsessed by cutting out dresses and sewing them up and wearing all my new stuff to work and stopping people in the hallway to proclaim, “I made this dress!”
We’re going on a super brief trip to London in a few weeks and my #1 top sightseeing location is the new Sew Over It shop on Essex Road where I plan to buy all the things. Between now and then my #1 goal is to make a Sew Over It dress (either the shift dress or a Heather Dress) that I can wear to the shop. Because obviously the best way to pay homage is by wearing their designs, right? Or I’ll end up tossed out for stalking, whatever, it should be a fun adventure.
Other stuff:
• Bob and Frankie cost a small fortune at the vet this month, and even though I want to believe they are tiny baby kittens, they are turning 16 years on in May! Is that crazy or what!
• My poor plumbing karma continues on into this new year. Today I went to the hardware store at lunch to buy a TOILET AUGER, don’t envy my life too much, folks, that shade of green is not good on anyone. And I know you’ll be wishing you could have a live video feed of me at home this evening trying to wrestle that thing into my clogged downstairs bathroom. I feel like I just swapped car problems for plumbing problems but truth is, I used to have both, so this is … better?
• My work-life-balance thing is a little better these days. Part of that is thanks to getting so sick I couldn’t physically attend work and then I realized nothing broke or caught fire, so maybe the flu was useful after all.
I still do occasionally think about running away and resurfacing in Mexico or Europe under an assumed name but March has been a marked improvement over February and for that I am relieved.
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Glad you are on the mend! For a short month, I think February is always a tough month. It’s cold, the “newness” of the New Year has worn off, Spring seems like it will never come, I eat too much comfort food, it’s a downward slope. Getting snow here on the East Coast tonight and tomorrow, happy first day of Spring? I like your plan to head to Mexico.
That. Is. Brutal. Glad you are on the mend. I got that flu/nasty bug in January. I am just now getting back into my exercise routine and Girrrrrlllllll, I ain’t got no exercise mojo left. It’s like I’ve never exercised in my life. So fun. On the plus side I’m sleeping like the dead. On the minus side I could sleep for 12 hours — but there are bills to pay.
I can’t believe Bob and Frankie are 16. Wow. LONG LIVE THE KINGS
OMG, I am so sorry! The flu is truly the worst. You don’t really know how bad it is until you get it and then you are all like, WTF, no wonder they talk about how bad the flu is. Gack. I am glad you are getting better. Take care of yourself. And I am with you on the plumbing fun. I now know what a screw extractor is and I also know how to use one!
16! I was wondering, they have been around your blog for EVER!!!! They still look as young as they did way back in the day, at least in photos 🙂 Way to take great care of them!!!
Kudos for you getting all the (bad) things done in February. Here’s hoping the rest of the year is MUCH better. (So glad you’re recovered from the flu–that stuff is nasty!) I’ve had that same experience with depression accompanying a physical illness or ailment–makes it just that much harder to take care of yourself and get well.
Kisses on the head to Frankie and Bob (if they allow such liberties). I can’t believe they’re 16, but that shouldn’t surprise me because that is the way of things. Blink and 10 years passes.
Because of you, I am starting a Cashmerette tee shirt this afternoon! I sewed like a fiend in high school and realized how much I missed it. Knit fabrics were not a thing back in the day, so I am following your tips and suggestions. Thank you.
Also, hire a plumber! The thought of you struggling with a toilet (with your beautiful nails) is too much.
Glad you’re on the mend and sorry you had such a tough February!
I second the motion on the plumber. A good plumber = godsend.
That jade plant in your photo! OMG! I can only have a jade plant in a little pot and I can’t keep them from drying out and/or dying from neglect. Yours is gorgeous. Officially jealous of a healthy, outdoor jade plant.
Happy spring!
Yikes! that is a lot of things, but, like you said, now all the sickness is done and it forced you to reexamine your role at work (maybe it’s focus should be on inspiring coworkers to make their own clothes or just anything that doesn’t involve a computer screen??). Glad to hear you’re feeling better, getting back into the things, and ready to fangirl at the fabric store. I forced the fiance to ONE yarn store when we were in Amsterdam in January–Stephen and Penelope’s. Then I proceeded to spend a crapton of money and touch all of the yarn. I would insert the heart eyes emoji here if I knew how.
Have you watched “The Great British Sewing Bee?” Like the Bake-off but better.