Every New Year’s Eve, we have our children over to Rock in the New Year with Ryan Seacrest. Then we toast the ball dropping with a coke in those cute bottles. Well, let’s just say this year did not go as smooth. Age and my illness has made this tradition very difficult for me. By 10 pm I had a head ache and wasn’t feeling quite right. I am usually asleep by this time. By midnight I had a really bad headache and wanted to maim everyone in the house. Then my husband got upset because I wanted ginger ale instead of coke. When all was completed and my children were preparing to return to their own homes, I announced that we will not be bringing the New Year anymore. I just can’t do it anymore.
My husband was very angry at that point and I wasn’t happy either. So, the next morning we had a talk. Actually, we had a very nice talk. He expressed his disappointment over the programming and the never endless commercials. I expressed how ill it made me feel. So we agreed to toast to the end of the year by having a dinner on the 31st from 6 pm to 9 pm. Everyone can have coke at that time and everyone can then do their own thing. My husband called my children and let them know the plan for this upcoming December 31st.
My husband has also been begging me to see a movie in the theater with him. I just can’t. He just doesn’t understand that those two hours in the theater make me ill for two days. I have explained to him that between the cold and sitting in those uncomfortable chairs for two hours, I am in pain for the next two days. It just isn’t worth it for me.
So, the bottom line is that staying up beyond 10 pm is no longer an option. One more lesson to add to my list.
May God bless your New Year and those that follow. Remember that in your struggles, you will find things that you can’t do anymore. Remember to enjoy the things you still can do or look for new things to try that don’t cause you agony.