Demented Betty demented domestication at its happiest!

Well the last couple of days have been a mixed bag. I had every intention to post on Wednesday, but my computer at the office was having “issues” connecting to here.

Not sure where this is going to go- it’s one of those days and I think I just need to brain dump. Read at your own risk.

So Weds the 23rd I had an ocular migraine. Those are nifty little things! Unlike a regular migraine, they’re not a pain in your head; they’re a visual disturbance, a pattern of swirling in your visual field that gradually shrinks, moves, and goes away on its own and there’s nothing you can do about it. Fortunately this one did not last long.

Today and yesterday I’ve had a massive flare up of my neuralgia, and nothing is helping that. The front of my head is in a vise, and someone is stabbing ice picks into the side- that sometimes hit a nerve and send excruciating pain into my skull. So yeah, it’s been fun. I’ve been trying to watch what I eat and get up and down the long hall a couple of times a day, but it’s been harder on both counts than I would have expected.

It’s now Saturday afternoon and I’ve done a whole lot of nothing, as the edge of the neuralgia sits inside my head. That’s not quite true. We packed some more boxes, I sorted through a whole bunch of papers and stuff, and I placed a grocery delivery order. THAT is one thing I’m going to miss when we move- my Fresh Direct weekly delivery. It will definitely be an adjustment, that’s for sure!

I’m hoping this week is going to be easier, both health and work-wise. I’m not sure how well I will deal if the neuralgia keeps up. I can totally understand why it’s called “the suicide headache.”

Shamelessly stealing the title as it rather fits.

There’s been so, SO much going on lately. Some of it will be written about, some may not. But the short story is that there are major life changes afoot for the Husband and I. Good things, most definitely. The biggest one is that we are in the process of purchasing a house in Vermont. Where our mailbox will be half a mile (each way!!) down the road. So I now have a mission. Get in well enough shape to be able to make it to the mailbox and back without keeling over. I’m not in good shape now, to put it mildly (unless we’re calling round a shape!). But I’m starting to walk in the office to try and at least get -some- exercise into my day. Today I’ve walked 6/10th of a mile. It’s not been consecutive (2/10th each time with a bathroom stop in between) but it’s the most I’ve walked in recent memory so I say that has to count for something! Tonight, I’m going to try to get a little yoga/stretching in and maybe try to meditate. I need to get both of those practices going again, for my health and sanity.

So I’m going to try and keep the blog updated more regularly, just to have a point of accountability for me to track this stuff as well as a place to brain dump so I don’t lose what’s left of my sanity between now and whenever it is that we’ll be moving.

We’ll see how it goes!

The new year has started. Mother Nature has decided without question that it’s finally winter. It feels like the temperature plunged twenty degrees overnight. The vacation days are all over; it’s back to a regular schedule of work and more work now. Hopefully slightly less crazy than last year, but we’ll see how that actually turns out.

We spent new year’s eve, where else but at the cube at elements and had a lovely time. Next year I think we’ll come in a little later, or tell the kitchen to slow the pace so we finish a little later, but otherwise everything was fabulous. We brought in some treats for the staff- Mad Mac macaroons and Cocoabella chocolates- that they seemed to enjoy. The macs were like nothing I ever tasted, almost ethereal in their texture, I’m not sure how more of them didn’t crack during shipping.

It’s only Monday and I’m about ready to lose my mind in anticipation of what this week is going to be.

Monday- Jersey City. Usual chaos. 9 pm call with Singapore.

Tuesday- NYC. Miss my farmers market. 8:30 am call- need to figure out where I’m taking it from.

Weds- Jersey City. 7 am call, 8 am Dr’s appt that could not be changed as I need the infusion this week. 9 pm call with Singapore. Mid-day meeting with one of the managers.

Thursday- Piscataway. Finally a quiet day.

Friday- Jersey City but need to leave early to get to the Elements/Kevin Sbraga dinner and contend with the Friday shore-bound traffic.

Saturday- run brief errands and then head out to Westchester to see my cousin and her kids at a BBQ at “the out-laws”.

In the meantime, somewhere in there I need to find time to do laundry and other stuff around the house. Plus I’m PMS which sends my energy levels down and my fatigue levels up. I’m already fighting everything. Meh. Whine. Feh.