Oranges and Lemons

Isn't it funny how, in life when you have a problem there are a lot of quotes that are used to describe your situation or a solution to your problems, that are in relation to food?

Things go "Pear shaped", "Sunnyside up", "Life's a lemon", "You are what you eat", "He who comes first - eats first", "Everything in moderation - including moderation!"

There have even been story's made up through the ages including food, fruit and veges to help the story along or put a symbolic meaning behind a certain food.

I have always been one to try to "look on the bright side of life" de do de do de do do do do do do
But when you always seem to be doing the wrong thing, (by other peoples standards), saying the wrong words and no matter how hard you try - everything goes pear shaped -In more ways then one - You tend to find out that you have more lemons than that of which you bargained for...
My health has not been the greatest for sometime now, after feeling like I've lost energy, started to feel just that little bit better then WHAM I'm hit with a whole truck full of lemons! This truck for me I called it the Chronic Fatigue truck. Yup, that's ME - Myalgic Encephalopathy - not "me, myself and I".... though when you have a Chronic Illness you can quite easily be accused of thinking about the former. But I digress...
I was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue/ME in September last year. Since then, I have had to pull out of uni, quit dancing altogether and take extended sick leave from work until further notice. "Woe is me" or "Oh Diddums!"
No. I am not feeling sorry for myself, on the contrary - I am doing my best at striving to get back on my own two feet, I have consulted Dr's, specialists and even doing my own research on the matter. I even started up a conversation thread online so that others like me can swap stories, share their good days and bad days with other people that are going through or have been through the same thing as this - what is working for them, and what is not working for them... I feel that even though I might be at a stalemate right now, and only the halfway though the truck load of lemons, (I've managed to make some Iced Tea and Lemon honey with mine so far) I am at least looking for something to help me get back to work, back to the dance floor and (hopefully) eventually back to uni so that I can put on that cool black cape with the silky hood and wicked as cap... representing my favourite colour - ORANGE!
I plan to, (on my good days mind) use this blog as an outlet to joke about my trials, diets, exercise plans and some or my interesting or not so interesting days of what it is like to try to live life and work through this journey called Chronic Fatigue.

So in closing - when it comes down to the difference between lemons to make lemonade (when you actually need lemonades to make lemonade - figures!) or an orange tree that you can sing to that grows and brightens up your life I would rather have an orange tree any old day!