After everything being fin yesterday, at 04:00 (I went to bed at 02:30) my wife woke me and was feeling very bad - and for the last twelve hours she has been completely down for the count. I haven't got anywhere near as bad yet, so if it hits, it will be on top of four nights without enough sleep. I think I am averaging about 3 hours a night, plus a nap if I can get it. What has been nice is that Smallsteps has been very cooperative so far, even though she is getting bored and frustrated. What is also frustrating for my wife, is that as yesterday was a public holiday, she took today off of work so she could have a four day weekend - but now it is four days of illness. A bit of a waste.
Smallsteps went to a school disco.
She was so excited.
I took her there because it was absolutely pissing down (raining hard) and I didn't want her to walk. Not that the rain is much of an issue, but since she was ill a few days ago herself, I would rather make her life a little more comfortable at the moment - that and she has been such a good sport through these last few days. I have to give her some concessions sometimes.
The rain is actually welcome, because I get spring allergies and the last few days have been horrible. It is one of the other reasons that I am tired, because the medication I take all year is kicking in to try to combat the response, and it takes it out of me. I also had my injection for my stomach on Wednesday, which gives me a headache for a few days and makes me tired.
Lots of things stack up!
While it might sound like it, I am actually not complaining too much yet, but I haven't had a lot of time to myself either, which means I haven't had a chance to process my own thoughts and feelings, and this creates additional stress. Spending a few minutes writing about what is going on helps clear it out and in many respects, just accept life as it is. It is pretty easy to get caught up in the ebbs and flows, feeling them like crashing waves, without zooming out and seeing that it is not that bad. Focusing on each day seems like such wise advice, but it makes us hypersensitive to daily events, without recognising the overall trends.
At the moment, the overall trend feels pretty downward for me at the moment, but hopefully it is just another stage in life similar to what I have overcome before, and I have the energy to overcome again. It isn't always easy though, especially if these periods are sustained and over the space of years, because they grind a soul down and if there isn't respite, it will scrape until there is nothing left to give.
I was watching Bitcoin go up a little and I have very little hope that it is going to be sustained for a longer period of time, but perhaps I am wrong. I might not have any luck with health, but it would be nice to have a financial win at some point that could make my relatively ill-health feel a little more manageable. Stomach flus come and go - most of what I have I am stuck with.
We are all stuck in our own lives.
The least we can do is make the most of it.
Taraz
[ Gen1: Hive ]
Yo-yo in so many things of late, be it health or wealth, really hope you get better soon I have been missing for awhile and will slowly settle back once again.
Never give up, play some music, dance with the wife, teach Smallsteps how to dance through the days where we seldom see light at the end of a tunnel, it is there...
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Actually, Smallsteps has a dance show tomorrow and it looks like it will be only me taking her for the first time. I pity her hair - I managed two passable plaits today though :)
So import to support when doing shows, enjoy the time together she will be quizzing you as to how she performed.
It's unfortunate to hear that they still haven't fully recovered from their ‘spring’ allergy to pollen? I am more optimistic, if bitcoin goes down I am hopeful that by October it will be blooming again and will rise little by little, some investor friends have told me that. It will soon feel better, because that's life, sometimes healthy and sometimes sick... Blessings.
Nah, I have the spring allergies every year quite bad - they have something completely different, but highly transmissible. Let's see if I get it too.
Octoberish is about right for Bitcoin - maybe early to mid 2026 for a really big run.
About 10 years ago, our family was poisoned by something. My wife and son were taken to the infectious diseases hospital. They took antibiotics, but there was no significant improvement. I visited them and went to the store before that. One time in the store, I caught myself thinking that I was constantly circling around the box of pomegranates. I opened the Internet and read about the benefits of tea made from pomegranate peel. The next day, I brought this tea to them at the hospital. A miracle happened.
Now we always have dry pomegranate peel in our kitchen.
I have never heard of that for pomegranates. This is likely caused by a water problem - not at our house, but the suburb where my in-laws live. Many in the area are ill from different buildings, but all starting around the same time, and they are looking into the cause.
Sick family is worse than being sick yourself in my opinion.
The tests should show the type of bacteria. In our case, it was salmonella. We ate something the day before, bought salads in the store, which were next to raw meat.
In our case, pomegranate peel tea was more effective than antibiotics against this bacteria.
May your wife get well soon mate. It has become cold here and it is high probablity to get sick. Fortumately, it will warm up from tomorrow on.
It is getting cooler again here for a bit - was blowing a gale today! Hopefully you stay warm through the night :)
It willbe 22C on Sunday :)
That is funny- One of my future art ideas involves a disco.
Did you ever go to school discos as a kid? I used to like them :)
I think I went once or twice. But I am not sure.
Hmm, all I can say is that I wish you and all your family divine healing. It is not easy when a member of a family is sick as you will have to be there for them and be responsible by taking their role at home and other stuff. It is good to see smallstep doing to school and the fact you take her there is amazing.
Sorry about the stress, it is just a matter of time, everything will be back to normal. Seeing btc surging is good news. We can only hope that it will stay up there for a while.
Time heals all things - or kills them :)
Hmm, we just have to be positive. No one knows tomorrow. We just have to pray not to die before our time. It's always good to grow old and witness one's grandchild. Everything is in God's hand.
Thats the time of the year with last viruses attacks, last colds, we had a strong one here for Easter...
Good luck with the health issues in family and take some rest, 3 hours definitely not enough
My best wishes for the family's recovery, for the return of normal order, the routine we sometimes hate, and the laughter we sorely miss, along with the quiet space between our minds.
I started the year feeling sick, my stomach was rattling hard every day, but a friend recommended a resistance exercise that helped me tremendously recover...very easy: just look in the mirror and tell yourself you can do it.
Calm down, everything will be okay...the same will happen with Bitcoin, which will rise in October.
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I know what you mean about just needing a little bit of time to yourself with your thoughts. Sometimes after my wife and I have been running around a lot I come home and just lay on the couch alone. Even though I am heading right to bed afterwards, I just need that time in my own space to clear my head. I hope everyone there gets feeling better soon.
I'm sad for your steady health issues... I'm sorry for not being too much around but if I lacked of free time in the past, this has come worst and I struggle to be even up to date on what's going on in Hive.
I wish this bad trend passes soon and life rewards you for the suffering, meanwhile receive my best wishes, keep strong! 🤗
Hopefully your wife will recover fully in good time, and that Smallsteps does not also have a relapse. Your immune system must be stronger. Either that or your allergies are blocking anything from gaining a foothold lol. We all get seasonal allergies here and since it hasn't rained for a great many days, they are kicking our asses. May get some rain this weekend!
I hope Smallsteps had a good time at her disco! I can imagine how excited she was lol.
Stay well!
Sorry to read that it's still going strong - but at least he little one seems to be fine. Hope it all goes back to normal for you, soon. Having a sick family sucks.
Ideally it won't hit but if it does maybe you'll just sleep through the worst of it x_x hope everyone gets better soon.