Out of town guests when you're sick

Hubbie and I slept in a few extra minutes this weekend morn, but there's not much sleeping in to be had when there are rounds of meds to be taken. And when your best energy is first thing in the morning. I wanted to get up and properly nourish myself and then make both breakfast and dinner so my guests would be properly taken care of, for today.

Well, more or less.

What do you do when you're chronically ill and there are guests to be entertained and cared for? I default to making sure they are fed, and then chat as much as I can, while resting in between. This works out okay... I hope.  I'm okay.  I'm too tired but I cope. I am so grateful to have people who love us take the time out of their schedules to travel and hang out with us. I end up feeling guilty about being a poor hostess though. Who goes back to bed right after their guests have risen for the day and been fed breakfast? It feels weird.

I'm working on acceptance and losing the guilt. It's far from how I would ideally entertain, but it's pretty darn great for our current circumstances. Which means it is perfect for today. Not so different for someone who isn't ill and is hosting. You do your best and let love take care of the rest.

Too tired, but I can!

I'm grateful right now that I'm sitting at the computer on the main floor of our house while homemade granola cooks in the oven.  I need to stir it every 10 minutes.  It's on a timer.

It's 7:00 pm and I'm too tired to be doing this really.  But we have company coming for the weekend, and I try to prep everything (cleaning, shopping lists, yard work, meals, snacks, beverages, laundry, kids' homework, weekend To Dos... you get the idea) beforehand - starting a good week in advance.  All this so that I'm not too wrecked to enjoy their company.  This granola is a little last minute, as they are to be arriving in the next couple of hours.  But I know that I won't be able to do this plus cook breakfast, lunch and dinner tomorrow without being too tried if I put it off until the morning.

(And these sentences might not be making a lot of sense due to the lyme brain fog - apologies!  I can think the thoughts clearly in my head, but by the time I type them I get a little lost sometimes.  My head is fuzzy and it hurts.  My fingers aren't working perfectly on the keyboard.  But both body parts are still getting the job done - yay!).

Usually I get up in the morning and cook anything for the day right off the bat.  First thing.  When my energy is higher.  So I will get up on Saturday morning, take meds, wait, take more meds, lemon water, iodine in water, green juice or smoothie, vitamins, more vitamins, make breakfast for the family (steel cut oats tomorrow morning, with chia raspberry sauce, maple syrup, cinnamon, coconut oil - yum!), more vitamins (!), and then make dinner.  Vegan bobotie with rice for tomorrow (in case you were curious!).  Then I will rest.  Then I will take more meds, more water, and make lunch.  Then I nap.  This is how I structure my days.  It works.  It's great, for what it is of course.

So, yes, I am extremely grateful that I CAN do this.  That it is actually an option to do it.  I am too tired, but it shouldn't make me crash. Not today anyhow.  And I will rest right after this, before they arrive, as well.

I couldn't say this a year ago.  Maybe not even 6 months ago.

Progress.  Great healing progress.

Happy weekend!