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My Life Thus Far
2008-02-17 07:35:12 (UTC)

A Good Shot At Happiness

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As I expected, I woke up SO stiff and sore, I wasn't sure
if I'd be able to stand up (to make it to the bathroom)! I
was able to, but not without much discomfort. It was worth
it. I'm proud of the work I accomplished yesterday.

Because of how happy I was yesterday, it kind of spilled
into today. I had a good shot at happiness right from the
get-go. Waking up in a palatially plushy, newly pillowed
bed helped as well. I felt a little like a princess and
the extra support helped with my pain. I was able to prop
myself up enough to prevent heartburn and I had an extra
pillow to put next to me, so I wasn't laying on my back.

After I finished working last night, I treated myself to a
lovely hot bath. I filled the tub with hot water and my
Dead Sea mineral salts and soaked for awhile. I could feel
a great deal of my tension start to melt away. It didn't
help much with the throbbing pain in my back, but I didn't
expect it to. I took a couple Tylenol PM's and put an ice
pack under my back to help with the throbbing. About 45
minutes later, I could feel the pain melting away. It went
from a persistent throbbing to a dull ache and at that
point I was able to fall asleep. Blissful sleep that
lasted all night and I didn't wake until Snookums came
home from duty a little after 8am. We laid in bed and
talked a little before the girls woke up and we started
our day.

Our plan for the day was to get our taxes done. Which
takes about half an hour because everything is very
straight forward (no investments or real estate, etc), but
sometimes carving time out of your busy life is the
difficult part. My life isn't so busy anymore, but
Snookums' life kind of still is. He's been taking on extra
responsibilities at work. I'm telling you, going to
school, being more sensitive, studying, volunteering at
Elementary schools (more on that later). I don't know what
to think of him. He's a changed man and I had very little
to do with it. Maybe he's maturing naturally at 31 years
old.

We did a little bit of shopping today. We stopped at Ross
and I got some decor items for patio #2 (off the dining
room). I got 2 African totems and a wall hanging of an
African mother with a baby on her back, cooking. You'd
have to see it. It's very folk artsy, which I like.
They're also a deep shade of red, which is my favorite to
decorate with. Now the second patio doesn't feel so bare.
We hardly ever go out there, but it's a good lookout point
if I need to check on the girls in the back yard. Not that
they're spending much time out there with it being Winter.

I went into Michael's while Snookums sat with the girls in
the car, to pick up some supplies for Annie's science
project. This is the last weekend to work on it, it's due
next week. She's only in 3rd grade, so it doesn't have to
be elaborate. She's going to have tropical fish and
bubbles decorating the tri-fold. Simple, but colorful.
I'll help her with it sometime this weekend. If I can stop
myself from cleaning. I also picked up a few things for
Kiki. A smock, finger paints and a tablet of finger
painting paper. When she was in daycare, Kiki had all
sorts of enrichment activities to keep her busy, so now
that she's home with me, I want her to still be able to do
that.

As a family, we went to Coldstone Creamery for ice cream.
We don't do that often, but my plan is to work more family
things into our lives. I want the girls to have good
memories of being children. Something I don't have.

When we got home, I almost immediately got to work in the
house. I set Kiki up at her little table with her paints
and paper while I hung the art on the patio and started
cleaning the house. You remember all the things I wanted
to get done last night (but didn't). I've decided to do
them a little at a time or I'm going to kill myself.
Snookums had to stop me. We got the cat room cleaned
spotless, the laundry room dusted and wiped down, all the
sweeping, mopping and vacuuming done. Upstairs and
downstairs. Both bathrooms cleaned and I scrubbed some
walls that Kiki yuckied up. I didn't get to do glass or
the kitchen or the furniture or the pictures because
Snookums put his foot down and said no. So, I'll spread it
out over the next few days until it's all done. I'm hoping
I'm not on some temporary bipolar high and I'm able to
keep up my momentum until everything I want to get done is
done.

I really had to work through the pain today and it's
starting to really catch up with me now. I think I'll go
take a shower and crawl into bed with my ice pack.
Snookums is waiting, too. So, I'm being rushed. Ciao and
goodnight.




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