Storms!

The East coast is awash with rain. Last night, a huge thunderstorm came through and created flash floods, and more heavy rain is on the way through the weekend.

Usually these kinds of fronts aren't really a problem for me, but this one is wreaking havoc with my body. Extra painkillers are not cutting it and I cannot seem to wake up.Great--it'll be the kind of day I hate--losing balance and patience quickly, and taking forever to process meaning.

Hope everyone within rain range is managing.

Purple-Sorry to hear about the sickness. There is something going around the community recently. Kids and teachers are feeling awful. So far, it has stayed away from me. It helps that I do not have kids. My bones and muscles ache, it's cold in this classroom, and I am still really out of it.

I still exercise,but am only going to hit 4 days this week. I had a cavity filled Monday afternoon after work, and have a massage scheduled on Thursday. Even when sick, I still try to hit the gym and move a little. It sounds backwards, I know. I don't do a full routine nor do I spend a long time there. But movement will help warm you up and get the blood flowing. I never regret going to the gym afterwards.

I have found it too easy to rationalize skipping, and then that becomes a habit. So, I have a general 'rule' that I have one skip day per month, not counting days with appointments after work. I know I sound crazy, and I likely am. I have done this since college though--one mental health day every semester, where I am allowed to slack. I am one of those Type-Aers, focused on goals and achievement. I understand a few things about myself-I do better with a schedule, and I feel better when I move each day. If I break my schedule, there had better be a really good reason.

Of course, I do not have children, and my house is a mess. -grins- Life circumstances are so radically different for each of us that our only shared frame of reference is this condition.

Hope you all feel better soon.

I would add one thing-- We all were surprised by this condition. We do not want it,and hate the changes we have to make to accommodate it and feel better. It is just awful. Most people need to re-assess their life and make some changes in order to continue living their life. This sometimes means changing work, going to part-time, disability, less family-time, etc. It's kind of like a ledger for life-what is necessary and what is optional.

In the greater scheme of things, kids are more important than housework. Health is more important than housework. Family, more so than housework--you get the jist. Once I get a full-time job again,w e are hiring a twice weekly cleaning service. Until then, well, dishes are done because I cook every day, and laundry and the bathroom,because I really hate a dirty bathroom, and other stuff gets done in a loose rotation. For me, exercise, cooking, and work are more important.

So find what can give for you, based on your own priorities and life-style.

And so it continues. Yesterday, I hurt a fair bit, but felt a little better after I had worked out. Now,lots of pain again. The rain continues for us, and most know of or are experiencing the preparation for the approach of the tropical storm this weekend.

Batten down the hatches and stock up on pain killers and bed buddies.

Hope all who are experiencing this rather virulent autumnal weather are as well as can be expected.