October 2, 2015
(If we live with an open and grateful attitude, every
day will bring a gift. This is one of 365 gifts during the year I turned 70.)
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| Fit Bit app measures sleep. |
Today
was one of those days that I missed because I slept most of the time. When I am
sick, I just want to sleep and then wake up feeling well again. That didn’t
happen today but I did wake up around 5 p.m. after sleeping 14 hours. My time
in bed was actually longer than 14 hours, but Fitbit measures time awake and
restless and subtracts the total hours. I have been trying to get eight hours
sleep every night because health experts recommend it, but most nights my sleep
totals only six to seven hours.
Unlike times in the past, I
am grateful that I had no pressing responsibilities today. Years ago when I was
teaching, I had to call in sick and make sure lesson plans were there for the
substitute. When I was a graduate student at the same time, I still had
deadlines for papers. And there were times when the girls were young and still
needed a mother, even if she didn’t feel well.
No
one likes being sick but when I am feeling bad, I am glad that David is with
me. At my request, he went out and brought me wonton soup, one of the few things my stomach could hold. In the middle of the night, he stayed up with me when I woke up and asked
what he could do for me. Then he rubbed my feet, knowing that would help
distract me from my cranky digestive system and general discomfort. It did.
Even
on a day when I feel lousy, there is a bright spot.
My
gift today is my husband’s care.
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