Better days....

God bless the manufacturers of Ultram ER and the electric blanket! We upped my Ultram to 200mg b/c I had major break through pain when the pressure dropped. It's not 100% effective, but it's making quite a dent in the pain. My joints are sore, but I can concentrate and function. Blessed change. I couldn't sleep last night, so I got up and went down to the couch and watched the last episode of CSI: Season 4 (boy did they leave the fans hangin' on that one). I decided to sleep down there on top of the electric blanket and see if that helped at all. Oh! Relief! Of course when I got off the blanket, the relief didn't last for long, but at least the Ultram had a chance to keep on top of the pain. My IL's are back in town. K is a little bit irratated b/c we didn't get to see them last night after they got off the plane. His brother was nearly 30min late picking them up (they have the grandchild whom MIL is obsessed about) and FIL's back was hurting, so MIL told Keith not to come over. They don't realize how much he misses his parents while they are away and he really looks forward to seeing them the day they get home. I'm gonna have to mention this to MIL sometime this summer. I also told K there is nothing preventing us from meeting them at the airport as well and if his brother doesn't show up, then we can take his parents home. At least Keith would get to see them instead of relying on the unreliable brother. I went for a walk last night with K and Gracie. 1/2 mile (our loop). I think I walked too close to bedtime though. I'll have to do it earlier in the evening. Gracie enjoyed being out and about, though I do wonder if our neighbors look out their windows and wonder about us b/c Gracie gets carried a lot. Sometimes b/c she won't walk on the leash right and sometime b/c she doesn't want to walk anymore. Spoiled pooch. Ok, off to finish a report and figure out a mistake from January that has followed me through the 3rd quarter. Ugh!! It's aggravating to have to think back 4 months. My brain doesn't do that very well anymore. I actually was into work by 7:30 this morning. I haven't done that in MONTHS!! I even took out one trash can, hauled 6 bags of clothes out front for ARC, fed and pottied the dog and was out of the house before 7am. K was checking me for fever. Can some of you sent your warm weather this way please!! I'm tired of cold weather. Rhonda