My MSM HAS ARRIVED!

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7:06 PM 2/9/2007

     TOMORROW IS A "BIG DAY" ...  I am taking some

craft things of mine & my son's to a gun show.
     I was at this gun show two years ago ... did not go last

year.
     I have a table rented; not too optimistic of selling much

... but, am printing out lots of brochures, price lists, &

business cards to have on hand.  I've found out that this

one-on-one advertising is the most effective.
   But ... I've also found out that my back will not let me

even do much of this crafting without making me absolutely

miserable.
    MISERABLE ... this is how I anticipate being by the

time that I actually get everything set up & ready for the

9 am opening at the show.
    I have put some of the larger things into the car,

including a folding chair.  I'll really need that; I am thinking

of taking my crutches, too.
    I still have to pack the items ... much of which is not

even all ready.  I'm using several suitcases to haul stuff. 

I'll probably have at least a dozen trips to make from the

car to the building ... not sure how close that I can get. 

I'M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO IT!
    Hopefully, I can recuperate during the day.  It is a two

day thingie.

 

 

4:08 AM 2/11/2007

    I'M WONDERING HOW I'LL BE ABLE TO PUT IN

ANOTHER DAY THERE AT THE GUN SHOW... My back

was so bad, just sitting there in the afternoon that I just

took some aspirins, tried to do some stretching excercises

to loosen up ... even went to see if they were selling some

beer (they weren't)
     It was all I could do to get the cats & dogs & geese &

deer taken care of.  The items that I brought home to

work on ... that was just wishful thinking.  The case is still

sitting down by the door.
     I made some soup, had some more aspirins, a stiff gin

drink ... headed for the sofa.  It took until 3:30 to get

loosened up enough to even get up to go to the bathroom. 

My back was just so sore that I spent a long time in various

positions trying to ease it.  I only came upstairs to the

computer to check my e-mail.  IT'S BACK TO BED FOR ME

NOW!  I was going to check the photos I'd taken at the

show, make some signs .... even make a journal entry in my

main journal (way overdue) ... do something important on

the CRAFTING web pages since I have the url on my

advertising cards & brochures.  As I made the laborious

climb up the stairs, I was thinking if I should bring my

crutches tomorrow.  

   I really needed to do the web site, needed to do the

crafting, didn't get the mail or make phone calls ... the

dishes from two days ago will just have to wait some more. 

Practically speaking ... I don't think I will do anything when

I get back from another day at the show ... even if I'm

just sitting.  I really need to stop at the grocery on the

way home??

 

9:01 PM 2/11/2007

     WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES ...  my back

feels OKAY today!  Go figure!  After being so miserable

yesterday & thru the night ... and oversleeping when I went

back to sleep ... I didn't expect the dramatic difference. 

I did not have to re-load all the containers of my sale

items; I had left most everything right on my table.  The

one suitcase & small bag I'd brought home to work on things

... well ... I might just as well have left them there, too

... my back was too sore to even consider dealing with that.

 

5:53 AM 2/13/2007

    The MSM that I ordered arrived, & I have been trying

to remember to take them regularly.  I used to take 3000

mg a day before my knee replacement operation.  The

capsules I have are 1000 mg strength; I've been taking at

least two a day for several days.  It takes a while for

them to get back into my system.  It would be really great

if they work as well on my back as they did for my knee. 

MSM, I am quite sure, is not covered by my prescription

drug plan.  The cost is a big reason that I hadn't been

taking them for a long while.

 

6:58 AM 2/13/2007

     I might as well stay up now ... I had mostly done some

on the computer for a "Change-of-Position" excercise to

ease my back  ... made some coffee, put the dogs out

(briefly), made some instant oatmeal.  I mostly slept thru

the night ... feel as tho I've pretty well reccuperated from

the week-end.

    NOW, I HAVE TO PUT IN SOME OVERTIME GETTING

THE FAMILY HISTORY ALBUM  DONE & MAILED OUT  

FOR AN IMPORTANT FAMILY REUNION IN TEXAS THIS

WEEKEND.  I just wasn't up to it ... had planned upon

beginning Sunday evening!

L o i s
my website: Crystal Falls, MI
my blog: Upper Peninsula, MI and beyond

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