I don't understand it. For the past few days, I've had to take it easy -- as I'm just not feeling great. I think it might be a bit of a stomach bug -- no fever, no chills just lethargy and stomach stuff. And even though the Christmas cards are sent, the cookies are baked, the house decorated inside and out, the presents purchased, the party given, I feel guilty/bad/a nagging insistence that I should be cleaning baseboards, painting the laundry room, building houses for the homeless, washing floors, collecting for the Salvation Army, or cleaning out closets.
Why can't I cut myself a break? It annoys me that I just want to sit and drink ginger ale and read The Lacuna (which, by the way, I'm really having trouble getting into -- sorry Barbara Kingsolver, your other books are immediately engaging), a choice for one of the book clubs. I feel like I should be doing something -- anything...
About Me
- KathyA
- I am a retired English teacher and department head, the mother of three grand mother of four, and have been married to the same man for 53 years, two years after we met at college. I taught in both middle and high schools as I really love teens and in-betweens. I was also a certified Lamaze instructor, and for a short time a volunteer chaplain at Howard County General Hospital. I am a two-time cancer survivor, ovarian (2003), and breast (2019) I was born in South Philadelphia and grew up in the 'burbs with great parents, in a bilingual household. I love soft pretzels and cheesesteaks, the Phillies, the Eagles, the Orioles, and sometimes the Ravens. I love being Mom, Aunt Kathy, Nona Kathy (Kath), and Teacher. I spend a lot of time in my gardens in the spring and summer, and in the winter I plan what I'm going to plant. I also am an avid reader, cook, photographer, lover of languages, music, and four-footed furries.
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Monday, December 20, 2010
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