A Little Frustration

I had thought I would enjoy the time I would have to recuperate. After all, all the cooking, the cleaning and the canning had kept me busy from dawn until dusk. However, a few good nights of sleep and I feel like I am ready to go.

Of course this isn’t the case. I’ve got down time, and plenty of it, so that my eye will heal without incident.



Isn’t that funny? How often have we said, “Oh I would love to be able to sit around and do nothing”? The thing is, most of us get bored fast and I think most of us also would like to do our own thing and are used to doing it. Imagine having to ask for someone to cook a meal, or get you a drink? Water to take your pills with? It’s just foreign to me.

I’ve been caring for my family, and my home for 30 years now. I’ve done the cooking of our meals, the cleaning up and the organization. So yes, it’s hard for me to sit back and let others do “my job”.

I’m feeling better and I just need to get through the next few weeks. Then I’ll be home free. I need to relax. To rest and to stay still.

7 thoughts on “A Little Frustration”

  1. Hi Maribeth
    I think we all say that we’d like to be able to “do nothing”, but most of us really don’t mean it literally. I find that if I have too much time that I can do “nothing” with, I get anxious. Maybe it’s just the thought of doing nothing that is appealing, especially when we are really busy. If I have too much time off from work, unless we are going somewhere, I have to have a project of some type, plus there is always reading which you probably shouldn’t do much of right now! Books on CD are good though. Relax and enjoy the moment. Love, Michele

  2. When we are really sick it doesn’t matter who is doing the work around the house. I think this is a good sign that you are definitely feeling better. Hang in there and don’t jeopardize your healing process. Pretend you are on vacation.

    Take care,
    Connie

  3. Just think though.. If you do nothing, you’ll not have to stop again to heal the eye. You’ll be home free ….Like you, when I decide to do nothng. It usually lasts about 1 day…

  4. YEP – I am not surprised that you find it difficult to sit back and let others handle the work around the house. But ya gotta!! and I know that you know that.

    I’ve been through it, as many of us has. When I had my hip joint replacement, it was the same thing. In that circumstance, I couldn’t even move by myself – until that leg built its strength up again. I hated that feeling of dependence.

    I’m sure hubby and the pups are very very happy to be your servants!!

    hugs,
    linda

  5. Everyone has said it – we all say we want to do nothing but nothing is a whole lot of being antsy and bored. What we really want is to do whatever we want when we want to.

    Relax, deep breaths and lots of puppy love, you hve been waiting a long time for prisms to be gone. Enjoy seeing clearly and let that husband …no MAKE him pamper you a bit!

  6. I have no problems with doing nothing. Kick back in my favorite chair and watch Tommy Lee Jones in Lonesome Dove. Catch up on sleep, read, snuggle with the pups.

    I can find a lot of nothing to do. I do think I would get bored after a while .. say a month or so. = )

  7. I sympathize with you, Maribeth. I have been in the same situation, but only for a couple of weeks. I got bored, although I had said it before that I would like to stay and do nothing. But, like you, I can not do it for long.

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