Welcome back! I’m kind of back!?! Ugggg. Back on my normal medication regimen. Got it all worked out yesterday. Still recovering though. I don’t know why things got messed up. Requested a discussion with my doctor about it to try and prevent things like this from happening.
In my daze of the past few days I forgot to mention we’ve made it past 50 blog posts! This is the longest I’ve stuck with something I don’t always feel like doing. Sometimes it’s fun, but a lot of the time it can be daunting, difficult and painful. My hands have been very ridged lately and the pain has been horrible. My entire body aches constantly. My hands get better and worse hour by hour, day by day. I never know what I’m going to get when I wake up.
Let’s talk about that today, waking up. The worst part of my day. Where to start… I wake up many mornings confused about where I am, what time it is, what day it is, what I need to do (one or a combination). The pain is always off the charts. I feel groggy and foggy. My head usually hurts and my body doesn’t want to move. My extremities sometimes numb and or tingling. Ridged and barely able to get going. After much painful stretching, I then get up and stumble around with little balance, still feeling exhausted trying to get dressed so I can get my morning started. That’s just the getting out of bed part. That process alone takes 30 minutes or more and then I get to start my morning.
Like this morning. I got the little guy his breakfast. Bundled up, went inside the house to use the restroom. Bundled back up after using the restroom and came back out to the RV. Took my morning meds. Drank a breakfast shake while getting bundled back up to let the little guy out for his morning 30 to 45 min potty break. He’s getting old and likes to wonder around, I let him out of love until I can’t take it anymore lol. It’s cold, sucks and is painful but good for me to move around so I tough it out.
Next I had to fill the water tanks for flushing #1 only. No #2 in the RV, decided it was a bad idea in the beginning and was correct. That’s why I have to make house trips. Personal I know but I’m trying to give accurate description of my life. There’s no other working plumbing so I’ve basically got a flushing porta-potty. I get my fresh water from a bottom loading (RV safe) water cooler. Cold, Cool and Hot water all come from there and the property owner who let’s me stay here pays for the water. I bought the dispenser myself. Which has went out once and is now making funny noises and is worrying me… life gets really horrible when I don’t have fresh water out here in the RV.
The next task was changing the propane tank. I have three standard RV tanks. I swear they get heavier and more difficult every time I swap one out. I have to swap a tank once every week and a half to two weeks at the very very most. More frequently the colder it gets. That is not a very fun task and once I’ve truly come to dislike greatly.
After that I had to get the access doors off the surround. The septic guy is coming one last time before the snow hits. Yet another significant bill I had to pay and can’t afford. That now has my account close to zero yet again. So stressful and frustrating. Anyway, I had to dig some dirt out away from the edge of the surround and then get the screws out. So now everything is prepped for him to come empty the tanks. After he get’s here then I have to get back out there and put the doors back on and most of my chores for today are done. Tomorrow brings a whole new set of things to do.
So at this point I came in and had a bit before I had to take my meds again. Hands hurting horribly. I sat down and started writing to you. At first it was hard but now my hands have warmed up, the pain has died down slightly and I’m feeling a bit better. Worn out as heck, but a bit better. So now I’m going to get a little snack. Try to setup the printer for a test print when I have the energy. Do a little painting today. I’m getting close to getting my last commissions out! and… I guess we’ll see what the rest of the day brings.
For now, it’s rest time. Thank you for tuning in and I hope the remainder of your day is fantastic! Be safe, much love and you are very appreciated my friends!