I made it through the wake last night but I’m not sure how. I stood for over two hours, greeting people who had come to honor my mother and offer condolences to our family. I still have pain in my back, neck and shoulders, but through the Grace of God (or maybe my mother’s insistence [...]
Archive for January, 2008
S.R.O. at the Funeral Home
Posted in Day to day, Family, Fibromyalgia, General, Life, Spiritual on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What a Pain!!!!!
Posted in Day to day, Family, Fibromyalgia, Life on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Or maybe I should say “What pain!!” Fibromyalgia is a burden to bear at the best of times. But now, as we plan my mother’s wake and funeral, it is a cruel taskmaster.
The pain started yesterday, as we searched through photos and sat around making decisions. It wasn’t too bad – maybe 3 to 4 [...]
A Death Creates Lots of Work
Posted in Life on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My mom died only yesterday and in a way, it already feels like forever. There’s so much to do afterward. I’ve learned lessons from when my dad died over 43 years ago and I learning lessons now. Lessons about how I do or don’t want things to go after I die.
Yesterday we met with the [...]
My Mom Died Today
Posted in Day to day, Family, Fibromyalgia, General, Life on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My mom used to say I was the strong one in the family. I suppose that’s true. But it’s really a burden to carry when you need support as much as the rest of the family.
I think I built that strength after my father died, when I was 12 years old. It was the most [...]
I need an energy infusion!!
Posted in Day to day, Family, Fibromyalgia, General, Health, Life on January 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Those of you with fibromyalgia will know what I mean. When things go along normally, with low stress, it’s a bit easier to have the energy you need to get through the day. But when you start having days like I’ve been having, it really saps all the energy you have.
It all started on Tuesday, [...]
My Family is Killing Me
Posted in Asperger's Syndrome, Bi-Polar Disorder, Day to day, Family, Fibromyalgia, General, Health, Life on January 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Not literally – at least not yet. But their problems are starting to wreak havoc on my energy and stress level. Not a good thing for someone trying to live a good life with fibromyalgia.
I’ll get into their problems in a minute. First, the results. I woke up this morning feeling like I wanted to [...]
Internet scam attempts
Posted in Day to day, General, Lakota friends, Life on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It must be the season for internet scam attempts in my neck of the world wide web. In the past 3 days, I’ve gotten 2 e-mails trying to convince me to send some random people information about myself in exchange for money. I’ll share them with you so you can ignore them, too. I usually [...]
Murphy’s Law
Posted in Bi-Polar Disorder, Day to day, Family, Fibromyalgia, General, Health on January 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You know that cliche “Life is what happens to you while you’re making other plans.”? Today, I’d have to agree with that one. I think Murphy’s Law is a corollary of it, too.
Since my husband has a half day of work on Wednesday, I was planning to go with him to pick up his dad [...]
Snow Hype
Posted in Day to day, General, Life, TV on January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m going to have to turn off the TV soon. We’re having a snowstorm – a Nor’easter at that. But people are getting so crazy about the snow that you’d think we were in Baghdad, not central Massachusetts.
They had snow in Baghdad this week. And even though they get so really infrequently (snow storms are [...]
Hiatus is Over
Posted in Asperger's Syndrome, Day to day, Family, Fibromyalgia, General, Health, Lakota, Lakota friends, Life, Weight loss on January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My hiatus is over. I haven’t been writing nearly enough and I know it. It isn’t that I’ve been slacking off, playing computer games and ignoring “my muse.” I’ve been doing that family history research.
I subscribed for one month to a pay service in order to get access to a lot of records, like the [...]
