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BOred on bedrest. Besides fo that, watching the house fall apart and not being able to do anyting about it! Anyone have any advice who has been in my place/
Buy a kindle.
fix-it-up, is there anyway you can get some of the neighborhood teens involved? Maybe they can help with taking your others out so you can get that much needed rest you’re supposed to be getting. Or maybe they can help clean things up for you while you lay (or is it lie?) down. Things won’t be perfect because it’s not you doing it but it might make you feel better knowing that someone is taking care of something.
Anyway, refuah shleima and may the rest of the pregnancy go easy for you!!
fix-it-up, I think that most teens wouldn’t mind helping out. It’s a chessed. I know that if/when people call me to help out someone in a situation like or similar to yours, I try my hardest to help out and if that doesn’t work, I try to arrange for others to come by. It’s worth a try, no?
fix-it-up, here’s your opportunity to do a chessed, by letting other people do a chessed with you! 😉
I just decided that when I am hopefully not for many years confined to bed rest, that I will amass a good collection of music on my iPod and get a small iPod radio to play them on continuously as I may enjoy that sort of audio experience even if I am incapacitated. If I am ever in the ICU as a patient, I will hopefully have someone bring this for me and just let it play for the duration.
Keep in mind that you’re not in control. You were forced into a situation which you did not choose. Things will just have to be imperfect for the time being.
Try enjoying your “forced vacation”. Relax, read, keep a diary, write to your grandparents, friends etc., do a needlepoint, listen to music, talk to a friend etc.
Good luck.
mindoverchatter summed it up in a nutshell. very well said. maybe friends and family can come over in turns for a little while every day to keep you company. word crosses and puzzles might be an idea. hatzlocha , and keep us posted here on how you are doing.
This might sound a little nuts but maybe theres a Chessed organization that could use your help with making calls, organizing things or something else you can do while on bedrest.
Teach yourself to do something on the computer. Or maybe its time to knit a sweater… And Tehillim never hurts.
B’sha’a Tova Umutzlachas!
while you lay (or is it lie?) down.
It’s “lie.” “Lay” takes an object.
You lay an egg.
You lay your head on your pillow.
You lie down!
This might sound a little nuts but maybe theres a Chessed organization that could use your help with making calls, organizing things or something else you can do while on bedrest.I think this is a great idea. U would feel fulfilled also prpbably knowing that u are helping out.
haifa,
it is lay down look it up on m-w.com
where do you live? maybe you can hire a girl to come help you at home for 1-2 hours a day- just like bedtime, baths, cleaning up from supper….
1) do you like to draw? that takes time and when you’re finally done, you have a beautiful masterpiece (maybe)!
2) you could do puzzles and when you’re done, have them put in frames and hang them up!
3) if you have pictures that aren’t in photo album yets, you can make a scrapbook!
4) you could make lanyard key-chains or friendship bracelets for sick children!
whatever you do, i hope you have a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!
Such fun ideas! I’m not on bedrest but maybe I’ll try some of those 😉
Kapusta-that is a great idea-I did that already but unfortunetly most thingss that the chesed organizations want is office based-not the type you can do at home.
Maybe I’m really going out on a limb here, (ok, scratch the maybe part) but maybe theres something you can do involving using organizational skills from home. For example, the organization Daven For Me is based on matching up people- all organizing. Maybe try someplace like that or start something of your own. I would imagine there is a large number of people on bedrest so you can probably find people very easily to take it over when necessary.
Make shidduchim, especially for females > 25…perfect way to spend tons of time on the phone
where do you live?
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