Hello 2018!

Hello 2018!
In a bit of a kerfuffle -
What to write about?:

~ What I'd planned?:
Part I of IV parts on where things were at at 6 months "post"-Lyme:
Trying to get better,
Trying to get answers,
And wanting to know what the heck was wrong...
All the while trying to meet daily and weekly responsibilities...

~ First Christmas without my mom (and dad)?:
Luee died last June,
Following post-op complications after open heart surgery. 
Her immune system was shot. 
Her blood platelets were off. 
She'd been having blood transfusions
And iron infusions
Far more than the average bear in recent years... Was becoming the norm...
And the doctors had no answers - no idea why.

She had had Lyme Disease twice as an adult.

~  The most recent article forwarded to me by a friend, Karen Procherena Billings?:
About the golf master Jimmy Walker. 
His wife wrote about the experience of figuring out what was wrong with him after a hunting trip.  People didn't consider Lyme in Texas. 
They should now.
I wonder if he had an MRI. 
What hits home in the article
Is the mention by a Lyme literate doctor
On the similarity between a concussed brain and a Lyme infected brain,
Mentioned a while ago by my friend, Denise Clifford,
When I was describing my symptoms.
Let's see if I can get that link, Karen....
https://tourwifetravels.com/lyme-disease/
Success!

What also strikes me is the reference to his 'brain fog' and 'disconnects'.
I  can relate.... still.... 2 1/2 years later. 
I just know that living in the moment seems to help with that. 
No more multi-tasking.
Can't do it well anymore:
Switching back and forth to get an ungodly number of things done in any given time frame. 
No more over-thinking things, or I regret it. 
And it becomes apparent that moving my eyes back and forth too much
(Such as in reading, endless emails,
Or going through papers:
Bills, tax info, policies, applications)
Literally starts to make me sick -
With my head starting to 'swoosh' and feeling nauseous....like I'm car sick.

~ On that note,
This is a new year that seemed to call out to me for a resolution,
Which I haven't done in a very long while. 
This new year's resolution:
To have fun.
Every day, I hope to have some kind of fun. 
It's been SOOOO much work most days for TOOOO many years.
Maybe I'll dance like nobody's watching - tho I don't care if they do.
Maybe I'll just take a walk - and enjoy the sites and sounds,
And where my meanderings take me. 
Maybe I'll watch a stand up comic with my kids,
Or play a game with them. 
They seem to have come around to the idea of playing Scrabble...and Risk.

Today I'm going sledding.
It's beautiful outside -
And snowy -
And quiet.

Happy new year to everyone -
Hoping for some fun in your lives...  :)

Peace out,
Until next time,
Lisa