it has been a long time since i actually felt pretty good. i would define "pretty good" as having a minimum of pain and actually have enough energy to want to do something. with fibromyalgia, every day is an adventure in something.
so when i started to actually have a bit of energy last week, it really enervated me. i went out and did stuff that seems normal to most people, but was a big deal to me. there were a lot of little nagging things that needed to be done, and i did them. just for me, i am going to list them here, because i want to be able to go back and remember this when i am feeling not so good and not so motivated.
on friday i went to the courthouse and got my county sticker for the car. i also went to the dmv and transferred the vanity plate from the van to the kia. i went to wawa and got a shorti. i went to b.j.'s and did some slow xmas shopping. i bought a wireless keyboard for my computer in my room. i talked to the nationwide people about getting the electricity done on my shed, which has been hanging over me since august. i made cd's for mj and mailed them. i think i slept through most of the night.
on saturday i got up regular time and went to cosco. i made a bunch of cd's for gifts on saturday night. i went to wawa and got a cup of coffee. i watched the tech/boston college game on tv. i filled up the front pond with water. i pulled weeds out of the front flower bed, which had been there since the end of the summer. i took out the trash. i listened to xmas music. i actually watched a movie ("Annapolis") i didn't just lay in front of the tv and watch mindless television because i just couldn't do much more. i slept pretty well i think, even though i didn't go to bed until after 2 am.
on sunday i went to the store and bought some things to cook. i had bought chocolate candy for a christmas project that brenda davis was doing with the mentally disabled and took it to them. i drove around in the country and didn't go straight home. i read the richmond paper. i took out the trash again. i cooked chili, a pasta salad and kale. i cleaned the counters and emptied the dishwasher. i did two loads of laundry and folded them. i installed the new keyboard on my computer and tried to install windows, but it wouldn't go, so i quit (i will have to get it from school and install it at home.) i got amy and we went down to the pond and pulled john's lime green wading pool out of the pond where it has resided since fourth of july weekend. i made chicago hot dogs for lunch and then took two to amy and bruce. i changed the linens on my bed and folded up the big load of laundry that had been sitting in my room. i also cleaned out the bathroom closet and rearranged it and i checked two strings of xmas lights and pulled off the good lights when it was determined that half of each string was bad.
this stuff means nothing to anyone but me. but it means a lot. it gives me some hope. i had pretty much decided after months and months of feeling listless and pained that this was what it was going to be. it is nice to be reminded that it doesn't always have to be this way. it is nice to get a glimpse of things that is different.
i went to wawa today and found 4 angel pennies. i am not alone.
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