What Day Is It?

My buddy, Bruno, from  Brunos' Blusterings left me this comment this morning!

 

 

Comment from: bruno64056rs
"Come on, Dawn! It's been 3, going on 4, days since your last entry! Whattsa matter, ya' gettin' old and cranky, and just don't give a rip---like ME?!

Nothin' better than a cheap-shot to start, or end, the day!!!"

 

Yes, Bruno, you are right!  And, it was just the kick in the arse I needed to get me back to my journal! 

 

Yes, sometimes I am old, cranky and sometimes don't give a rip but that isn't it. 

 

I am flaring.  For those of you, who don't know what that means, a flare is when your disease, Rheumtoid Arthritis, in my case, rears its ugly head and gives you a big ole' smack down!

 

The last few weeks have been hectic and my body is telling me to slow down.  Also, the heat wreaks havoc with the disease, too.  It doesn't mix well with my medicines, either.

 

So, I am sore, tired, and in more pain than usual.  My hands, wrists, elbows, feet and ankles are swollen.  The worst part is that while awake and doing stuff, I can cope, but when I got to lay down to sleep, the hell begins. 

 

Everything pain and throb feels worse without the busy world buzzing around to distract me.  You would think that once youfall asleep it ends right?  Wrong.

 

I wake up after maybe 2 or 3 hours and I am stiff and in worse pain.  Sometimes, I get up and walk around and that is enough.

 

Sometimes, I just lay there for another hour or so until my mind can finally just shut down from exhaustion. 

 

Sometimes, I just grab a book and read for a bit until the exhaustion sets in again.

 

The best sleep I get is usually in the morning after Hubby leaves and before the kids start the ritual of waking me up every 30 minutes to let me sleep late.  I am usually so completely exhausted by then that my brain finally is able to just let me pass out.

 

So, that has been my last few days. 

Yesterday, was 100 degrees and today is supposed to be higher as is tomorrow.  The humidity makes it feel about 15 degrees higher, according to the weather people, and I believe them.

 

It is awful!

 

If you are in this heat wave, remember to drink a lot of water or Gatorade type stuff, and to stay as shaded and air conditioned as much as you can.

 

My Hubby just spent the entire morning on a roof on Lexington Avenue in NYC because the crew working on a roof door couldn't figure out how to do the job properly.  He was there for 5 hours and is hot and cranky.  I can't blame him.  That had to suck.

 

My thoughts are with anyone else struggling to work through this heat.

 

be well,
Dawn