Can you believe that there is absolutely nothing on my calendar for today? The whole week was a rainbow of appointments. I color code my commitments - red for reference, green for instruction, blue for circulation, orange for meetings, lavender for medical, etc. Today is pristine white with nothing on it at all! What a rare and wonderful deal.
What, oh what will I do with all this free time? REST! I am determined to loll about doing nothing, just being. I stay in bed until 9am - then I take my time getting up, showering, walking the dog, sipping hot ginger green tea and slurping whipped strawberry yogurt with real strawberries.
Next? A nap. In the blue recliner facing the sun streaming through the window, washing my face with warmth. After that? I decide to wash the bedding and air out my room. But not in the usual frantic pace. Slowly and with care. I flip the mattress and put on - oh joy! - my new pink fleecy sheets that my friend gave me. They are so luxurious you feel coddled and cozy.
Of course, once they are snugly on, they have to be tried out! Nap #2 coming right up. Sugar agrees. She would like to climb into those soft soft sheets, but I relegate her to the fleece pink bubble blankie I take to my chemo sessions. It makes a nice cover over my Mom-made hand embroidered pink and white flower quilt. Sigh. I am so pampered.
By now it is 5 pm, and time to think about dinner. I have no desire to go anywhere, so I scrounge in the cupboards and cobble together an odd meal of - don't laugh - fried eggs, chocolate pudding and animal crackers. It's actually quite satisfying. Throw in a cup of sparkling water and tah-dah! A feast fit for at least a prince.
And now, to close out the day properly, a movie. I decide on an old Fred MacMurray flick Follow Me Boys followed by Bon Voyage. The boys decline to partake, but I love the silliness and fun. And I am ready to go to bed by 9 pm. What a wonderful and relaxing and completely unstressed day. I could almost feel my body taking full advantage of the permission to address the health improvement initiative. My cough is lessening and hopefully by next week I will be able to be in public without coughing all over it!
Sweet dreams.
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