Urgh!! Cerebral Palsy can take a long run and jump!

 

Today is one of those days when I really should be feeling great. I have a great place to live in at the moment. I have a fantastic family that are with me. Yet Cerebral palsy is completely making me feel Urgh! Today I am feeling wiped out. I don’t know why! But I am pushing forward

Maybe it is because of the weather. The weather really has a big connection to cerebral palsy in my view and it's a common factor.

Do you have similar feelings about Cerebral Palsy?

Winter is a “Debbie Downer” for me and I have really forgotten to take the multivitamins that I should take to boost my energy. So that cerebral palsy has less of a hold on me. I mention it in my post, Winter Blues. All though I have moved now. Some things are still triggering me to have down days although there are fewer. Today is one of those days where I m would quite happily stay in bed and sleep the whole day through. I think also it has been because of the move that I haven’t really written much and I know that it is because I have moved home just before Christmas.

More posts coming soon!

I am planning more posts right now about cerebral palsy and life in general with the condition. With all the changes that happened in 2020 are still happening now in 2021 I’m having to alter my own routine and balance family life as well as fitting time in for writing posts and everything else to fit around life.

I wrote posts about what went on throughout the year in the following posts How are you dealing in these strange times and Keeping your distance to keep safe. And the most recent horrific change that occurred this week the 6th Jan 2021 that I tied in with how we as people should be treated. That post is Are you looking forward or looking back with cerebral palsy.

Yeah, this is a short diary-like post!

But you know what now and then there will be more of these types of posts because I have realised that lots of people love these types of posts as they are more like a day to day way of living with cerebral palsy. While also writing and showing you what I have done or are in the process of doing something the moving

love and peace

First steps of the future

 What is the future?

That is the question everyone asks. And no one knows the answer. Even for themselves.

 As I wrote in my post Moving On we are in the process of selling our house after more than two decades in the same place. 

Forward Thinking 

So although we are still at the beginning of the process. We are going through everything and decluttering. We have als0 started packing up boxes of stuff that we don't want to chuck but don't use regularly

I know that some people won't start the process of decluttering of things that are no longer needed.  I began by sorting out my cups and mugs. 

And only keeping what is of sentimental value and necessary and anything else was to be kept. The Feeling of Excitement  Through the decluttering of each room despite still being used by us. It has made it easier to let prospective buyers the see what they can do in each room. Meaning it was sold early on.

The Panic 

The panic is the feeling of fear. It is the fear of the house not being sold for a long time. I know that it can take a long time to get it done and in some sense we do have a long time but in another we don't. But again at the same time it is exciting. Since writing this originally we are just house hunting before moving out.

Waiting 

The wait can is excruciating. The reality is that it may take a bit of time but the result will be what we want and we will be happier and safer than right now. This yet another scary stage of moving as it is now. Love and Peace  Xxx

Introducing Being Trapped in House in A new Light

 

Every day at this time people are feeling trapped, in their own homes, the feeling of their liberties is taken away.

All because of the disease COVID 19. I wrote a post on Keeping Your Distance To Stay Safe

At the time of writing this post, there is no cure at the moment. And there is a great possibility there may never be one.

This meaning our ways of living are going to be changed forever. However, right now we are just bumbling along trying to survive personally and as a human race. Each country has there own way of dealing with what is going and here in the Uk, there has been a slight division between England and the rest of the Uk so it is more difficult to decide on which bit of information to make your own decision on what you should do.

So being disabled the same rules apply as before meaning we have to stay indoors.

The rest of the people who can work from home must do so and those who can not, go to work in their office and get there either by cycling or walking if possible or by car if needed but not by public transport unless necessary and wear masks. And this is compulsory. Although when I wrote this originally it was not the case.

This is on top of the things that companies have to do to ensure that their staff is safe. For now, this also means that any of the retail and entertainment sectors are closed unless they are online or they have to follow stricter guidelines. Which is difficult as they bring in a lot of money to the country as does the tourism sector. Which has also been severely damaged by what has happened.

All the schools were closed for most pupils except key workers. Although they are open in staggard stages rather than all the children at once now and the kids have to wear masks outside and travelling

The problem I am seeing personally is that there are still people who will take things into their own hands and put pressure on the frontline services which are the health and food industries.

It is a shame because if things are followed as if they were meant to be then life may get back to some kind of normality. Things will never be fully the same again and we will have to change our lifestyles and the way we do things.

The feeling of being trapped in the house is very strong for everyone because of what is happening. Although there are more freedoms or changes to it.

All these changes came so quickly, that many are struggling to find structure while missing friends and family as well.

Being social animals humans are on the whole this is the biggest issue as we can't hug anyone outside our own house and we can only stand 2m away from people who we can see individually.

So with family members in different houses, we can't touch. Which is another form of isolation! And that is difficult especially as hugs are an important form of feeling well.

The things I am missed the most was seeing my friends and family as well as going to the salon and beauty shop as these are things that I find necessary as I cant do these things. At the time of originally writing this, I couldn't go to the salon for certain beauty treatments that people can do for themselves. But since then I have been able to go.

What are you missing if anything?

Urgh Again!

 This was originally written on my first provider but as I thought this post still had relevance now six months on in October 2020.

The last few weeks the weather has been absolutely terrible. All it has done is rain.

But none of the days has been as cheerful as the pictures above. Making my mood miserable and depressive. It has made it almost impossible for me to go out. Although  I can walk around the house, long distance is a no-no. Meaning that I am stuck in the house, However, I have been able to organise some of the things for the move. 

Normally the weather lets the river be like this looking beautiful but recently the river has burst its banks.

So I have been feeling low and stuck and trapped. Which has triggered a bout of depression? But knowing that spring is just around the corner and fighting winter as in the poem "The Fight of The Year" by Roger Mcgough? Which has been blogged by #MrsLaneEnglish on her blog MrsLaneEnglish-Poetry Friday

That poem is always a delight for me as I consider January, February and March as the fight between winter and spring and I can't wait for spring to arrive.

So I am so excited because I know that it is going to be a complete change when we move. I can't wait for the future and what it holds. Because I know that it is going to be positive soon. The want of time to be rushed is really strong yet I know that it will when it is ready. It is like the saying "Best things come to those who wait". So I patiently wait with little pangs of anxiousness to know when the next step towards the bright and positive future.

Love and Peace

xxx

Urgh!

 Why this is your most important time to blog

This whole situation is disheartening me, just like it is for everyone else. And I have felt like giving up writing this blog altogether. 

I looked around at different ways of getting more readers, and interaction with the readers I do have.

I looked at using a different provider and making it look more up to date because I have been feeling as if my blog has had no value at all. However, I was listening to the podcast ”Just keep blogging" by @KimAnderson and this mornings show 

”Why this is your most important time to blog” and learnt a valuable lesson. 

The lesson has given me more of a positive response to what I am doing and why. In her podcast, she was saying that even if you are struggling right now with your content then it's ok. But don't give up. Your posts are valuable to even the smallest number of people. You could be posting about how you are coping with the situation at the moment, cooking home meals and how to help your child or deal with something while everyone is at home, or if you are able to go away, but not necessarily abroad. 

I discovered that actually because I have a disability. And have to limit the number of times I go out as I am a bit more at risk of Covid19 than some yet not as much as others. 

What I am talking about in my recent posts shows that other people are not alone. Even if living with others who are able to go out more often but you can't. I'm proving that it's ok despite all that is going on.

So I realize that my posts are important even though I have few readerships because everyone is important.

Love and Peace