My Everest…

It occurred to me that after all this time I haven’t addressed the things that keep me moving from one day to the next. What makes me wake up in the morning when dealing with all this stuff?   What helps me get through my rough times?A good cup of coffee(I am a coffee whore) is always a motivator to get out of bed. I play mind games with myself a lot.  For example..a good one to get me up and moving is you can’t have coffee until you have done your walk and as I usually walk first thing in the morning, I try regardless of how the body feels to get it up and going for that walk and then after that it’s all gravy right??  Oh no we have the pain going through the body in various places and you just push through it gently and see what it is. 

We still need to listen to the body.  However you need to live with the mantra “motion is lotion” for everything in the body!  Yes, you do feel better afterwards, and in my case I reward myself with that cup of coffee.  Heat is always a wonderful thing for me when things are feeling tight …..or just lay down in a really nice and toasty sunroom (because hubby hasn’t found me baking in there EVER!)  It relaxes all my muscles and will leave you alone in a nice quiet place because it’s too hot for anyone else to stay in there to bug…you even for the bugs!! I tolerate heat very well if you can’t tell! Flipside the cold not so much.  As you already know physio, chiro, massage, and evil nerve block/migraine dr. those are my regular go to’s.  The pets in my life..are amazing for your mental health.  I sit here and write I have “lazy” sleeping at my feet. They give me a sense of calm/crazy and for the time that they are visiting it’s a welcome distraction watching their antics unfold.  A family Facetime call from my daughter & hubby exploring wherever they might be.   An occasional snapchat from my son’s finance with their dog’s doing something funny…it’s all something that helps me decompress in small ways but it all adds up.  A visit from my son and his fiance and their dogs or we go out to visit them. It all helps me!   But the best thing that I look forward to annually is our camping trips now turned into cottage trips out into the forest with our friends.  We pack the car up and go! Usually for 2 weeks and for me it is the best remedy for everything you get away from the city and the second you get there you have sensory overload!   Smell of the forest, the feel of dirt under your shoes, sound of pine needles crunching.   It’s the best!   But then it’s not over because in the evening you get a campfire and you sit around it and once again overload! Usually when I get there I am exhausted from the ride and it takes me a bit to get myself together but it’s worth the drive ! I told someone once don’t get me wrong I like the beach but I was born in the forest.  My family and friends have been going up to the same place since we were children. I told my husband when I die that I want some of my ashes scattered there.  However right now I am too busy to think about that!  I have a loving husband who tries to understand living with me and all my quirks and foibles to wake up to.  I have my kids and their spouses/fiances and their crazy and loving dogs!   I have my mom who is always kicking ass ….I don’t know how she does it.   Love you for it !  As well as the rest of my family that just keeps showing up.  Good or bad days they just do.  Same with all my friends new and old, everyone just keeps on being there.  How can you not be there for them? for yourself?   Plus I still have lots of work to do !   Me and Huntington’s disease have not started our cruel and ugly battle as of yet.  However when that time comes I hope that through my words I will be able to raise some awareness for this disease that is still unknown to many, yet affecting too many at the same time!