Sometimes I am told that I have too much going on and don’t have any time for things I SHOULD be doing like housework for instance. Ok, forgive me, but I work all day long and when I get home I just want to throw myself on the bed and zone out and watch some crazy reality show. If I am not doing that, I am doing something for church. If I am not doing that I am delivering AVON or putting AVON orders together. If I am not doing that I am crocheting a scarf for my sister who is an exclusive member of my “Scarf of the Month” club. If I am not doing that I am out buying and selling jewelry for my jewelry business “Tembi’s Trinket’s”. If I am not doing that it is something else that gets me excited and I feel compelled to do.
The truth is I do have a lot going on, and no matter how crazy busy someone thinks I am to not have time to do things like housework, well…I find time to fit that in too when needed. It is only March, yet this year I have had more medical appointments than I ever wanted in such a short time span. In January I had to have an emergency appendectomy and I was off work for a week trying to get my bloated swollen stomach back to normal size. I couldn’t have done housework even if I tried. Then a few weeks ago my doctor called and told me that when the CT scan was done for my appendix, they found a spot on my liver that needed to get tested. There was a chance it could have been cancer. Getting that news sparked something inside of me that made things like doing the everyday housework seem so unimportant. Now don’t get me wrong, my house is not a total disaster. Like a lot of households you can find a few dishes in the sink on any given day, there may some shoes or some clothes lying around, but there is nothing that is so awful it would qualify me to be on an episode of Hoarders, not even close.
I don’t want to be the typical wife from old TV sitcoms who stay at home and act like they are happy doing housework. Perhaps this would and does make some people happy, but not me. I have to keep myself busy and doing things that I enjoy, and why shouldn’t I enjoy my life? I work hard every day and I try and fit time in for everything and for those that want to be around me.
Yesterday I offered myself up and volunteered to teach a Sunday school class and I was really happy about it. That’s just one more thing to make me happy and that will give me joy in my life while I am here for however long. I did receive the results back from the doctor and it was good news. No cancer, just a tumor in my liver that has to be monitored from time to time…thank God! So you know what? I say let the housework sit for a little longer, it will still be there and it will get done when I’m not doing something that makes me just a little happier than washing a dish.
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