Hockey Hubby

My husband plays in an adult hockey league. The games get started pretty late at night and are usually 20-40 minutes away from home. The season goes on all winter long and the games are always on a weeknight. As you may have guessed I haven't been going to his games. I did really want to go watch him play at least one game this season even though he says he isn't very good anymore so that's what I did last night.

Last night's game started as early as they start (8:40pm) so I figured that was my best option. I bundled up because those rinks are always cold and we headed way out for the game. The "seats" were really just hard cold benches with no backing. Plus they were sticky and dirty. I don't know much about hockey so had a hard time following the game and following my husband on the ice. With all the gear and the helmet and face mask it was just so hard to tell him from the others unless his back was to me, which wasn't much. 

As fun as it was to watch him and to see him in all his hockey gear I don't think I'll be going to any more games. My butt, back and neck still hurt from sitting on those benches for so long. Lots to gentle stretches and rest are in order for today.

Great Stress Reliever

Our dog, Lucy, and bunny, Rupert, bring us so much joy. They are SUPER CUTE, as you can see, and they are very loving. They are fantastic little stress relievers!

The Migraine Monster Awaits

Today has been one of those annoying days when I woke up with a migraine knocking on the door. It has hurt all day. The migraine pain sat just off to the side making all kinds of threatening gestures and barking orders at me before finally taking over.

I hate days like this. I try so hard to do the right thing and not aggravate the migraine monster but he wins anyway. If I had known he was going to eventually win I would have gone ahead and aggravated him earlier so I could have treated him earlier and would feel better for date night tonight with my husband.

I wonder if there is a better way to deal with days like today? I wonder if I'm doing the wrong thing by being so careful on days like this. How do you handle these days when your pain is walking that thin line between migraine and regular pain? Are you careful not to aggravate the monster like me or do you just proceed like normal and let the chips fall where they may?

ChronicBabe Blog Carnival

The latest ChronicBabe Blog Carnival is now available. This time it's all about New Year's Resolutions.

Just Nice

I got this image on I Heart It

Not feeling so good and wanted to share a pleasant picture with all you wonderful folks in blog land. Enjoy!

Lost Meds

Since my appointment in mid-December with my new migraine doc I've increased the dose of one of my meds and started taking a whole bunch of B2 and Magnesium. I'm not crazy about taking all these pills daily but, obviously, I'm willing to try about anything to get these migraines under control.

The two weeks since this change started has been a real challenge for my foggy migraine/fibro brain. I find myself thinking about taking my medicine, trying to ensure that I remember to take it and then forgetting if I took it or just thought about taking it. It used to be I would take my pills before bed but now I'm taking them throughout the day so whenever I need to do anything out of the ordinary, which happened a lot over the holidays, the entire system seemed to fall apart.

Time to get a pill organizer. Once I did, I realized that I was getting close to running out of one of my meds so I went to my stash of pills to grab the new bottle that was just refilled on the 23rd of Dec. But it wasn't there. I checked everywhere I could think to check, looking high and low. It's gone and the pharmacy was going to be closed until this morning.

I've never in my life seriously lost one of my prescriptions. I want to blame it on the holiday craziness but I don't even know if that's it. Whatever the cause I think it time to get a little more organized so this doesn't happen again.

Have you ever completely lost a prescription before?

New Year, New Shows

My days are all screwed up. I had it in my head that Sunday was New Year's Eve and today was New Year's Day. Obviously I know this isn't the case but I can't seem to wrap my inner truth around that fact. I know in my head that today is the 2nd, so inside I feel like it's Tuesday. Hopefully this whole mix up will resolve itself by the end of the week as it is a bit unsettling.

Now that the holidays are over and the new year has begun the new Spring season of shows are getting ready to start. Here are the shows I'm most looking forward to seeing:

Love American Idol: even without Simon because Steven Tylor is so funny.

I've been watching Desperate Housewives since the first season and have loved every one.

New this past fall, Revenge quickly became one of my favorites.

 That brings us to tonight's premiere of The Bachelor. This one is my guilty pleasure.

What will you be watching this spring?