Mornin Mimi and Fmily,

Yes I am ready for cooler weather too.....though I need more sun in my life and I have not read any book this summer due to the wedding needs.

I am in a flare of all flares, well deserved and amazingly arriving right after everyone left....Hmm. Shoulda had them stay longer! Ha!

From my hair to my toes. Things that have been quiet for so long are talking to me. My left hand is so stiff and 3 fingers not functioning well this a.m., I went for a 30 minute massage after work as exhaustion is also mixed in here. The pain and dysfunction (feeling flulike) takes the energy from me as well.

It is energy draining to hurt. I just kept saying yesterday TGIF, I can't wait to clock out. That is so not me!

I had trouble driving thurdays and friday to get home, kept falling asleep behind the wheel, I was eating tic tacs to stay awake! I am beat....beat up...like a truck hit me.

I still have clean up to do and I am not going there while like this. I will carve out laundry today as under garments are low and we both need em*...

Geez it all caught up with me, I also did more clean up the day I had shots and didn't rest to have a good response. So I burnt myself twice.

DH did a sombra massage last night but the skin feels bruised so I asked "gentle...gentle"
He is so good to me. I was asleep both days he came home form the store and he is carrying the store from 6a to 8pm....so he is exhausted also.....(what a pair we are)

I have a good second degree burn on my arm from Sundays cooking (I shouldn't cook anymore...*) so I am using Silvadene cream to debried it and help it heal without infection. This is what is used in the burn unit. Lucky to have everyone at my fingertips. It is huge....about a tennis ball size and despite ice it blistered and is a mess, right under the forearm...where you hit it, lean on it and seem to bump it all the time! Thick dressing in place...Ahhhhh.
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You are right on the Olympics..."Good going U S A! It is not my thing to watch the summer ones, but I enjoyed them so much this year. I lament their strong bodies and health when I see them. I picture me in that state and doing the balance beam and the swimming.....(I know sick) but I do.) I am always hopeful to regain my health.

Ok all, I am resting and pacing and in the toolbox trying to fix this. It takes time and listening to my body...adding my meds and adding the heating pad last night softened the core spine muscles a bit...I have no headache though and that is good those attachment muscles to the skull are not involved yet. I had to keep my head on the headrest in the car though, failure of the neck muscles was so overwhelming......"a mess" I did it and now I pay the piper...(NO REGRETS) I have memories for a lifetime!

Hugs to all and hoping you have a low pain day today.
May the sun be behind a cloud to lower the heat in your day....but pop out enough to give you a good spirit.
Nancy B

Good Saturday everyone. I hope your day is going well so far and that you have a fibro pain and issue free day.

It's cooler here today. Will be cool over night, low 50's, which for August is rare, but welcomed. I have to agree with NancyB, what the heck is going on this year with weather over the US? Warm when it should be cold, no rain when it should be raining each day, spring storms in the summer and oven hot when it should just hot. Now when it should be hotter still it's cooling off way too soon in the season. Go figure?

And like MiMi, I am looking ahead and thinking " what will the winter bring I wonder? "And as for the weather being off, again, I am feeling the effects of the early cool down. Strange for me since I don't feel the fibro symptoms until October when it's dark earlier, less sun and really turning cool and cloudy. But here it is in August, early August, with lots of sun and cloud free days and I'm getting to feel run down and flu like. UGH. I had heard ( NOA ) that this winter, again, would be warmer than usual over our area, the SE, with more rain for our area than snow this winter. I like that, but here it is in August and I feel like I do in October. Will my fibro symptoms be a barometer for the weather thats coming I wonder?

Had a slow and lazy yesterday, which was nice. Will be a repeat today for the most part, but will be attending a church service with DD and Fmily in the evening. Had a nice Thursday with DH topping it off with the musical The Nutty Professor. It was really well done, very warm and funny. Since Jerry Lewis directed this musical based on his Nutty Professor character the show feels so much like it's Jerry Lewis on stage. Nice. And the music is very good and one song in particular " Take The Time " I think will be popular out side the show. For those in the FMily who live near New York city, if you have the chance, go enjoy this musical there this Fall. It's really worth the price of admission.


