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The weather in Wisconsin has been a series of rainstorms washing through on a daily basis. I love thunderstorms – the thunder, the lightning, the sound of the rain on the roof – all in trance me. Watching a storm roll over the land is amazing.
What isn’t so amazing is how my body has been reacting to these storms. I’ve got arthritis so generally everything aches when we are going to have a storm. Mostly, I manage with the pain as it comes and goes with the weather issues. This last week though, I’ve had throbbing sinus issues every time a storm comes. Essentially the left side of my face feels like the pressure is going to make my head explode.
This makes it difficult to do anything – edit, crochet, talk, breath. I’ve been doing all the right things – eucalyptus, heating pad, tylenol, extra allergy meds. Still the pain is there and I deal.
What frustrates me most is I’ve still got four and a half rows on the afghan to finish. I’ve got all the yarn I need (finally) and all I need to do is sit and crochet. The problem is I can’t because my head is going to explode.
I’m determined that this weekend those last rows will get done. I will have the afghan off my to do list and on my DONE (finally freaking done) list. It is gorgeous but I’m tired of working on it. I want to work on something else – anything else at this point.
Once that one is done I’ll be able to look at the other three I have piled up behind it and start on one of them. I’ll also be able to look at smaller projects to get done for holiday gifts. I have several things I want to experiment with – stitch sequences I want to try, patterns I want to try and there is always the colors and texture to consider too.
Before any of that fun can start, I have to just finish this one freaking afghan! It will be this weekend.