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The fissuring goes on. Releasing the no longer needed stresses... My beloved is convalescing well, I pray. So far, so good??? Youngest son and his family are officially moved and assimilating well into the homestead. I pray??? For certain, their help with my beloved's recovery has been substantial. My grandson (18 months) is out of sync from being spread across 3 households for the last 2 months, but all parties seem to be harmonizing from the same sheet of music in helping him find his balance. Eldest son is off being ever-so-right in other environs. Ditto for his always right grandfather. Right and seldom helpful... I loves them quotes from the obvious... Would you please wash those fingers before you wiggle them in my open wounds???
Methinks I need to keep my hyper-vigilance tools handy today. There has been a yummy calm in the homestead, but lots and lots of yaddah blahs to watch out for. The fresh surgical wounds on my beloved's belly... The follow up swims through the alphabet soup of Med Pros... Catching up on all the chores that have been neglected through all this... Yaddah to the blah and blah to the yaddah... It's the things ya do just because ya gotta... Sometimes we need to be hyper-vigilant, but this crazy old broad has a proven record of carrying necessary vigilance to destructive extremes.
Open question:
What be the diff between "necessary vigilance" and "hyper-vigilance?"
Methinks I need to keep my hyper-vigilance tools handy today. There has been a yummy calm in the homestead, but lots and lots of yaddah blahs to watch out for. The fresh surgical wounds on my beloved's belly... The follow up swims through the alphabet soup of Med Pros... Catching up on all the chores that have been neglected through all this... Yaddah to the blah and blah to the yaddah... It's the things ya do just because ya gotta... Sometimes we need to be hyper-vigilant, but this crazy old broad has a proven record of carrying necessary vigilance to destructive extremes.
Open question:
What be the diff between "necessary vigilance" and "hyper-vigilance?"
I imagine you sitting under a linden tree, surrounded by the hum of bees in the flowers of the tree, and all around you is this beautiful sense of comfort and space. I hope you can find that kind of Happy Spot in your day:-)
I guess the diff is trusting yourself that you'll not be asleep at the wheel if a real emergency does arise. So you can relax. I know you'll be there front and center in a jiffy if any crisis arises, so you can give yourself a break for now.
I know, though, that with adrenaline rushing through your veins for weeks now, just the physical act of relaxing is hard, regardless. So much support to you right now. Hope you can get some rest and enjoy some mindless recreation and small entertaining distractions.