I've known I was going to have foot surgery in a few weeks, but I mistakenly thought I'd only be off my right foot for a week. Today, I found out it will be 8 weeks. This is a real hardship. I have to get a knee-walker because at 71, I know I would be wobbly on crutches and I do not want to chance putting pressure on that foot and having to go through it a second time. I will also need one of those portable bar-thingies for the bathroom, so I can lean on the bars when getting up and down off the you-know-what. Those are not too worrisome. I had already planned for them.
What I kept putting off was de-cluttering and organizing. I kept figuring I'd be back on my feet before Thanksgiving, and had plenty of time to get the house in a state of glorious-organization.
Now I only have about 30 days to do something, or it won't get done until after the first of the year. For instance, there are boxes and cartons of stuff that I can easily whittle down to manageable level, but I need to sort them into piles: give away, toss out, re-organize.
Everything I do during that 8 weeks will take twice as long and twice as much effort. My crafting will be very difficult unless I get everything into easy-access totes and boxes, now.
It is so easy to put things off. It is so easy to always figure there will be a tomorrow, or a "later." In this life, I've known that this isn't always wise. But now I am more aware of it than ever.
Father, please send me the grace I need to do as much as I can before my surgery, and help me to accept what I cannot do in time, and please forgive me for putting it off for so long.
Oh hon, just get done what you can and don't beat yourself up if it isn't all done. Have kiddo bring out a box here and there for you to do while your healing. Then you can utilize the down time doing that. Have an empty box for charity, a box for keeps and a box for freecycle.
ReplyDeleteBut really, just take the time to relax when your home from surgery. Wish I was closer, I could help out... the kids could too! LMBO!!!!