Currently This

I was so sick all day, yesterday. I couldn't get back to sleep that night, so instead I got up and cleaned. I do that when I'm upset and can't afford to go out and buy a crate of Oreos. I got out of bed and cleaned half the apartment.

It involved very little lifting but around nine yesterday morning, I got a hideous eyestrain headache and went to bed. My chest and left arm were killing me - not in a heart attacky way, because the same spot on the back of my, uh back, was hurting too, as though there were a hurt that went from back to front. Also, I had been using that arm muscle a lot and when I moved the arm, the chest and back hurt, so no heart attack.

But I was so wiped *out*. I was just suddenly so bloody exhausted, as though being so upset had taken energy I hadn't realized I was expending. I was barely able to change position in bed. So I lay there and when the headache didn't go away after about three hours, I got up, took a combo of Excedrin and Imitrex and got in the tub, which is the only thing for it when my head hurts bad. To get in a hot tub and soak until it goes away.

I fell asleep and woke up three hours later, when my daughter told me she wasn't going to go to class. My headache was gone but I was still so wiped out, I just got back into bed. A few minutes later, my daughter gets a call from my ex-husband - he has made an unannounced visit and is out front. He's driven down from Arizona and is on his way to San Fransisco in the morning and wants to take the kids to the movies. Fair enough, but I was too tired to even stay awake long enough to say goodbye to the girls - I had them come in and say see you later, love you etc *before* they left and went to sleep. I woke up briefly when my son got home and was out for the rest of the night. I didn't get up again until 10 PM.

I feel better this morning, though I am getting a cold sore. My arm, chest and back still hurt, but not as bad. I did go out this morning and get my Oreos. It's pay day.