The photo above shows my hubby doing the first mow of the lawn here in this new house. There have of course been many, many firsts already from the first night sleeping in the house to the first time we drove out the driveway to do the shopping.
Such as:
The first time we used the dishwasher (or any dishwasher!)
The first time the girls slept in their new room
The first time I hung the washing on this line
The first time I used the oven
The first time I met people from our new church
The first time we experienced a real Sydney downpour
The first time we visited specific shopping centres
The first time I mopped this floor
The first time we rode on a Sydney train/ferry
The first time the girls saw the bridge/opera house/luna park
The first time hubby preached as Pastor of this church
You get the idea, there are always firsts. Some things seem more significant than others, obviously the first time Michael preached in the new church as Pastor was higher on the ladder than mopping the floor but each thing sets us off on this new journey.
There is one first that I am yet to have, the first time I have become emotionally overwhelmed by our new situation. There are so many things to be grateful for and be amazed at. Internally I am, mentally I am amazed but this isn’t showing much on the surface. I am very tired, very worn out and I’m finding a few of my old symptoms are returning. I suppose I’m not surprised about this, I have in fact been more surprised that I haven’t had some sort of collapse or gotten very sick.
Why would I think that? Well for one thing I’m not really physically recovered from the bouts of stress we had about a year and a half ago. The wonderful Doctor I had in Perth put me on a lot of supplements to balance out the deficiencies and I’m fairly sure these are a big part of why I am physically not sick. I do think that I have quite bad adrenal fatigue right now. I have all the classic symptoms (fatigue no matter how much rest, ‘waking up’ and feeling my best after 6pm, irritability, salt cravings and sometimes sugar, emotional flat-lining etc… actually I have pretty much the entire list) and my previous Dr told me I have AF.
How do you fix it? From what I know of AF its not a quick fix. It took a long time for my body to get out of whack and it takes that long and more to recover (as long as you aren’t putting extra stress on yourself, hence my going backwards with an interstate move). Elimination of gluten (I’m already gluten-free), sugar, processed foods, refined carbs and caffeine (and alcohol if you drink it) is the first adjustment. Light, non-aerobic exercise seems to be the next step (hopefully once things have settled I can join a gym or circuit program) and finally rest.
I do know however that things have NOT returned to the level of physical symptoms that I had a year ago, its no where near as bad as it was so I can praise the Lord for that.
So, in the long list of firsts I must say that I am looking forward to the day that I can sit and take in where I’m living and get all overwhelmed and have a good cry. After-all, a good cry does you the world of good don’t you think?
















































