Family, Friends, and Flares
During the holiday season one can think of a lot about food prep, cleaning cobwebs from the ceiling, and getting rid of any old magazines that seem to pile up on the coffee table. I don't know about you, but for me, it's a constant struggle to keep the house clean and presentable to guests. Yeah, my friends and family won't mind a little dirt here and there, but I mind. I'm Monk in a house of people who are not. It's very frustrating at times and can lead to a lot of stress on my part. I tend to yell and cry a lot because the frustration brings my fibro into overdrive. I get really crazed at night when I know I have at least 8 more hours of work and only 1 or 2 more hours to do it in. Life can be tough and no one on this Earth has ever said it was easy, but for some of us fibro sufferers, it can be down right detrimental when we are dealing with normal stress on top of unexpected stress. Normal stress is easy for most people. You get up, you get ready