Confined to quarters

[ailbhe]

It's odd how my confinement has isolated me. Normally, there are local friends in about as much as I go out, but the past three weeks - it's been three weeks since I got ill - Linnea has gone out, mainly. Three families have visited once each. Of course, I am too tired to enjoy visits anyway - it was lovely having a houseful of life yesterday, but I slept through some of it! - but since coming here from Spain leaving my five aunties and six mothers I have found friends and made a point of seeing most of them fairly regularly; their children are Linnea's friends; we've got used to it. There were times when we wished it was just the three or four of us again, but they were rare.

When I get back, we have almost a week before my sister comes to stay; after that I'd really like to have every other weekend with guests for a while. I am starving for company. The trick is to not be so ill I zone out while talking to people, get short-tempered, or fall asleep mid-conversation.

I have a feeling it's going to be a while before I get back onto my normal schedule, let alone have guests every other weekend. But there's only so much time I can spend online.

Perhaps what I need is to start writing letters on paper.

Comments

[barakta]

I really can relate. I was clawing the walls before BiCon and had decided to go even if it did kill me healthwise. I had such a good time, but was knackered afterwards and feeling starved of company.

Is it possible to arrange for people to visit you little and often, say for 20-30 minutes at a time, long enough to feel you've seen someone, but not too long?

[radegund.livejournal.com]

We're still keeping in mind a visit for Linnea's birthday, just so's you know :-)

[ailbhe]

We're looking into a rest break for the whole family the week prior to that, returning on the Friday night, so we'd be here 28th April onwards. If the rest break comes off, of course. Her birthday is the 30th, a Monday.

With my sister G, m-i-l's birthday the following week, 4 weeks of not much, then a week's rest, then a week with all y'all (whoopee!), then 4 weeks of not much, then f-i-l's birthday, then sometime in June is the traintrip to Sweden, in July the DW Jamboree, then Emer's birthday in August, then Rob's birthday in September, then October, then my birthday, then Christmas.

Perhaps the year won't be so dull after all! But the rest break is important, we think.

[supermouse.livejournal.com]

I know this one well.

Yes. Letters are good, or emails. It is possible to have a social life mainly through irc and phone, if neither tire you out. Good friends will deal with you flaking out mid-sentence and will bring books to read.

I won't be able to see you any time before May (probably not for a while after either), and you will be completely better by then. I insist.

The rest break sounds like a good idea.

[flybabydizzy.livejournal.com]

hi
I've emailed, but had no reply, so leaving a message here.
I can be with you tomorrow (Monday) lunchtime til Wednesday lunchtime, or Tuesday til thursday, if that is of any use.
Diz

[alison.hemuk.myopenid.com (from livejournal.com)]

I was glad you had a sleep; I was worrying about tiring you out, and trying to think of how to ask if I could have Emer without offending your child-centred sensibilities ;-) Hope the weekend's been ok - let me know when you have any gaps that need filling this week.

[ailbhe]

Tuesday all day, I think, and Wednesday morning - but I'll have someone who can't do toddlercare staying to help with housework, cooking etc. Could you come, and when your lot get sick of being here, take Linnea somewhere to get tired? Rob's taken to falling asleep halfway through her bedtime routine.