Happy Tuesday Middle Of The Night!

Hello Jo.....2-3 hours of sleep a night...I can't function on less then 8.....I walk around like a zombie!! How do you do it...WOW!!! I wouldn't want to be woken up when you get such little sleep. You must live a very stress free life!!

Love and hugs to you...connie d

Good Morning Ladies!

You all have my sympathy about the sleeping problems! That is something I seldom experience...probably b/c I am a bear if I don't get 6 or 7 hours/nightly.

Cindy P. - Glad to hear your deck is done. Looking forward to your pictures! I love sitting outside enjoying the weather, scenery, sounds of nature, etc. & a deck is a perfect place to just chill. Cheers to having the work behind you & the enjoyment to come...hopefully for many years to come!

Mary - My heart goes out to you regarding Jim's status. It does not sound good despite the doctor's optimistic point of view. I have felt for a long time Jim has been very depressed which led to him not taking care of himself. I can't be sure of this...I don't live w/the man, but he just seemed so unwilling to do anything to help himself, and now here he is...probably mentally as well as physically a mess. And you left to deal w/it all. I am glad you have such a supportive brother & that Maura is a source of help in some ways & Taylor provides you w/plenty of distractions. Prayers!

On my end it has certainly been a full moon week. All 3 daughters have been chewing my ear w/their respective issues, you read my post about yesterday although I have to take responsibility for my part in the FB political mess, & we have medical appointments everyday this week. I need to get this place cleaned up for Jim's stepdaughter's arrival next week & everytime I start something I have to drop it to run here or there. I hate wishing time away, but I'd like to be in October...post-op!

Hope everyone else is coming around or at least maintaining.

I'll check in later as I can!

Hello Kathy....You are blessed to be able to sleep well. Good for you!!

Thanks for reminding me...full moon...no wonder everyone is so odd!!

I hope you are able to get your house cleaned and ready for company. You sound like Vickie....always having to stop and go somewhere else!! Don't forget about YOU...take some deep breaths now and then!!

I am always here for you!!!

Love and more hugs to you....connie d

Good afternoon Cindy and everyone....

Cindy I am sorry you had a hard night sleeping again last night. I am glad you will see your PCP on Wednesday. I hope you can get something for sleep and anxiety. 

I need to go for now..I am ok....need to leave for my errands and grocery shopping. Then I will come back and post again.

Much love and oodles of hugs...connie d

Hello again Cindy and everyone....once again...

I look forward to the pics...I hope you can get them posted!! 

As for me... nothing much to do now. I got groceries and they are all put away. I went over to get my lunch. I ate a piece of grilled chicken and a scoop of garlic snow peas. It was a small thigh. I took the skin off of course. It had a mixture of seasoning on it. The rosemary smelled so good. That is the thing I hate about not eating the skin, you miss most of the seasoning!! Oh well!!

I wish we could all get our sleep in a good pattern. I am up and down so many times a night!! Even my Vicodin did't work well last night. I was so restless!! I know it is because of all these temps and pressures going up and down! 

I went and bought some new color pencils today. Mine are getting to the end and some colors are gone completely. I didn't feel like going anywhere so I just bought Crayola 24 pack colored pencils at the grocery store. I hope I can get to an art store or a craft store and get some better ones soon.These will be just fine for now. I know I had a new pack somewhere. Kyleigh called earlier and reminded me I gave them to her for an art project she was working on at school. I should have guessed!!! 

I am wishing you all a wonderful day!! 

Prayers for our awesome OFF Family and their families.

Some special prayers sent as needed.

Much love and many hugs to all....connie d

Hi Cindy and my OFF family:

I've been up since 6 a.m. because I had an epidural in my back. Boy, they really pumped me full of drugs today. I was still sleepy when I left with my boss. I took a 45-minute nap not long after I got home (I didn't even finish my coffee, that's how sleepy I was). Had something for lunch, took another hour nap in my recliner; still really sleepy. Sometime about 3 p.m. I got up and felt a dull achy pain in my back, something I've never had since I've been getting these shots. I took a vicodin; haven't noticed any difference. I guess I'll call and see if this is normal.

So nothing much is going on. I've just been sitting here watching TV, napping and occasionally trying to catch up online. 

Cindy, the way you post photos on the site is you post them to your profile and then control C, control v on your post. That will paste it onto your post so we can see it. 

I sometimes have insomnia but I take enough drugs that knock me out. If I didn't, I would have more sleeping issues, which isn't good if you have fibromyalgia. 

Excuse me, I have to go kill a spider on the blinds.  BRB

OK, spider is dead. Unfortunately, I dripped insecticide on a photo my brother brought over from mom's. Now it's ruined. But the spider is dead. I cleaned up the bug spray after so it wouldn't get on Juliette's paws, because she likes to sit in that window. The spider was higher up, but the spray drips down.

Last night was a bear at work. Nothing was going right, right from the start. Computer problems signing on, then after I got done doing the first paper's sports section (or as much as I could get done until the games got done), I went to do the other paper ... only some of it wasn't designed, so I had to finish up someone else's job. And then, part of the page that was designed, the space left for the story was too much and I had to redesign that. And then, of course, I had three late stories (two late games, the Cardinals for each paper).  And then, of course, my program crashed as I was doing all this, right on deadline. Somehow I managed to get out somewhere near deadline. 

That's been my day/night. I'm pooped ... my back is feeling a little better. I did call the doctor's office; haven't heard back from them. I'm icing my back, too. I think it's getting better. It's just never happened to me after one of these shots.

Have a good day.

Eileen...I am glad you are checking in with your doctor about the pain you are still having in your back. Let me know what you find out. Maybe he was a bit off with the needle. That happened with me once. I had to live with it until it was time for another one. I wasn't happy!!

I hope you got the spider!!!! Ewwwwwww!!!!

Napping is good...helps you heal...sweet dreams!

More love and hugs....connie d

Hi Everyone,

I can't remember if I posted yesterday or not.  Sorry if I didn't.  I had dental work this morning.  Came home, and now I feel so lousy.  Low grade fever.  Headache.  Blah.

Love you all.

Trish

Hello Trish...go rest...you can worry about posting tomorrow!!

I hope all went well at the dentist!!

Love and hugs to you...connie d

Hello sistas,

Bringing up the rear tonight.  I've had a hella day and I'm wiped out, but I did want to tell about my doctor visit this morning.  Dr. V is a very kind man and he sat and talked with me and of course I cried.  I could tell he was probing me a little to try and judge my mental state.  My mental state is fine--for what I've been through.  I'm not comatose, I'm not suicidal, I'm not withdrawn into a shell--I'm okay.  I just need to sleep!  So he didn't want to renew the ambien Rx because it's not really working.  Instead we're going to try staying with the melatonin and adding trazadol to the mix.  I have my doubts, but okay, we'll try it.  I'm supposed to call him back on Thursday and see how it's doing.  He might up the dose or something.

The other big chore of my day was moving that damn refrigerator from the lake house to Christie's house.  I tell y'all--NEVER AGAIN!  NEVER.  I am used to men who know how to do things.  My daddy could do anything.  Butch could do anything.  Mike knows NOTHING.  OMG.  We finally got the damn thing loaded on the trailer, but I wasn't convinced it was tied on properly, so I drove 35 MPH all the way home.  I left that trailer parked in their driveway and I came home.  I'm DONE.  I gave them a new frig; the rest is up to them.  

I think I'm going to turn my phone off for the night again.  I need to sleep.  Time for a bath and give the new meds a try.  

Love you all!