Being a Good Student

Not very much to update on. I spent the day studying mostly. We did get the e-mail from the lawyers and it turns out part of the giant check went to paying the body corp fees for the next quarter. Thats alright then :) one less thing to worry about.

Microbiology final tomorrow! I think i'll do alright, but even if I don't I did get a 98 on my workbook! How great is that? I think it's the best science grade i've ever gotten XD.

Pain wise: ankles, wrists, itchy skin. A bit of gut pain but I had more dairy today than I typically would so meh.

Too. Much. Sugar.

I may or may not have eaten an entire bar of cadbury hazelnut chocolate >.>

I may or may not have a tummy ache <.<

I may or may not be planning on eating salad all day tomorrow >.<

Woke up with my LEFT ankle hurting today. Not so much fun. It did calm down after the meds kicked in. I've been off the prednisone but i'm greatly considering starting again as it seems like everything is going crazy. I can hear you all (all two of you) saying "well Em, think it has something to do with the sugar intake of that giant candy bar you just ate?" or maybe you aren't saying that...but sugar could be a trigger...just one i'm not willing to try giving up on yet. Or coffee. It's just not going to happen, sorry.

In other news...I went grocery shopping? I've had a pretty quiet day really...I did have tasty roasted brussel sprouts for dinner along with the chocolate. Thats half good right? >.>

Stuff thats painful: ankles, back, nerve stuff, and the usual hands/elbows/shoulders/Rknee. Random headache too.

Adventure Day with Medical Professionals!

Ah dear. It's been a very busy day today. I didn't sleep well last night so that hasn't helped.

It started off cold. Cold and sore. After a hot shower and curling into a ball for a while I could move. It then continued on to going to my lovely counselor. As lovely as she is, we were tackling a difficult issue using EMDR therapy. I do feel that i've mostly processed what needed to be done and I do feel much less anxiety in regards to the issue. Which is great news as it's something that has caused me great emotional stress for most of my life. Oh but there is more, next time we are working on some family of origin issues! Good stuff.

Next up I had a (free!) bus ride back into the gap. That was bumpy but otherwise fine. Got my little implanon thing, visited the vampires (had to give blood for a lab test), and then visited a different gp to get the implanon inserted (my gp doesn't do it, sad). That was mostly fine except that local anesthetic hurts >.> more than her actually inserting the little rod under my skin. Now I have a nice bruise forming under a compression bandage that i'm meant to keep on for 24 hours.

After that I felt like I was going to pass out.

So after some rest and actually eating I did feel mostly better. I had a fun adventure in the grocery store with a brain that felt like a marshmallow. I don't remember half of what I got but it included chocolate, cookies, coffee and coffee mate. So i'm set ;).

Soreness was down a bit today (huzzah!). Still mostly hands, wrists,  R foot, R knee, and shoulders. My elbows are a bit more sore now after the blood was taken and a little plastic rod stuffed in the other arm.

I also saw a very funny movie about the origins of the "hand held mobile massager" ;). It was called Hysteria and I would recommend it to other females for kicks.

Good Day

Ah  dear. It's been a long day. My hands are still quite sore, but my wrist has calmed down a bit. I think it does have to do with the weather. Either because it's suddenly cooled down or maybe the humidity? I'm not sure. Either way it's a good excuse to enjoy a nice cup of tea :).

Bran is off doing boy stuff with the guys (they are at the Gold Coast watching footy ;) ).

Milo and I have enjoyed some nice dark chocolate and chick flicks.

I had coffee with a lovely lady from one of my meet up groups :).

Got a big grocery shop done thanks to the help of my MiL.

Over all it was a good day, though i'm looking forward to having my husband home tomorrow <3.

Pain: wrists, HANDS, elbows (R especially), R knee, R ankle, toes. I had a nasty cramp in my R calf today although i've been stretching it pretty often. Ate a banana in hopes the potassium will help :/.

Cupcakes in the Morning

Sometimes you need a cupcake.
Today I woke up groggy and sore. Sore enough that lifting a glass of water hurt. Typing hurt. MOVING hurt. Well, it's like that sometimes eh?

I'm out of GF bread :(.

So I had some crackers with the better-than-cream-cheese and some fruit for breakfast. After a while I got my glass of water, carefully carried it with two hands into the bedroom where my pills are and took my meds.

But sometimes...you just need a cupcake.

They were looking at me, the little devils carefully designed to look like sweet little GF/DF treats with delicious chocolate frosting. Taunting me. Saying "you'll feel sooOOoo much better if you just eat something yummy! Te he" the te he is especially important.

So I caved. I ate a delicious cupcake despite the fact that it was way before afternoon tea time. It sure as heck didn't make the pain any better, but it did make me feel a little happier in the way only a delicious kind-of-homemade baked good does.

After that I went shopping in the city and took a nap :D. A good day over all, if not somewhat tiring. Doctor tomorrow for a "women's health check" blah.

Pain: Arms, L shoulder especially, sternum, knees, L hip, R foot, some toes. Had a nice shoulder spasm today >.>.

Starting posts and fake snow

I never really know how to start these post, ever notice that? Usually I either start with "I" or "So". Hm >.>. Ah well. So how are all of you lovely (2?) readers doing? Hopefully well :). As for myself, i'm doing pretty well considering how I was a week ago. It's really been such an improvement since I started on the anti-inflammitories. I still have a bit of pain in my leg, and some numbness. But it seems less numb? Plus my ankle is stronger than it was for sure. I'm sure to make a full recovery :).

A good chunk of my day today was spent shopping. I went through the two supermarkets at Brookside, and then went to the nearest organic store to compare prices. For the most part the supermarket organic things are less expensive, with the exception of the items available in bulk at the organic store. With that they have very good prices. I've recently started using rapadura, which is unprocessed dehydrated sugar cane juice. As opposed to white sugar which is highly processed and bleached or even raw sugar, which is less processed but still goes through most of it. Or brown sugar, which is actually white sugar with molasses added back in o.O (molasses is a by-product of sugar processing). I also got some organic whole wheat flour for $3.90 a kilo, which is about as inexpensive as i've seen it.

I was able to take a look at my little mini-garden today (we have basil, mint, oregano and some cherry tomato plants :) not much but it's a start). Bran helped me get some steaks on the tomato pot so hopefully they will actually work out!  The basil and mint are doing well enough, except for something is eating the mint o.O I though not many pests liked mint? It's hanging in there though. The basil is going pretty crazy. I've been trying to be all trendy and keep it short and bushy. Boy is it taking off! I'd take pictures but it's dark outside right now. The oregano on the other hand isn't doing much of anything. Maybe it's just a slow growing herb? I wouldn't know. It hasn't died though, so i'm happy.

Bran and I also had an adventure of cleaning out the freezer (of frost, not of food). Our fridge is third hand, and really doesn't work so well. The freezer builds up ice like crazy, but we don't really want to defrost it all the time, so Bran scraped out most of the frost into a bowl. Instead of just dumping it down the sink though, Milo and I went outside and had fun playing with the "snow". Though Milo was mostly just confused as he has never seen snow and is in fact a dog. It was cute anyway :).

I also made some yummy curry (i'll take a pic tomorrow) and made breakfast cake from the Heavenly Homemakers. They have such great, wholesome recipes :). I'm afraid I messed up a bit and it ended up more of a muffin texture than a cake texture, but still yummy.

Well, that's my update for today. I'll try and actually post up some pictures tomorrow for ya <3 byebye.