Ugh dragging yourself out of bed you stand there for a second and shuffle to your living room see the havoc that living with children has caused and sigh turn around plop on the bed and hide under the pillow. "Seriously why today?", you mutter to yourself. "Just once..." you think as a flash of lightning arcs through your back and you lay still (since of course playing possum will make the pain leave you alone)(yeah right). You shake your head at your empty wish. Struggle to sit up again take a pain pill and then gingerly lean back until the pill takes hold enough for you to move through the pain that is spreading like lava through your limbs. Finally relief mild though it is you stand up and go through the list in your head....hmm nope not today, maybe later, definitely not today, sure why not. The 'sure why not' seems the least strenuous activity and it will move your mindset from "doing anything today is absurd" to "if I manage this I'm king of the world." So you managed to escape your fluffy prison with minimal damage and you scurry off to grab your broom and vacuum. "Clean the floors," you whisper in your head "just clean the floors." While the idea that sweeping and vacuuming is overwhelming is a ludicrous idea to some people. In my reality, the back and forth movement pulls on various muscles that resent being used. So you trudge along repeating your mantra "just clean the floor". Dripped in sweat and breathing hard you tell yourself tomorrow I'll mop and plop on your couch. You look at your phone its only 2:00 pm maybe just maybe you can get in a load of dishes before exhaustion knocks you on your tush for the day. Fingers crossed you haul yourself up to walk to the kitchen.
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