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Struggles

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I have been struggling. Physically and emotionally. I am sure they are linked.

I am still working on my thumb and there is still pain involved when I am not sure there should be any pain still happening. With my chronic illnesses I am not sure if they are the reasons or if I am pushing too hard. But I just carry on as there isn’t anything else I CAN do.

I am struggling emotionally as well. I am feeling unwanted, unliked, unnecessary, etc. This I do not know how to break out of except to pray, which I am doing a lot of. It is becoming overwhelming. I do not have anyone I can talk to about who could understand. I know God will get me through. I will lean on Him.

Our Lions Club needs more members. Do you have any suggestions on how to reach out? I would love to hear your suggestions. We do such good works for our community, we would love to do more.

Well, it is going to be a gorgeous day here so I better get prepared to be outside. Have a blessed day!

Unbelievable Day

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I was woke up with the news that a boy I have watched grow up while he played on the same soccer team as my grandson through many years was in a horrible pickup accident versus a semi last night. Turns out he is the half brother of my daughter’s best friend. Please, please pray for him. He is only 16. He has a whole life to live.

I went out of town for a doctor’s appointment that had apparently been rescheduled to next month. I had the rescheduled appointment wrote down for today not next month. So there was a communication error.

I am in a flare. That is not helping things. I hurt everywhere and just want to go to bed on my heated mattress pad, but my husband deserves some of my time and attention. We are going to go out for dinner and enjoy each other’s company. As much as I can, I have gotten excellent at faking it. He can rarely tell anymore. I want to keep it that way. What he doesn’t know…

I started the sourdough bread journey. Hahaha. My first attempt was a hockey puck. I haven’t had time for a second attempt. My starter is in the fridge, resting. I will pick it back up on Saturday if my flare calms down a bit. Maybe my husband could help me. Think positive thoughts.

I apologize

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I have been absent for a while and for that I sincerely apologize. I have had an interesting time. I have been in a flare, we went on a weekend getaway, we have had MANY doctors’ appointments, I have been in a FLARE, my meds have changed, I was off my meds for a few months. Life just got interesting and I couldn’t keep up.

Thanks to insurance, I could no longer afford my wonderful RA medication, so I had to stop taking it. It was months before my appointment with my rheumatologist, so I was without meds for that time. We changed over to a new med and I had to give it time to kick in and while it works, it does not work as well as the other one did, nor did it last as long (it is an infusion). So, I just had another appointment with my rheumy and she made adjustments to the medication, and we will see how that goes. We also changed over my pain medication so hopefully I will get better relief. In the meantime, I just keep going. You all know who it goes. We see this every day. At least now I have a little hope.

Our weekend getaway, we have a timeshare that we go to every other year and this year we purchased a weekend getaway in our off year. To say it was a disappointment is an understatement. The hot tub, which is our main entertainment was a huge disappointment, the show we wanted to see was sold out and there was a horrible storm while we were there. AND, I was in a bad flare. The good part was that our suite was very nice. We were happy with that. So, it wasn’t a complete loss. We didn’t get to explore, but we did get to spend a lot of time together. That made the weekend worth it. The hot tub did end up being a funny story so there is that. Haha.

I hope you are ready for Christmas! We are. I put the tree up toward the beginning of November. Haha. I just needed some cheer. It took me a week to get it up and decorated but by golly I did it. I didn’t put out the rest of the decorations, just the tree. I am waiting for a delivery today to wrap those gifts, and our Christmas will be completely ready. We don’t do much now that the grandkids are older, but they enjoy the little bit that we do. I know that my husband will enjoy his gift this year from me and the kids. I got to pick out my gifts this year, so I am very pleased with mine.

I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I hope that you have a wonderful holiday.

Love and Peace to you All.