Ok, so here I am after 6 months of being well! Woohoo! I have just read through my last blog post that I did 3 months after the LP seminar and realised that I have made quite a lot of progress since then :)
I am now doing my regular house cleaning in 2 days instead of a few. And I have been pruning the roses in my garden. Still have a bit of work to do there, but I'll get there - gardening is not my favourite thing to be doing in life!
I've also sorted through a few boxes and my wardrobe and got rid of a lot of stuff including old clothes that I never wear! More boxes to go through but no hurry yet!
I have washed my car a couple of times. The first time I felt a bit tired afterwards. The second time I didn't even notice it! :)
One of my nieces told me recently that I'm looking skinnier! :D
I have hung the bright orange curtains in my kitchen and they really brighten it up :)
As far as exercise goes I have discovered aqua jogging and I really enjoy it :) I've been going 2 mornings a week. I also went for that walk on the cape with my sisters and my brother-in-law. My youngest sister said she'd take me up the easy hill but I decided we could go up another hill which turned out to be steeper than it looked! We managed it though and I really enjoyed walking in amongst the pine trees. Even though it's in town it feels like you're out in the country when you're walking there. My other sister and I are going walking nearly every weekend and we've been up there a couple of times since. We've also been to the local gardens a couple of times and one time I enjoyed having a swing with my nieces :)
I am now going to polytech twice a week and am really enjoying my computing course. Have done 3 units so far and have just started on one using Microsoft Access databases.
I'm still getting to church most weeks and am getting to know people in the church that I didn't know before :)
I played pool with Dad again and won 2 out of the first 4 games - not bad considering he's so good! He beat me at the next 4 though! I also played pool with a certain LP trainer who shall remain nameless ;) He asked me to be kind when I mentioned this, but I'm not sure how to say that we played 4 games and I won them all, kindly! hehehe It's nice to know that I've still got it :)
I'm still working at my phone survey job, but have started on my CV and am hoping to start looking for a part-time job here in town soon :)
In June I went to Dunedin for a shopping trip one day. I don't know how long it is since I last did that, but it's been a looonnnng time. I had lunch with a friend and then went shopping for a couple of hours before driving home again.
I mentioned at the end of my 3 month blog post that I hoped to have some exciting news to share with you soon. My Mum had ME/CFS for 26 years and was housebound for 17 years because of it. In May (3 months ago) she learned to do the Lightning Process too and is in the process of getting her life back! She is going walking for 15-20 minutes most days and I've been taking her to the supermarket for the last few weeks and she has been doing her own grocery shopping. This morning she walked around to my place, stayed for a coffee and then I took her for a drive. She has an EFTPOS card now (she couldn't get into the bank to set up the pin number before) and is enjoying being able to do things for herself. She went to a plant nursery the other day and got some new plants for her garden. It is so great to see the transformation that has come about because of the LP. She is like a new person :)
I'm still having "Look at me God - you did this!" moments. I've written in my journal on 30th July "I nearly didn't recognise myself this morning! I got up at 8am on a frosty morning and was singing as I was driving into town at 9am to go aqua jogging!"
As I'm writing this I have had the flu for 11 days and I am missing my new life! It sounds funny but I have been enjoying it so much! I've heard some people have had the flu for 3 weeks, but I'm hoping it won't be that long since it seems to be clearing up slowly... The good thing is I know that now when I get the flu I can recover from it in the same amount of time as healthy people because I'm one of them now! It will no longer drain my energy for months at a time. And there's no chance of it turning into ME/CFS again because I have the LP to deal with that! I'm looking forward to getting back into my exercise, polytech, etc. again this coming week :)
Until next time,
Debbie :)
