Today's prompt is "If you could travel anywhere tomorrow, where would you go?" Canada. It should be cold there, and I should be able to smoke weed, and get healthcare. Just saying.
It is now 4:27 a.m. and I am awake because Caleb woke me up to tell me that somebody text messaged me. Then he wanted me to stay awake, so here I am, because I could not go back to sleep. Now he wants to talk my ears off. He made himself coffee so I am in for a long day today.
Yesterday was an ok, pain-free day. Caleb made his very own homemade crock-pot soup! It was made of potatoes, carrots, celery, and seasonings. Caleb did all the work by himself. I only told him what to do. Caleb had his occupational therapy appointment that was to make up for not going there last week. He came home with homework that we have not done yet. We had the soup for dinner. It was ok, but I thought it needed garlic salt... lots of garlic salt. I ran out of garlic salt when I made my ham and greens soup the day before.
That was the bulk of our day. I did not get much done. I just washed a few dishes for Caleb to be able to prep the food. Of course, I gave him instructions on what to do, but I didn't actually do anything.
Let's see... I went on Best Buy's website to check prices of laptops and found one for less than $200! I immediately had to let Aunt Lisa know.
Lane Bryant had a one day only sale of 60% off clearance items, and after seeing their ads everyday this week, I could not resist the temptation to go and look. Look, and then, shop. Shop, and then buy! Oh no! What have I done! I am supposed to be paying off my debt, not creating more debt! The temptation was too great. I failed my mission, but I bought some pretty clothes to wear to my church group.
At one point I was so bored, but not motivated to get up and do anything, that I even looked into pet insurance. It's something I need to think about.
I did not get to chat with Rachel for most of the day as she was busy with appointments and driving all day.
My mom called while I was waiting for Caleb at his appointment, and we had a nice little chat until I got a call from the Wilmington VA. I took the call and it was to set me up with an appointment with the therapist taking Rhonda's place.
I got a call about my community care appointment, but cold not reach the nurse when I tried to return the call. I will try again today.
I put ylang ylang essential oil on both myself and Caleb. He doesn't like the way it smells! Bahahaha!
He is now watching Matilda on my phone.
My hair is a hot mess. Caleb made sure to let me know right away. He says " You aren't going to fix it?" Bahahaha! Nope. I'm not going to fix it. I put grease in my hair yesterday, and then put it in a pony tail. Wearing the CPAP mask on and off and on and off again pulled the hair out of the pony tail. It's out on the left side in some kind of weird funky way. I will comb it again later, but I'm not messing with it now.
So we've got an early dinner date on Sunday on Donna's house. I am going to bake a cake with Caleb on Saturday, and bring it over, along with some of the soups I have made.
I chatted with Alisa yesterday. She was not having a good day. I did not try to fix anything, only to be there for her and listen. It was a first step for me. I am a helper, and it is hard to not get myself entangled in things that I have no business being involved in. I get involved because I want to help people, and then I end up getting hurt in the process. This time, I am staying out of it. I will lend an ear, and offer support as much as I can, without personally getting involved. That is how Peer Support Specialists do their job anyway. I wish I could have finished that training.
I text messaged Max and Mariel yesterday too! "Happy Hump Day!" LOL Just a little something to let them know I was thinking about them.
I think Caleb had a good day. He enjoys cooking. It's fun. He likes to skin vegetables.
Bella stayed in bed most of the day. I gave her the allergy medication and it makes her sleepy. Poor girl. She went right to my bed and curled up too. It was so sweet looking.
Caleb has been asking to go to the beach everyday lately. I have been too tired to go. I did not exactly have a good experience the last time we went. I almost could not get over the dune to get back to the car! It was horrible trying to fight my weight on the sandy dunes. I compared it to climbing a moving mountain. I take a step and the step goes down before I could take a second step. I take so many steps and never get to the top of the dune! How am I ever going to make it across?!
I was supposed to get a lot of letter mail on Tuesday and got nothing. I thought maybe I would get it yesterday, but got nothing again. Where is my mail? I was supposed to get a package in the mail too. Still haven't gotten it.
Caleb is playing Minecraft on his phone. He wanted to buy the game yesterday, and asked if I had any "online money". I told him to try to buy it and see what happens. He was surprised to find out that it had already been bought on our account and he could download it for free! Awesome! He does not know that Aunt Lisa sent me $25 gift card to use on iTunes. I figured I would wait for when it's needed. I want to persuade Caleb to buy the first Harry Potter movie for us to watch, since he ruined my DVD's.
I had a hard time staying awake all day yesterday, but I made it to about 6 o' clock. I had an early dinner and took my medications and went to lay down early. I had to stay awake because Caleb's appointment was at 3 o' clock. Normally I take a nap around 2 p.m. I know I am going to have a hard time today, having gotten up so early. I will not be able to take a nap again today. Caleb has an appointment at 2 o' clock. We will not get home until about 3:40, and I have church group at 6:30 p.m. so we have to eat dinner early.
I might have to take Friday off from all activities, including cleaning. I need to recharge. I wish I could plug in like I plug in my phone. It charges so quickly. I wish I could do that.
I picked a scab on my leg yesterday, because I have a problem with scabs. Caleb saw the blood and was like, "Your blood is so dark!" Yep. I have dark blood because I do not get enough iron, which means my blood is not as oxygenated as a normal person's blood. It is dark red because of the lack of iron and oxygen. I just took the time to ask google, "Why don't I absorb iron?" I also looked up foods high in iron that I should be eating. I did not know that I should take iron in the morning on an empty stomach if possible. That may have a lot to do with why it is not being absorbed. I have been taking it at night with about 20 other pills, after a big dinner. If my PCP would have mentioned that to me, I would have known better. I will make adjustments immediately. I bet it will make a huge difference in my next labs. I will have to tell my PCP about this .
I just took my iron pill. It is now 6:06 a.m. Hopefully I will not have any nasty side effects to taking it on an empty stomach. Time will tell.
Getting Caleb all riled up because he woke me up at 3:30 this morning and now wants to go back to sleep. Oh Hell NAW! You woke ME up son! I'm awake now! Shiiiitttt. LOL
What if all of a sudden I have energy? That would be so awesome! The things I could do if I had more energy! My life would be changed forever if I had energy. I have been lacking for so long. People who don't have these kinds of problems have no idea how hard it is to function like a "normal" person, when in fact, I am not a "normal" person.
Now Caleb is fully awake again. I was singing the Beatles song "Love Me Do" in a Caleb-centered way. It goes "Caleb- lubby-do. You know I love you, so pleeease, Lubby Do!" LOL
It is now 6:44 a.m. and I am waiting to message my Aunt Lisa and Dawn a copy of the message I sent my PCP to let them know about my recent findings. I do not want to wake them. I do not know how many hours Dawn is behind us. I think she lives in Wisconsin. I will look it up. Ok. She is an hour behind us. I will have to wait until later today to send the message then.
Caleb went to lay down again. LOL I have been keeping him up because he was such a fart when waking me up this morning.
I set an alarm for the mornings so I can wake up and take my iron pill separately from the rest of my medications in the morning, and on an empty stomach. I also set an alarm for the afternoon, so I can have a reminder to take my supplements for pain.
I need to work on my homeschool calendar. I was going to keep a calendar specifically for homeschooling records, and I have lost track with all this other infirmaries happening. I guess I will do that since I am probably not going to be able to go back to sleep.
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