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Haven’t done this in awhile and really, today seems a good time to try to find the positives in life. This week has been tough mentally and creatively and thanks to the appointment yesterday, it’s now tough physically. Meh.

+/- The appointment yesterday went well. Everything’s been mailed off and now it’s just a waiting game. 3-4 months of waiting. Have I mentioned I hate waiting?

+ I have snazzy t-shirts from Old Navy and another pair of pj pants. (Thanks Mom!)

- I have spilled oil on the shirt I am wearing. That I just put on. That was brand new.

+/- Sahara is on sleeve two. I cannot tell if I like it yet.

+ I had yummy chocolate from Italy thanks to a Ravelry swap.

- I am out of said yummy chocolate.

- There is a fuel strike this weekend.

- My local Starbucks is closed until Sunday. And I really want some coffee.

+ It isn’t hot. In fact, it feels more like late spring or autumn out there today.

- Which would be good except I am READY for autumn and it’s only the middle of June.

+ Decluttering is coming along.

- It is amazing how much utter junk one accumulates. Word to the wise, never add up how much all the stuff cost you and think of how you could have saved that money if you had any forethought at all. It is depressing.

- Summer makes me homesick. I just want to go to the beach. And I want some lemonade. The kind made with lemons, not the fizzy stuff.

- Dentist wrangling is the stupidest thing ever. I have two dentists, one for check ups and one for drilling stuff (due to the fibromyalgia, I can feel the drilling even after a giant shot of novocaine. I have to do to a special place and have conscious sedation done so I don’t feel the drill). I am trying to get information from them both about my options on a tooth that is bothering me. It’s a trial.

—- Sjogren’s for messing with my teeth in the first place.

+ A joke J. and my doctor came up with: Sjogren’s Cat. You don’t know where it is but it’s thirsty and has dry eyes.

++++ Having a sense of humor.

- The mail did not bring me a package from Missy. Or yarn.

+ The sky was pretty cool yesterday.

8 positives, 11 negatives. The negatives win this week. I am not surprised. Give me some positives! Leave a comment if something good is going on for you. Let’s see if we can’t kick the negative ass.

Now I think I will go play Sims 2 and pretend it’s September. It’s raining enough to.

 

Positives And Negatives

It’s been awhile since I’ve done this and since I’m having a rotten day, I figured it would be a good idea.

+/– Two days after I went cold turkey and gave up processed sugar (PCOS apparently does not like sugar), Mr F came home with a mint Thornton’s easter egg for me. Which was very sweet of him but overall, a bad idea.

I’m having a rotten day and thusly eating the luxury double cream mints that came with it. I will pay for that.

– On a scale of 1 to 10 (one being no pain, ten being get-me-to-the-ER pain), today is a good 7 on the pain scale. I find my pain scale works much like an earthquake scale. 7 is bad (my everyday “normal” pain level is around 4-5) but 8 always seems so much worse. Likewise 9. I’ve broken many bones in my day and the pain of that does not compare to fibro pain. The downside of today is that I have to go out this afternoon so I cannot take any medication that would help with the pain.

- Having to go out this afternoon. It’s to be a relaxing, laid back sort of thing, including a meditation service at Winchester Cathedral, but when you hurt, your mood tends to plummet. So even the nice things get an Oscar the Grouch reaction.

+ I managed to take a shower today all by myself (that’s why I hurt). That’s the first time I’ve managed it since the chiropractor debacle.

+ I have nice friends. I am appreciative of my nice friends.

+/- On Monday I go to my first fibromyalgia support group. And the woman organizing it is a knitter!

+ These socks.

No purl Monkeys in The Knittery Cashmere Merino sock yarn in Orchid. I’m knitting these for one of the aforementioned nice friends who could use a little treat right about now.

Positives: 5,Negatives: 6. Today the negatives have it. Bah.