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Mar. 27th, 2009 03:20 pmIt must be nearly the end of a teaching period: my mind is unsettled. The indications of this are pretty normal. I am in the middle of reading about six books, for instance.
If the unsettlement digs in, then I shall be in the middle of six books for the next week. The books will change on a daily basis until life takes some sort of regular form, or until my health gets to a point where I can sort things out by going up the street (eg posting parcels, doing basic shopping). Right now, walking distances carrying objects is just not going to happen. Books, on the other hand...
My mother has a new diagnosis for unsettlement. She pointed to various physical symptoms and said 'iron deficiency.' So I'm cooking tongue tonight, taking more supplements, and reading many books. Books are full of iron.
I don't know how work gets done alongside this hedonistic lifestyle, but it does. Enough time confined to limited activity and I can catch up on all sorts of things. Book reviews, for instance. Or important correspondence. Or maybe even washing dishes. If the supplements work, I shall do some light shopping. If they don't, then I can - as I said to a friend yesterday - give up coffee for a few days and use up my stock of tinned food.
If this doesn't sound like a fine lifestyle to you, it's because you're not reading the right books. I know it would be a finer lifestyle with other things under control, but until the inflammatory thingie is entirely sorted, it's no use repining.
Besides, I've only finished with 6 books from last Sunday and I was delivered some work-related ones since then. I can't afford to become dynamic and vibrant for at least a week!
If the unsettlement digs in, then I shall be in the middle of six books for the next week. The books will change on a daily basis until life takes some sort of regular form, or until my health gets to a point where I can sort things out by going up the street (eg posting parcels, doing basic shopping). Right now, walking distances carrying objects is just not going to happen. Books, on the other hand...
My mother has a new diagnosis for unsettlement. She pointed to various physical symptoms and said 'iron deficiency.' So I'm cooking tongue tonight, taking more supplements, and reading many books. Books are full of iron.
I don't know how work gets done alongside this hedonistic lifestyle, but it does. Enough time confined to limited activity and I can catch up on all sorts of things. Book reviews, for instance. Or important correspondence. Or maybe even washing dishes. If the supplements work, I shall do some light shopping. If they don't, then I can - as I said to a friend yesterday - give up coffee for a few days and use up my stock of tinned food.
If this doesn't sound like a fine lifestyle to you, it's because you're not reading the right books. I know it would be a finer lifestyle with other things under control, but until the inflammatory thingie is entirely sorted, it's no use repining.
Besides, I've only finished with 6 books from last Sunday and I was delivered some work-related ones since then. I can't afford to become dynamic and vibrant for at least a week!