So I seem to have pulled my rib again. Unlike last time, this time I felt it happen. I was at my desk this afternoon and used my right hand to reach around to scratch my left shoulder and I felt it pull and then came some annoying pain. It's not very bad, at least not yet, and that is why I'm labelling it as "annoying". After waiting a few minutes (and thinking, it doesn't hurt it doesn't hurt it doesn't hurt, then realizing that mantra wasn't going to make it go away) I took Aleeve, got out the ice pack and shoved it into my bra strap.
Awesome.
I had dinner with my friend Janice tonight. Came home and I'm now lying on the ice pack. We'll see how I feel tmw. I already had an appt set up to see Len at 5. I'm hoping I wake up tmw morning and all is well. But I know from experience now, if this is just the start of the bad pain cycle, that after 72 hours it should be much better.
Anyway, after Len tmw I will hit the treadmill and watch NCIS. I just couldn't watch Paula Deen on the Food Network anymore. The closed captioning tried to capture her Southern accent, which was hysterical at times.
My "Strong Knees" DVD arrived today! Can't wait to watch it!!! (and I'm actually not being sarcastic!)
I had some great comments on my jacket over at SPR last night and today. Those ladies are too kind!
Just one more day til the weekend! I plan on sewing some pjs this weekend. Woo!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Oh go on now
Feels like it's been ages since I've blogged!
On one hand, I've been feeling more normal than I have since January when all the back pain started. I went back to the gym and I feel sore but don't feel much pain. I now know the difference between muscle soreness and pain. Wild. I have learned so much this year. My rib injury seems to be subsiding quite nicely.
Imagine that, am I healing like a normal person?
On the other hand, I've been more tired than ever. Falling asleep by 10:30 every night or earlier. Wild. No insomnia here. I fall asleep so quickly. But I also wake up at 5 or 6-something (turn on my heating pad) and then sort-of fall back to sleep and then get up around 7am.
Finally wrote my SPR of Simplicity 2558. Woo!
Thought I'd feature a few more birthday cards:
Love these cupcake cards with the glitter:
Had acupuncture tonight. I wore my pink fleece hat for the treatment so I wouldn't feel too cold afterward, and it worked quite nicely. Karen thinks I had my "freezing spell" last week because my body was too overstimulated from having chiropractic and acupuncture treatments in the same day along with my rib injury. She thinks my body just "freaked out".
My work puzzles keep coming. Pretty interesting. I love puzzles. Especially when I figure them out. They're not figured out quite yet, but I'm getting there.
Feeling nostalgic for Hawaii. It's getting close to the time Pete and I visited Oahu, Maui, and Kauai last year. Don't I look a lot younger??? All this pain has aged me...
We had pix taken of us at work, kind of like school pictures, for use in a new dept website. I don't know when the website will be up, but the pictures were really interesting to look at.
Anti-glare glasses are definitely worth the expense, generally for computer wear but also for photo shoots. I remember the photographer saying that my glasses were great for photographing. Now I can really see why, compared to those with regular glasses.
Sometimes I think I look a lot like my grandmother, and other times I think I look like my dad.
You know, Christmas is coming up. Crazy. Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? I'm about 2/3 done. I cut my list again this year. That's a whole other post.
On one hand, I've been feeling more normal than I have since January when all the back pain started. I went back to the gym and I feel sore but don't feel much pain. I now know the difference between muscle soreness and pain. Wild. I have learned so much this year. My rib injury seems to be subsiding quite nicely.
Imagine that, am I healing like a normal person?
On the other hand, I've been more tired than ever. Falling asleep by 10:30 every night or earlier. Wild. No insomnia here. I fall asleep so quickly. But I also wake up at 5 or 6-something (turn on my heating pad) and then sort-of fall back to sleep and then get up around 7am.
Finally wrote my SPR of Simplicity 2558. Woo!
Thought I'd feature a few more birthday cards:
Love these cupcake cards with the glitter:
Had acupuncture tonight. I wore my pink fleece hat for the treatment so I wouldn't feel too cold afterward, and it worked quite nicely. Karen thinks I had my "freezing spell" last week because my body was too overstimulated from having chiropractic and acupuncture treatments in the same day along with my rib injury. She thinks my body just "freaked out".
My work puzzles keep coming. Pretty interesting. I love puzzles. Especially when I figure them out. They're not figured out quite yet, but I'm getting there.
Feeling nostalgic for Hawaii. It's getting close to the time Pete and I visited Oahu, Maui, and Kauai last year. Don't I look a lot younger??? All this pain has aged me...
We had pix taken of us at work, kind of like school pictures, for use in a new dept website. I don't know when the website will be up, but the pictures were really interesting to look at.
Anti-glare glasses are definitely worth the expense, generally for computer wear but also for photo shoots. I remember the photographer saying that my glasses were great for photographing. Now I can really see why, compared to those with regular glasses.
Sometimes I think I look a lot like my grandmother, and other times I think I look like my dad.
You know, Christmas is coming up. Crazy. Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? I'm about 2/3 done. I cut my list again this year. That's a whole other post.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Even more Simplicity 2558
I had lunch with my parents. Mom brought cupcakes she made from scratch! YUM!
I went for a walk again this afternoon (about a 20 degree difference from yesterday). I looked up at one point while doing stretches and thought this looks like a web.
I know it's sophomoric, but this is the pumpkin that I thought was clever:
Birthday card from Debbie; it's all too familiar (and made me laugh out loud):
I've worn my white coat every day since I finished it on Tues night. I realized it needed two things: pockets and a "thing" for hanging it from a hook in my gym locker. The lack of pockets was driving me crazy!!! Tonight I added the pockets, using a pocket pattern from an unrelated New Look pants pattern. First the pockets sort of peeked out from the bottom of the jacket if I shoved my hand in forcefully.
So I fixed that by sewing the bottom of the pocket to near the bottom of the jacket.
I also added the "thing" (what is it called?) so that I can hang it from a hook, but I didn't take pix of that. And you thought I was done with this jacket, ha ha ha ha ha!!
Getting sleepy...good night!!!
I went for a walk again this afternoon (about a 20 degree difference from yesterday). I looked up at one point while doing stretches and thought this looks like a web.
I know it's sophomoric, but this is the pumpkin that I thought was clever:
Birthday card from Debbie; it's all too familiar (and made me laugh out loud):
I've worn my white coat every day since I finished it on Tues night. I realized it needed two things: pockets and a "thing" for hanging it from a hook in my gym locker. The lack of pockets was driving me crazy!!! Tonight I added the pockets, using a pocket pattern from an unrelated New Look pants pattern. First the pockets sort of peeked out from the bottom of the jacket if I shoved my hand in forcefully.
So I fixed that by sewing the bottom of the pocket to near the bottom of the jacket.
I also added the "thing" (what is it called?) so that I can hang it from a hook, but I didn't take pix of that. And you thought I was done with this jacket, ha ha ha ha ha!!
Getting sleepy...good night!!!
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