I had a great deal of difficulty finding sleep last night. Don’t think I slept for more than three hours all night. I must have been keyed up from the trauma of getting the root canal done yesterday and the drive home. Makes for a long day when I can’t sleep.
I called the coordinator of the meeting I was to go to tonight and told her I wasn’t going to be able to make it. I need a day at home to recover and regroup. I’ve had to be gone everyday this week and have reached my people limit for a bit. I was going to go to town today and get some errands taken care of but just don’t have it in me to do so.
The pain is much better today, although this afternoon it is starting to ramp up a bit. The dentist told me 24 hours after is when things can ramp up again so he cautioned me to take ibuprofen even though I didn’t think I needed it today. It certainly is not near the pain I had before. This is more like soreness from them irritating the gum and jaw during the procedure. I can handle this!
I will have to go to town tomorrow to go to the Chiropractor and pick up some groceries. I still need dog food and a heat lamp base and bulb. I’m sure that after I take a day of rest today, I will be able to go to town tomorrow and get those things taken care of.
I still need to do some homework for the class that I was to go to tonight. Just haven’t felt up to doing it yet. When I go to town tomorrow I will stop and pick up the additional information I need to do yet another set of problems. When I get both sets of problems done, I will call the coordinator and go meet with her again and finish up the testing.
I did manage to call and get my haircut and oil change scheduled. At least that makes me feel like I got something done today. I am having a pretty low energy type of day.
We got some rain overnight and this morning. It will be a muck boot type of day to walk down to the chicken coop later. Things are really melting and the ground is still mostly frozen so the water isn’t being absorbed well. Snow is still pretty deep in places and where it has melted it is very muddy and slick.
I took a break to eat lunch. Decided to get the chores over with since I was up and going. Brought up 22 eggs from the girls today. I only have 25 hens so they are really laying right now. I have an abundance of eggs. If you need some, let me know. They are $3 a dozen. I’m coming to town tomorrow and could deliver if you would like. The coop is one wet and smelly mess right now. Tagen is coming out Sunday to help me clean it out. It was slippery walking down to the coop today due to the standing water. At least the snow drifts are compacting and are easier to walk through. I can almost walk my normal route to the coop now.
I got the five sacks of chicken feed unloaded from my car now that I can park in the garage. Slowly things are starting to return to pre snow drift days around here. Trusting that my run on emergency situations around here is over and I won’t have anymore to deal with for a bit. I’m tapped out of energy to deal with any more.
I set my alarm for 5:20 this afternoon. My Grandfather clock stopped sometime this week at 5:20 and I want to get it restarted. I hope I don’t forget why I set my alarm – that has happened before! Getting old sucks sometimes. Someone yesterday told me that after 50 you patch and repair the rest of your days. There is a lot of truth to that!
I am holding on to the neutral level today. Not sure I am much above it but that is better than being below it. It has been a rough couple of weeks around here and I am lucky to be at neutral.
Grateful for a mostly pain free day today, grateful for a day at home, and grateful for the sleep I will get tonight.