MiMI, I am so sorry that once again you have a stressful court issue to deal with. I can't imagine what your daughter's classmate could have be thinking taking her to court without a single reason stated as to why. I hope that this ends quickly and that in some way your daughter can recoup her court costs from this girl's frivolous court action. Like you needed something else in the NC court system to have to deal with there. I'm really so sorry.

Angelswife, bad thunder storms. I hope they didn't do any damage in your area. I hope you are feeling better today.

NancyB, I hope you are feeling better. Take it easy and don't over due. You've had a whole of busy things to do over the past month, everything right now can wait a day or two more until you feel up to doing them. Sometimes even PACE and PACE some more isn't going to help... so rest and get back to feeling well before tackling household chores for awhile.

cece, late answer to you post of TGIF: did they put a temporary crown on your tooth? If so I am sure you are feeling much better. Glad your DH has got a few job lead, 147 miles away does seems a bit of long drive, but even here my DH has 60 round trip to his job. But if it's a job he likes and it has good benefits then it's a good thing, yes? Anyway, I hope he gets something quickly so you can take no medical or dental insurance of your list of things to have to think about. I hope all is going well with your mom and dad too.

Will close this here as it's way too long.. sending air hugs to all . Have a good day.. Linda R.

Hello

Sorry I haven't been on much lately. I've been having computer problems, one of them being losing all of my usernames & passwords for different websites. For some reason, I was able to move all my bookmarks over, but transferring the saved usernames/passwords didn't work. I need another adapter for a monitor so that I can be on my old computer and my new one at the same time. It would make it MUCH easier to transfer things!

I've had a mixed couple of days. The last two nights have been really bad, and I'm sure being busy all day yesterday contributed to last night. I went to the gym for my exercise program at 10 and made it home from that about two hours later. Then I had lunch and girl talk with friends...and didn't leave until about 5:15. After that was a trip to the grocery store and then the library. I could have skipped visiting my friends, but I only see them once every couple of months or so. So as bad as last night was, it was still worth it to see them.

I've had a so/so day today. DS12 came home from spending the night at a friend's house and asked if his birthday cake had been baked yet. I said no, and that I was going to bake it in the morning. That's when I discovered he'd told his friends the wrong day and they were coming over in 2 1/2 hours! I was tired, achy, and still in my pjs and the house needed to be cleaned (nothing major, but it was time-consuming stuff), the cake needed to be baked, dishes needed to be done, and DS12 hadn't cleaned the bathroom (part of his weekly chore list) or his room yet. DH, DS12, and I divided things up and got busy. DH left to pick up hot dog buns & things and I made it upstairs to change clothes 10 minutes before DS12's friends were supposed to arrive.

Uh oh...I've got to restart my computer. Hope you're all having a great weekend

~air hugs~

~Jessi

Hello..

so so stress out here...DH has had my car for three days. while his is in the shop..plus one day for me to get new brakes..can you say $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ? And I hate being without a car...then he brings mine back with the check engine light on...grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
I know it isn't anything he did...but I am just frustrated, and want everything to work..

and then yea..my computer conked out the other day...I managed to get it back to running...It is about as old as they come..but please keep it working..

My tooth..getting the temp crown on Monday, then have to make an appointment for the reg...more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ out the door...

I am worried about my DS up north..guess he is doing ok..I just worry...

Looks like the trip up north for the job for DH was a bust...he said it really wasn't a match..nothing he wanted or really had experience with..so don't think they will offer him it anyway...

Something has to change around here.

Then back from dealing with mom and dad today...We went to lunch which was nice...then fixing of pills, paying bills...fixing the air conditioning...mom keeps pushing buttons and then they don't know how to get it on right...Got an outfit out for mom for church tomorrow...and hung up a bunch of stuff...and I know it will all be in disarray by tomorrow ..and who knows what she will show up in for church...She really feels like she is worse than ever...really just not all there..

ok...guess that is my list of complaints for the day..super hot here too, so I guess that isn't helping...sorry..east coasters..but if you thought it was hot before...just wait until this moves east !

cece