KEEP'IN ON isn't so easy

12:07 PM 2/3/2007
     NOW ... my back feels great; I did a lot of moaning & groaning thru

the night ... finally got up before daylight, never did really get back to

sleep.  At the time, there was just no comfortable position ... no relief

from aspirins.  Now, it is mostly just very tight & sore as tho I'd been

working hard...
   Today ... I am going to keep my promise to myself & order some MSM

... that might be easier & quicker than traveling to some place where it

might be cheap.

10:24 PM 2/3/2007
     Taking a break ... I'm getting company tomorrow.  My son is driving

up to pick up some of his "product" ... his horse-shoe craft items that I

was supposed to be photographing, assembling, & marketing.  Part of my

not working on it is that my basement area had gotten so silted in with

"stuff" from when my neighbor moved & gave me truckloads of so much.
     So, I just took four aspirins & a acetaminaphin ... going to sit down. 

BUT, I MUST AT LEAST ORGANIZE THOSE CRAFT ITEMS & DO SOME

WORK ON THEM BEFORE HE GETS HERE.  I'LL HAVE TO WORK OFF &

ON THRU THE NITE.  THAT WON'T BE MUCH DIFFERENT FROM THE

SLEEPLESSNESS I WENT THRU LAST NITE FROM THE  BACK PAIN!

10:11 AM 2/5/2007
     I did get caught up on some sleep last nite ... really needed it ...

kinda overdid some house-cleaning over the week-end.  Is that why my

back was just unbearable this morning for so long?

2:44 PM 2/5/2007

     Okay, so my back has started to feel pretty good ... but, now, I feel

tired out ... very unambitious.  Could some of this be tension over the

tractor repair bill, not being ready for the craft show this weekend?

10:19 PM 2/5/2007
     My back hurt in all different areas today ... I can hardly wait til

next week for my injections.  This time ... I'm Gunta go in for the second

set of injections in my mid-back!   I really to want to lie down ... I am

trying to make up for lost time on my crafting projects.

    11:23 PM 2/6/2007

     Just recuperating from a strenuous day of sitting on a stool ... doing

craft projects ... I guess that's not the way out of my financial woes,

either.
     I didn't even do any vacuuming or dishes washin today, either ...

tried to break up my sitting on the stool with other projects ... GUESS

THAT DIDN'T WORK ANYWAYS.
     At the end of the afternoon, I had to retreat to the sofa ... did

some napping ... having taken many aspirins, etc ... did not even eat my

supper.  My back was so miserable, couldn't do anything except lie down.
    Almost midnite, my stomach was so upset from not having my supper. 

I re-heated it, ate some ... had some more pain pills & some gin to

hopefully loosen my back.
    BUMMER: I got an e-mail from my sister reminding me that I have all

the family black & white historical pictures to re-do the album ... MY

MOM NEEDS THESE SOON WHEN HER BABY SISTER DRIVES DOWN

TO VISIT HER.

HERE'S A COPY OF THE E-MAIL THAT I JUST SENT TO TEXAS TO

MY SISTER (& my Mom).

    I AM JUST BESIDE MYSELF TRYING TO GET THINGS DONE ... NO

MATTER WHAT I DO ... SOMETHING ELSE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE

FIRST ...   I am bummed out that Alan made a quick trip up here last

week-end to retrieve most of his horseshoe creations that I was supposed

to be marketing ... I finally got MOST of my insulation project done ...

with this sub-zero weather here, I wish I had that DONE.  I've been

working on the pictures & album ... thinking that I MUST get it down

there before Dorothy gets there ...
 
FIRST & FOREMOST ... I rented a "booth" at a gun show up here to

exhibit & try to sell my deer-antler dream webs for THIS WEEKEND (&

some of Alan's stuff).  JUST AS SOON AS THAT IS DONE (next

Monday) I will concentrate on getting the album done! 
    It is just so discouraging ... my back was killing me today ... how much

of a strain should be on my back ... sitting on a stool at the counter,

doing dream-webs ! I was in AGONY ... took many aspirin, etc.  ...

napped on the sofa ... finally dragged myself up (it's midnight) to re-heat

my supper & am now eating it because my stomach was getting queesy

from being empty ... my back is a bit better ... but, still feels as tho I

had been in a fight.
 
  6:56 AM 2/7/2007
     When my back got so sore yesterday ... it was my upper back, thru

the shoulder blade area.  Thru the nite, then, it became my lower back

that hurt the worst.  Even stretching exercises don't help loosen it.  My

stomach gets upset with too much aspirin ... I did add some Tylanol.
     I did nap off & on on the sofa ... after mid-nite, when I just had to

finally eat some supper, I did eventually get to bed.  I slept off & on. 

For the past hour or two, I've just been rolling around in bed ... so, I'm

going downstairs for a bit.  I usually never get back to sleep then.  I am

feeling so tired, tho.

   6:32 AM 2/9/2007
    OKAY ... so, I finally admitted that there is no way that I could

commit myself to a paying job ... I'm starting to wonder if making craft

items is a viable avenue.  No matter what sort of configuration of "chair"

I used ... even with alternating my activities/positions ... would keep me

from developing a traumatic bout of back pain (how hard can SITTING

be??).  I've been trying to do the crafting while sitting in a lounge chair. 

That has mixed results ... but, at least it is not as bad as doing the

sitting-in-a-chair thing.
    I'm going to call a halt to this rambling & post it.  That is why I lost

the urge to keep it up ... it is just whining ... but, I am trying to

document what works, what causes problems, & what I should or shouldn't

do.

L o i s
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