Fibromyalgia is a truly insidious condition. Some days I just feel like everything has been sucked right out of me. Other days, I feel like there are hot knives being thrust into my shoulders and hips. My finger and wrist joints burn. Some days, like today, I'm dealing with all of the bad symptoms.
Today I had every intention on writing a nice post about my holiday traditions. Instead, I slept for about 4 hours this afternoon. I woke up, groggy and discombobulated and totally pissy. Needless to say, I have written nothing on traditions.
I meant to write about blending holiday traditions all month.
It's very frustrating for me and I tend to get all down on myself. I'm afraid to take Celebrex or Bextra and I'm not supposed to take the ultracet. There's some question now about Alleve, too -- not that it even helped any way. Tylenol doesn't help. Ibuprofen doesn't help at all on days like today. Blah.
TB is sick ... he has a sinus infection and some possible bronchitis. T has an ear infection and Heidi has sinusitis. We spent nearly all morning in the doctor's office, another frustrating experience. There's nothing like sitting in a little hot room waiting for your 10 minutes with the nurse practitioner. She apologized for the delay, of course, but that doesn't make us feel any cooler or less sick.
Bah humbug. Better luck tomorrow!
I found this site in an email sent to me by another diary-xer. Check this out: Buy Nothing Christmas
At first I thought it was a joke but then I did some exploring on the website and I think it's not a bad idea. I'm thinking, no, I don't want to cut out Christmas gifts all together but I sure would like to cut back drastically. I think, do I have to buy so many presents? Some of the best gifts I ever got were handmade, especially when they were made by one of the kids. Am I stingy? Does this make any sense to anyone else?
What would happen if more of us began to cut back dramatically on all the spending? What would happen to "Black Friday", the day after Thanksgiving? Would the retailers go even nuttier to try and pull us in or would we all become more sane about the holiday?
What is this holiday all about now anyway?
Within the time period of High School:
5 People you wish you were still close to
my best friend Daina
my high school principal
my high school drama teacher
my friend Gene
my friend Diane
4 Places you used to frequent
Marty's Playland in Ocean City, MD
the Baltimore City branch of the Pratt Library
the Baltimore County branch of the library
the movie theater
the mall
3 Classes you loathed
Math
History
PE
2 Teachers who made a difference
Norma Cooper, drama
Elaine Strohecker, English
1 Moment to relive or erase.
Graduation ... it was glorious!