I received this message today. “Evvy, I don’t think you update your personal blog enough...I enjoy reading it.”
I would LOVE to keep this blog current! The problems against doing so are many and profound.
1) Health Issues – being ill, an auto immune flare, doc appointments (getting ready, the visit itself, coming home can sometimes take all day), spending hours on the phone to the pharmacy or doc office, taking my meds, keeping my Deltec CoZmo Insulin Pump running correctly (and testing my blood sugar many times a day) etc take up so very much of my time. I hate this stuff, but someone has to do it.
2) Money - Searching advertisements weekly, cutting coupons and making shopping lists to pinch that penny, take a great deal of time. Not to mention seeking (and seldom finding) freelance writing gigs.
3) After that on my priority come activities of daily living; showers, doing a few dishes, laundry, watering plants, getting a haircut, and all the mundane stuff of life. It probably takes me 3 times as long to do these everyday tasks as most other folks.
4) Others!
-I volunteer one afternoon every week for a local pet charity, hopefully, I help both the animals and the people. It is only one four-hour phone shift per week, but it wipes me out.
-I try to do SOMETHING daily for someone who needs it. Often it is only a phone call, an email, or a cup of coffee.
-And I try to meditate/pray daily for those in need of help.
7) Here is where my ‘art’ fits in; writing a poem, working on some creative writing, staying in touch with writers, and writing. I hate that this has dropped so low on my priority list, (Ahhh, the fire STILL burns in my belly & soul) but if you are not breathing, and cannot pay your rent, you are not going to be doing much writing!
8) Next comes the ‘fun stuff’ like, an afternoon at the beach wall looking at the Pacific & people watching, reading a mystery novel (daily!), quality time with The Sisters (daily!), or once or twice a year, an afternoon at the mall. Crocheting (almost daily) comes in here also.
9) Last on my list time/energy wise, is this blog. I do not like it, but that is the way it is.
But thank all of you that read ‘evvy’s blog’ regularly, especially those of you that comment and or send me mail & emails!
Evvy, I just tried to send a message and I'm not sure it went through. Anyway, just in case it did not - I don't have any spare money, but I do have a stash and I can send you either chemo caps or yarn to make your own - your choice. Let me know which you would prefer. If you are able to crochet and would like to have more than a little yarn to 'play' with let me know, i will be glad to share with you. Also, I know you used to be a member of the fibromyalgia crochet group and I'm sure they would be glad to share, also. Just let them know, and any other groups sho crochet; most folks on those groups are loving, caring folks and will share any time people have a need.
ReplyDeleteIf you need yarn, let me know what you would like to have, i do have some wool and cotton (not much color choice in those) and lots of acrylics, once washed those are usually very soft and should not irritate your scalp which will be very sensitive for a while.
I was so, so sorry to read about Ethel. My heart goes out to you; you did not need this sorrow at this time.
Take care of yourself; let us who care about you hear from you.
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Barbara James