Week I am Glad Is Over

First off, let me apologize for my lack of responses to your blogs. I have been reading them, but I only read them intermittently when my eyes cooperated with me and read them on my I-pad which fights with me when I try to comment. 

I use Spotify regularly. I listen to music all the time and there is one feature of Spotify I really do enjoy. Every week their Discover Weekly sends me suggestions mostly reflecting what I had been listening to the previous week. This week it was filled with broadway tunes from last week's listening. It will be fun to see what it suggests next week.

Bossanova music was my selected genre for the week. I have no idea why I chose it, but it is certainly a genre I do not normally choose. 

Monday: Still felt pretty rotten but the Covid test was negative and I was glad for that. One advantage of having some congestion issues was not really being able to taste or smell much and the Buckley's cough syrup was just bad, instead of repulsive. A win is a win no matter how small.

In order to let TheHub sleep, and me being able to continue breathing, I slept (as much as I was able to sleep) in the recliner.

Listened to: The Girl from Ipanema

Dinner: Stuffed bell pepper, green beans, coleslaw

Tuesday: I was hopeful this would be the last day of feeling so bad. At the very least the cough was not as horrid as it had been, and I could breathe through my nose somewhat. Again I would take whatever win I could get.

The downside was that I had not been able to sleep for coughing my head off. I wound up sitting in the recliner again, dozing between coughing fits. I have plenty of other beds I could have used so I would not keep TheHub awake too, but being prone was my enemy.

There was one upside. I talked with Sluggy and she is making some improvements. Not as much or as quickly as she would like, but she is doing better.

Listened to: Corcovado

Dinner: I did not feel like cooking

Sandwich

Wednesday: I actually felt worse Wednesday. Another Covid test was negative, and I really thought this crap must have been flu. I pretty much did little during the day except wander around with my head in a fog. I tried to read but my watery, itchy eyes were not agreeing with that decision. I needed sleep, but the only way I could even catch a few winks was to doze off and on in the recliner, and I really cant sleep well sitting up. I am a dedicated side sleeper and being sunny side up just does not work for me.

Listened to: Manha de Carnaval

Dinner: I did not feel like cooking again, but cooked the absolute minimum for a meal. (If you noticed a slight martyrdom sound to my words you might or might not be correct)

Baked salmon, dill sauce, asparagus

Thursday: This was just another day in Paradise. By Thursday, I had just finished a 4th box of Kleenex. If I had realized I would be coughing and sneezing like a maniac, I would have invested heavily in Kimberly Clark stock.  This was a repeat of the other days: sleep sitting up, no sense of smell or taste, watery eyes.  Instead of being a couch potato I was a recliner potato.

Listened to Desafinado (This is the final bossanova tune I knew to listen to)

Dinner: I did not care about anything, much less food.

Tossed salad

Friday: I woke and I believe the clouds started to part a little. I was able to drive to Walmart and use their car pickup to grab a few things we needed (more Kleenex for one thing) I am so glad I found the wonders of this store feature before I really needed it. I still did not feel well, but I had turned the corner and was able to actually do a few things around the house and also get some laundry done.

Alabama softball played Kentucky and I was able to stay awake through the entire game.

And the bonus of the week was being able to sleep in the bed and still breathe!

Listened to: Whatever Spotify played when I typed in bossanova

Dinner: I rode with TheHub and sat in the car while he got a haircut. I had been freezing all week and sitting in the hot car with the windows down felt great.  once he was done (10 minutes total maybe) we rode to St. Elias and bought take out from their Lebanese Food Festival.

Grilled Lebanese chicken (incredibly delicious), green beans, rice pilaf

Saturday: I felt much much better, and my body was rested due to getting a full nights sleep while prone.

 TheHub ran a few errands, while I did a little sprucing up the house that had been neglected for most of the week. 

We watched Bama softball in a tight game. They went into the last inning behind by 2 runs, but managed to win with bases loaded and 2 outs.

After the game I headed upstairs to change over some more seasonal clothes, and to begin getting my duds ready for our upcoming trip.

Listened to: Spotify's bossanova choice

Dinner: Hamburger patty, broccoli, toast

Sunday: And just like that I was back among the living. We went to our communion service, early church and Sunday School. 

We stopped by the grocery store on our way home to grab a few of Publix's Bogo items, then rushed home to grab a bite to eat before watching Bama softball.

Listened to: Spotify chose several bossanova tunes I had never heard before. 

Dinner: Assorted leftovers

Read this week: Nothing

Learned this week: I hate feeling bad and kind of resent not being able to do whatever I want to do.

I am not doing a meal plan this week, mainly because I did not feel like looking through the freezer and pantry to put together a plan. Whatever happens, happens.

Have a great week staying on plan, goingoff plan, or with no plan at all.

May all your weeds be wildflowers.

Anne