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[the_rck]

I'm not entirely sure whether or not my headache is gone. I still don't feel quite right, but I don't actually hurt. I just feel like maybe I will hurt again soon. If that happens, this will be day three of the headache. Scott suggested that I take a decongestant last night, and that helped a little bit, but nothing I've tried has cleared it entirely. It's in the front of my head, right above my eyes, so I don't think it's a tension headache.

The weather here is supposed to be bad heading into tomorrow. We might get as much as seven inches between now and tomorrow morning, and the temperature, with wind chill, might get as low as -20. All of that means that there may be no school. I'm hoping there is school because I've got a doctor's appointment at 9:30 that I'd rather not miss (I'm not willing to drag three kids along with me to this one). If there is school but it's quite cold, I will probably take a cab instead of the bus. I don't think standing at the bus stop would be good for me.

I wrote about 2200 words yesterday. It is, unfortunately, an unpostable fragment of a much, much larger work. It's not even from the beginning of the story because I've been writing pieces of this particular work wildly out of order. It's something that garnered no votes at all in my what should I write poll as well.

Scott made an extra trip out to Kroger yesterday because he'd forgotten lunchmeat and distilled water and because I'd forgotten to tell him to buy coffee for me.

We baked a bunch of potatoes for dinner. I forgot to set the timer, so they baked a lot longer than they should have. The skins ended up really hard and crunchy. They were still edible, but they were kind of difficult to deal with. Scott also stir fried some chicken and bok choy for us. Cordelia complained about it, as she always does, but she ate it.

There's a Girl Scout meeting today, and I really don't want to go. I'm just feeling so generally rotten that it feels like too much. Just about anything feels like too much. I don't want to go out to the library, either. I'm not sure how much is the headache since Friday morning, how much is anxiety, and how much is simply wanting to write instead.

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[kalloway]

I've had multi-day migraines in the past and pretty much went the route of Aleve(naproxen) and doing as much nothing as possible. (These days, mine are at the end of my cycle, last maybe a day or two, and can generally be knocked out easily.)

I get twinges from pressure changes these days and asldkajsdfs this weather. You might be reacting to that?

I hope you feel better.

[the_rck]

Well, the headache does seem to be gone now at least.

I usually get a menstrual migraine the first day of my period, sometimes starting before I start to bleed. Amerge usually takes care of that pretty well (Though I'm reluctant to take Amerge until I'm sure it's a migraine. Amerge is very, very expensive, even as a generic).

[kalloway]

\o/

That sounds like what one of my former coworkers had to take. After finding out about that, I've counted myself as pretty lucky to be able to get myself semi-functional with over-the-counter stuff most of the time.

[retsuko]

Ugh, I'm sorry to hear how pernicious that headache is. :(

But yay for writing, no matter what it is! I hope you don't have to cancel your appointment.

[the_rck]

The headache seems to be gone now. I've got my fingers crossed that it stays away.

I'm working on that Rurouni Kenshin AU. I haven't touched it in many years, but suddenly the words are coming again.

I did end up canceling my appointment. I could tell that there would be no school tomorrow (walking the three blocks back from Girl Scouts was incredibly difficult), and as it turns out, I was right. They've already canceled school for tomorrow. That means I'll have three kids all day (and it will be really, really cold, so I can't send them outside).

[evalerie.livejournal.com]

I vote for the thing that nobody voted for that you are working on. If writing it makes you happy, then that's my vote. :)

[the_rck]

Thanks!

I hope you and yours are surviving this storm well.

[evalerie.livejournal.com]

Yup. We are warm and happy. The kids shoveled snow once, and neighbors popped by unasked and did it a second time. I hope the storm is behaving itself for you too.

[the_rck]

We haven't shoveled yet. Well, actually, Scott did it around three yesterday. It just looks like he never touched it now.

Fortunately, Scott did the grocery shopping on Saturday, so we don't have to try to get to the store. There are a few things we'll need to buy tomorrow or Wednesday, but we're fine for today.

Cordelia is more than a little bored. She doesn't like spending the day alone. I think she's almost finished her only remaining library book (she tried to talk me into going to the library today. I said no even before I found out the library was closed).

[ramenkuri.livejournal.com]

Yay for getting writing done!

Hope your headache gets better soon.

[the_rck]

The headache actually did go away. I'm relieved. I was afraid it was never going to leave.

Now I just have to do some writing today.