I ended the previous week strong, the banquet was great and the following day I attended a charity event in the same venue.
The Nazareth Angel Project is reasonably new and was established by families who lost children at a young adult and younger age. They raise money in memory of their children to support local families during the Christmas Season.
One of our HoF members lost a son, who was married, had a child and died tragically when he went fishing by himself, apparently slipped, hit his head and drowned. It was devastating and his father was such a good person I wanted to be there to support all of them.
It was such a great weekend having those two events.
At the Hall of Fame banquet I not only MC’d, but presented my brother for his induction. Another teammate, my father’s first wrestling state champion and his last state champion and the school’s only NCAA D1 national champion were all inducted. So too were two physical education teachers who worked with my father for over 20 years and who I’d known my entire life.
It was a great night. The next day was very fulfilling seeing all the people come out to support the families who lost loved ones while benefiting those who needed some help to have a better holiday season.
I was exhausted Sunday night and went to bed early. The next morning I wasn’t feeling well, but figured I could get through the day.
During my second class another associate and a nurse who came daily for one student looked at me and said are you feeling alright, a short exchange later and I was at the nurse who sent me home.
I spent the whole week basically sleeping. I don’t know if it was the flu or covid, but I was told at least a dozen people from Sunday’s event were in the same shape I was.
I didn’t go to a doctor, but missed most of the week of work. Everything was off, my sleep, general routine, and I felt like it was a setback, but it was only an illness.
Lessons Learned
You need to listen to your body (yes, this was a previous lesson, but a tough one for me) and appreciate it takes time to recover and to accomplish things.
Question for You
Do you feel like you have to be doing something or something more when recovering? Ask yourself why? Then is it really valid?
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