Two Recent Reminders About Habits & Home

If you follow me on social media, you know that at nearly 40 years old, I had my first “real” surgery on March 15th.  It was a diagnostic laparoscopy that resulted in a diagnosis of endometriosis, a disease that affects  an estimated 176 million  women worldwide.  I will write about my story eventually because I think it is beneficial to share.   But right now, I would like to share a bit of what I took from this experience  - not uterus and ovary related. 

When the alarm went off at 4:45 am,  I flipped the switch to silence it and reached for a glass of water that wasn’t there.  "Right, no drinking anything," I thought.  Next on the morning agenda: take a shower with that awful antimicrobial cleanser.  After drying off, I reached for deodorant.  Nope.  Lotion. Nope.  After dressing, I walked to the kitchen where I opened the cabinet for the coffee filter.  NOPE! Until we got into the car to drive to the hospital, I had to actively and repeatedly remind myself I couldn’t do what came so automatically.

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