Simple Solutions
@GardenGerty (169439)
United States
October 19, 2017 7:01am CST
Just a picture at Marion County Lake. I am thankful to have such beauty nearby.
I did not feel well last night. There are problems with both of my legs, and my stomach was miserable last night. Thankfully I feel somewhat better this morning.
I would call in sick today, but I have things with me that need to go in to work, so that would make a hardship for all.
I am not really that sick, either.
My simple solution is to wear some of my favorite clothes. I am wearing sandals that make the problems with my legs feel better. I took a nice long shower and feel that I am looking my best. 
My simple solution, since I am not running a fever and I am not contagious is to pretend like I feel okay. I will go in to work and be glad to have a job.
You guys make me smile. You make me feel better, too.
I will probably leave for work a little early. A little reverse psychology. I want to be ahead of the game so to speak.
I may go the long way and drive by the lake.
That is not to say that if we have students absent I will take a day off with pay myself. Now it is time to respond to your comments on the other posts I have up.
What do you do if you are not sick, but not feeling at the top of your game? I have often tended to use this approach of opposite attitude. I am going to act as if I am on top of the world.
My simple solution, since I am not running a fever and I am not contagious is to pretend like I feel okay. I will go in to work and be glad to have a job.
You guys make me smile. You make me feel better, too.
I will probably leave for work a little early. A little reverse psychology. I want to be ahead of the game so to speak. I may go the long way and drive by the lake.
That is not to say that if we have students absent I will take a day off with pay myself. Now it is time to respond to your comments on the other posts I have up.
What do you do if you are not sick, but not feeling at the top of your game? I have often tended to use this approach of opposite attitude. I am going to act as if I am on top of the world.16 people like this
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@GardenGerty (169439)
• United States
19 Oct 17
I hope you get to feeling better soon. Get lots of rest.
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@LadyDuck (502208)
• Italy
20 Oct 17
@GardenGerty I feel fine today, almost perfect.
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
19 Oct 17
I do something mindless, like a jigsaw puzzle or solitaire, or I'll take a nap.
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@GardenGerty (169439)
• United States
19 Oct 17
If I were to stay home, I might sleep or something calm and relaxing.
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@silvermist (19701)
• India
19 Oct 17
I remember the quote by Dale Carnegie.''Act as if you were already happy and that will tend to make you happy.”
Have a great day.
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@GardenGerty (169439)
• United States
19 Oct 17
Exactly right. I feel much better now, after work, than I did when I left this morning.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
19 Oct 17
I hope you have a great day and feel better tomorrow. I guess I'm lucky, rarely sick and always feeling good. I do go to the Y every day to keep myself in shape and that helps me be healthy. Thinking of Kansas today, my back yard is green, like it was in Kansas all those years I missed the fall colors. Looks like Global Warming has taken the fall colors from us up north. A friend of mine from Kansas send photos she took in Vermont last week - a fall color trip and there were very little colors in her photos.
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@GardenGerty (169439)
• United States
19 Oct 17
We have a little color here in Kansas, but not a lot. We do not even have any coolness. We have not turned on the heat yet. I was over tired and possibly stressed from everything I did Monday and then from different kids having problems Tuesday and Wednesday. Or maybe even a virus. I am much better now. The shoes helped my legs, too.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
20 Oct 17
@GardenGerty glad you are feeling better.
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@GardenGerty (169439)
• United States
19 Oct 17
And at the end of the day, I feel much better.
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@GardenGerty (169439)
• United States
20 Oct 17
Yes it is. I drove by this afternoon on my way home from work.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)
• China
20 Oct 17
It is great !You were out of sorts,however you thought nothing of it.Keeping spirits up tends to make us feel better .
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@GardenGerty (169439)
• United States
20 Oct 17
We tend to become what we think about. I ended up with a good day.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
20 Oct 17
You are a great soldier Heather to keep going.
I hope by now you are feeling a little better or at least resting.
When not feeling well, I just keep going is all.
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@GardenGerty (169439)
• United States
20 Oct 17
For me it mostly helps to keep going, I think.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
22 Oct 17
Ibhope it worked and you feel better ... I am rarely ill.. but if I am like you I try and stay positive and use some reverse psychology...
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@GardenGerty (169439)
• United States
23 Oct 17
Oh I was much better by the end of the day. I have so many aches and pains that it just would not do to make a big deal about them.
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
20 Oct 17
Your pix beautiful! I'm sorry you don't feel well, but hope you do real soon. When I get ill, I'm bed ridden and on antibiotics. I have a difficult time pretending I'm well. I did that last New Year's Eve, and wound up making myself more ill.
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@GardenGerty (169439)
• United States
20 Oct 17
Oh, I almost never get that sick. I am more likely to have muscle problems, etc.
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@Deepizzaguy (122076)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
20 Oct 17
I try to focus on writing good things and not dwell on negative comments from my haters.
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@GardenGerty (169439)
• United States
20 Oct 17
I do not think I have any haters, but I do try to be positive.
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@Deepizzaguy (122076)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
21 Oct 17
@GardenGerty I just laugh at people on Youtube who use profanity to insult me. I just tell them "Very funny" and block them.
@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
19 Oct 17
I am with you this morning I do not feel good but I am not sick, I will do as I do everyday, get up and go anyways. Tony coughed all night and I woke 100 times, I am sure he will be a basket of sunshine today with little sleep.
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@GardenGerty (169439)
• United States
19 Oct 17
What can you do for his cough? Hubby likes Fishermen's Friend cough drops.
@peachpurple (13961)
• Malaysia
19 Oct 17
Oh so sorry to hear that you weren't feeling well, do visit the doctor. When I am not feeling well, I need my bolster and pillow to comfort myself
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@GardenGerty (169439)
• United States
20 Oct 17
I am not really sick enough to see the doctor, and I just had a good check up on Monday. I would certainly have loved some more sleep though.
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@GardenGerty (169439)
• United States
20 Oct 17
@peachpurple Sleep is an excellent cure for many ailments.
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@peachpurple (13961)
• Malaysia
20 Oct 17
@GardenGerty yup, some good time of sleeping should get u up and better, rest well
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@GardenGerty (169439)
• United States
20 Oct 17
I do feel better, and now it is the weekend.
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@GardenGerty (169439)
• United States
19 Oct 17
This is much how I have always done. It was a good day at work and I am fixing supper and drinking a nice cup of coffee. I am glad I got up and got going.
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