Rough Weeks = Lessons Learned

After a very rough week I just had an amazing weekend.  I got taken out to brunch and dinner on Saturday. Used our pool for the first time, got a much-needed massage to relive my aching body, received a beautiful bouquet of pink carnations, had fun and laughed a lot.  I have to tell you about the amazing pool. I’ve wanted to live somewhere that had a pool during the summer for the long time.  I remember the good o’ days when I lived in an apartment that had a pool and loved it. It was such a great way to get to know your neighbors and you can have a fun weekend with out having to spend money and go out. It was also very relaxing too.

The pool is amazing. We live in a community and are part of community center that includes a gym, 3 pools, rec room, etc. They even have café by the pool that has reasonable price food: Grilled cheese is only $1 and a burger (Beef, Vegie, Turkey, or Salmon) is only $2.50.  It’s like a mini resort.

With all rough weeks we learned a few things. Schedules/routines are real important to keep harmony in our home.  This is really important if someone is starting a new job, having to reinstall a computer, change of mediation, allergy shots, injury, or PMS. And if someone is changing the flow it’s important that if all possible for the other not to stick to the routine and not to change any variables. This way only one person is off kilter.  We learned this the hard way this week.  Mason decided upgrade his computer to Windows 7.  A task that should have only taken a few hours took all week.  So his routine was totally off whack and I was experiencing PMS and having issues maintaining my blood sugar. Not a good combo.  So, till there is a cure for PMS and my blood sugar stablizes it has been agreed upon that the routine will stay in play.  To add to it he thought he’d change up some of his routine in hopes to make me happy and that was a total disaster. I felt horrible for him as I could see him trying so hard to please me and it totally backfired.  (It kind of reminds me when I was with Josh. I’d go totally out of my way to do something for him and it totally backfired. He would have been happier if I had done nothing and left things status quo.)

For the last week my body has been totally out of whack in regards to maintaining my blood sugar. I don’t understand why my body isn’t consistent. Most days I can wait till 7 for dinner and other days if I don’t eat at 6 all hell breaks out? It’s so frustrating. Another thing I learned this week is I need to let Mason know how I’m feeling so he can take care of me.  And be very clear about it, as he informed me that I wasn’t clear enough this last week.  I still haven’t figured out how to stabilize my blood sugar.  Even today I had issues. I usually have a protein smoothie and some pumpkin bread made with almond flour in the morning and that usually carries me till lunch. I’ve been doing this for months, but for some reason that didn’t work today.  Later I ate half my salad then had to run an errand and still I felt sick.  As for now I’m at a total loss of what to do.  Hopefully this will be resolved soon.

Third, here is something I wish I could say lesson learned, but this is still a process.  As you know Mason changed ADD medications.  The new meds are much better and the wear off factor isn’t so dramatic. At the same time there still is a wear off factor. The time it wears off differs from day to day depending on food, stress, activity, etc. This makes it really difficult to gauge, at the same time he can feel it wearing off and is able to inform me of that. And then that is where I make the joke, better stop now while you’re ahead.  And he knows it’s time not to say anything more or he’ll put his foot in his mouth.  It has also been agreed that we go to bed no later then 10 p.m. and stick to our routines.