IMPRESS THE GUESTS With These Holiday Hosting Tips
The holidays are rapidly approaching, and soon, we’ll share laughs while enjoying the festivities with our loved ones. Before the celebrations begin, you must prepare your home for visitors, especially if they stay overnight. It can be stressful whether it’s your in-laws, best friends, or distant cousins coming to stay with you. You want to leave a good impression, but how do you ensure everyone’s needs are met, including yours? Here are three tips for setting yourself up for a successful holiday, regardless of who stays with you. Stock up on your guests’ favorites. Have you ever stayed with someone who didn’t have extra food for their guests? Don’t put your guests in this situation. Load up your pantry, refrigerator, and cupboards with your guests’ favorite foods and drinks. If you don’t know what they are, ask ahead of their visit! Your guests will appreciate your conscientious gesture and have a much more enjoyable time if they can eat their favorites while visiting. Prepare a guest room. If your guests are staying with you, you need to prepare somewhere for them to sleep. Make sure you make up the bed, have plenty of pillows and blankets on hand, and provide adequate closet space for their clothes. Even if they aren’t staying in a traditional bedroom, their sleeping area should still be ready when they arrive. Clear off a table for them to use as a nightstand and put sheets on the couch or mattress where they’ll sleep.
Use real dishes. When we have company over for a meal, especially a large gathering, it’s usually easier to use plastic or paper options — saves on cleanup, too! The holidays are not necessarily the time for this shortcut. Break out the fine china if you have it, or use regular dishes for your guests. It’s okay for the kids to have paper plates, but if you want to make a good impression on visiting adults, nicer dishes will dress up the table setting and meal.
Be Aware of Head Injuries HOW BRAIN INJURIES CAN RESULT IN PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
Many assume that a brain injury can only result from hitting your head on something, but that is not the case! It can also be sustained by the motion of the brain hitting the skull through a traumatic event. This could be from whiplash or even simply a jolt to the head or body. Depending on the area of the brain impacted and the severity of the injury, the brain can experience changes in how it works. When someone is in an accident, they may feel depressed or irritable and think maybe it was just because they were in a traumatic event. But a lot of times when you stop abruptly because you hit a car, you keep moving. The car may stop, but your neck or back can be violently thrown forwards or backwards, and your brain can hit the inside of your skull.
lobe injury. This is what causes you to have personality changes, feelings of
hopelessness, changes in the way you smell or taste foods, forgetfulness, lack of empathy, and so much more.
Other symptoms can include: • Change in self-esteem •
There are times when someone doesn’t want to admit they may have suffered from a minor traumatic brain injury, and sometimes it doesn’t make an appearance until days, weeks, or even months later. They may claim they never lost consciousness or that they never hit their head, but these symptoms are controlled by the frontal lobe and are signs to still be aware of. It’s best to still be checked out by a medical professional or have some tests run. That way, you can be compensated for your injuries. Contact us at (239) 649-8050 so that our attorneys at the Law Offices of Marc L. Shapiro can help.
Alexia (inability to comprehend written material)
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Suicidal thoughts
Withdrawal from favorite activities
Isolation from others
Driving but forgetting where you’re going. Stopping mid-sentence because you can’t remember the conversation.
Many people equate having a head injury with concussions, but that isn’t always true. These head injuries cause — even if you don’t hit your head — a lot of damage, and sometimes they can repair themselves, but they can still result in psychological problems.
When the brain hits against the front of your skull, you may suffer from a frontal
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