I got lots done yesterday, despite feeling kinda low energy and sloth-like all day.\u00a0 I woke up feeling kinda like in a dream where your body is going slow motion, and objects are very heavy.\u00a0 I didn’t know what it was all about, but the day before was the heaviest physical workday of the month for me, at the end of 2 weeks being nose to the grindstone, so I figured I needed to hydrate after all the muscle use, and that was making me feel sore and slow. Whatever it was, it lasted all day, so I ate light and didn’t go into the office Saturday as I had planned.\u00a0 Day off!<\/p>\n
I went outside to water the new sod in, and the sprinklers each felt like they weighed 20 pounds each.\u00a0 I just kept drinking water and green tea to hydrate the muscles, if that’s what it was.\u00a0 I felt like I barely had enough energy to stand up and walk around, everything made me feel pretty exhausted.\u00a0 I didn’t feel sick, just low energy.<\/p>\n
I looked at my front landscape berm with the frostbitten turk’s cap sticks, and decided to transplant a loquat or two in front of it.\u00a0 I wondered, as I went to get the shovel, if I had the energy to do this, or if I was being too ambitious.\u00a0 I figured my body would tell me when it had enough.\u00a0 So even though it was slow going, I managed to dig 6 holes and transplant 6 loquats about knee high and water them in.\u00a0 I located a few more big rocks and moved them to the berm.\u00a0 I moved a few ferns and some tall spikey looking greens and planted them where the spaces looked bare.\u00a0 After that, I felt ready for a nap.<\/p>\n
But a nap was not to be had.\u00a0 Instead, I went to the market for some fresh asparagus to make a mushroom and asparagus soup for lunch.\u00a0 Publix had the Bolthouse Farms Bom Dia Natural Acai Berry juices<\/a> on sale two for one, so I got the Pomegranate mix. I felt like I could use some antioxidants.\u00a0 Wow, even walking through the store tired me out!<\/p>\n I didn’t worry about it, I figured whatever it was it would pass through me soon enough.\u00a0 Abraham-Hicks<\/a> says that if we took lab tests and xrays and MRIs every day, we’d be surprised at what all moves through our body and resolves itself on its own. I figured the best thing I could do for my body was to keep moving and drinking water, so that whatever it was could move out of my system quicker.\u00a0 I knew it could also be something I’d eaten.\u00a0 I’d had bread and chicken and pasta all in the week before, heavier fare than I’m used to.\u00a0 Whatever it was, I figured I wasn’t sick since I didn’t feel icky and I could still move around, albeit slowly.<\/p>\n I came home and made a simple soup of mushrooms, scallions and asparagus in a fat free chicken broth with some fresh parsley.\u00a0 I drank some of the Acai Berry juice<\/a> and even watered down it was strong and deep red.\u00a0 I made sure to brush my teeth afterward.\u00a0 Since I don’t like the idea of artificial whitening, I simply avoid dark foods and drinks, like colas or coffees. I had 2 cups of the soup, and it was simple but good.<\/p>\n Then a friend came by to pick up the small fainting couch I was giving her; she and her son drove up with a trailer and we got it loaded.\u00a0 I was surprised the couch didn’t feel heavier, I took that as a sign my muscles were going back to normal.\u00a0 Yay.\u00a0 I still felt low energy, but by now it was 4:00pm so I’d made it through the day and gotten a lot done.\u00a0 But I wasn’t finished yet.<\/p>\n I came inside and vacuumed where the couch had been, then vacuumed the entire living room.\u00a0 Then I began dusting bookshelves and ceiling fan blades (if I stand on tippytoe, I can hold one blade while I Swiffer <\/a>another).\u00a0 I like the look of the living room with its new, emptier space.\u00a0 Ah, freedom.<\/p>\n By the time I stopped to reflect on my day, it was 8:00pm and I had basically been up and moving around doing things all day long.\u00a0 Yes, even though I felt low energy and in slow motion, I actually stayed in motion all day and got a lot done. It wasn’t like I was pushing my body, it was more like I did not take the lethargy as a signal to stay in bed all day.<\/p>\n Proving I can still get stuff done if I feel low energy and not in the mood for it. Andrea<\/p>\n RELATED POST:\u00a0 How to stay functional as you sit out the bleak times<\/a><\/p>\n LISTEN FREE<\/span>: Connecting with Your Angels, Guides and Teachers<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAll I have to do is take one step at a time.<\/p>\n