One of those saturdays

Another weekend officially under my belt.  This one felt better all around, even though I wasn't a social butterfly quite yet.

I did the MS Walk on Saturday morning.  It rained for the entire duration of the walk, which luckily was  a short one.  I still enjoyed it, though, as the exercise was good, the company of some coworkers was nice, and it was lovely to be out in the world doing something for a worthy cause.  I definitely need to look more into volunteering because it's a great way to fill some spare time in a smart way.

I came home and took a hot shower to warm up, then cozied up to the Starbucks coffee I'd picked up on the way home.  There was actually a lull in the rain for an hour or two, but it came back with full enthusiasm later on in the afternoon.  It was a great day to catch up on DVR, take a little nap and just relax.

Eventually the thunder and lightning joined the rain, and that made me happy.  I love a good thunderstorm more than just about anything, and this wasn't a usual DC teaser of a storm.  It actually stuck around for a couple of hours, and I loved watching the flashes of lightning through my blinds and hearing the low, long rumbles of thunder.  Best soundtrack ever.  :-)

Of course, all good things must come to an end, and as the rain wound down, my migraine wound up.  I ended my night crawling into bed with a pounding headache.  It hurt.  A lot.  I've found that late night migraines like that don't respond to my RX migraine med, so I usually take a good dose of Tylenol, but I was out of that.  I finally ended up in bed with a PILE of pills.  I had my daily multivitamin, a couple other vitamins, three of the herbal allergy pills from my acupuncturist, 2 Excedrin and 1/2 of another pill from my pill bottle.  I'm not even sure if it was half of a pain pill or half of a muscle relaxer.  :-/  I really didn't give a damn at that point.  I took them all, feeling like a weirdo junky even if most of the pills were vitamins, and went to sleep with 2 ice packs and a lot of pain.

I woke up at a few points overnight, feeling like I'd slept forever, always pleasantly surprised that I got to sleep more.  When I finally got up at 10 (save for the doggy bathroom break at 7), I was migraine free and felt pretty good.  Thank god.  It was one of those migraines that I was desperate to get rid of, as it was a true pounder, making me crazy light and sound sensitive.  Not fun!

Today I got my sofa table from the furniture store finally.  I had to open the box and bring it in in two trips because the box was too heavy on its own, but I got it in, and I got it assembled and in place.  I Felt pretty good about myself even though it was a really easy table.  I'll take the victories, however small they may be!

My mood has been better this weekend.  I was more productive this weekend (lots of errands aside from noted things, plus apartment cleaning type things).  Next weekend looks fairly busy thusfar, which I think I'm ready for, or will be, anyway.  The wheels are turning in my life again, and hopefully I will begin to feel some forward motion.  I've been walking in place for too long, and I need to stretch my limits and start going out of my comfort zone again, rejoining the world a little at a time.

Slow and steady wins the race, right?  I'm on my way!