It was a hot and steamy weekend in these parts! I am not complaining - just stating the facts. I try not to complain about the heat because we suffer through so much cold weather which I loathe. I thought I’d recap the weekend a little differently and share the highs, neutrals, and lows.
Highs:
- Phil took the boys to his mom’s on Saturday afternoon so I was alone in the house for 5 hours!! I did some meal prep, took a nap where I slept so deeply that I had a dream, read my book, and watched the Olympics.
- The Olympics!! I really enjoyed the opening ceremonies and all of the coverage we watched throughout the weekend. I can get into nearly anything I watch and Paul has been really into the Olympics which is cute to see.
- We hit the pool at our neighborhood park on Saturday morning since it was already warm and humid!
- Spending some time at the goose house (house in our neighborhood with costumed geese and lots of kids toys) on Sunday morning.
- It was so hot and humid on Sunday afternoon so we went to the movies (Despicable Me 4). Movie theaters are so much more comfy than they were during my youth!
Neutrals:
- My long run (7.5 miles) on Sunday was neutral. It was hot and humid and I felt slow but I got it done.
- My strength training workout on Saturday was also kind of neutral as well. I haven’t been doing strength training because of the flare in my hand but I decided to try an upper body workout. It was hard to grasp weights and I had to modify a few things but I got it done. I am glad I did it but it was also kind of defeating.
Lows:
- This never-ending flare. I think it’s actually getting worse. But I can’t bear to increase my steroid dose and risk being even more irritable. I am so glad my injection is this week and hopefully the infusion on Tuesday helps as well. Of course I use this joint for nearly everything - eating, cutting things up, brushing my teeth, and the list goes on and on.
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| The impacted joint is the first knuckle on my right hand. Here’s a side-by-side which shows how swollen and puffy it is. Ouch. And yes I have the veiniest hands for some reason. |
- Challenging kid behavior that tested my patience. It’s extra hard to handle that behavior when we do so many fun things during the weekend! They do not know how good they have it.
- I tweaked my back when I was carrying a flailing child to the car when they refused to leave the park on Saturday. I know they say ‘big kids, big problems’ but at least I won’t be dealing with flailing children? I hope?
- Taco’s loudness is so overwhelming and over stimulating. I do not know where he gets this from as Phil and I are not loud people and I swear Paul was not this loud at this age.
How was your weekend?
10 comments:
You know how I feel about how good our kids have their lives! They really have no idea! But it's a very different world and style of parenting and society now. So in some way, I feel bad for my kids because life isn't as simple as it used to be?
Your flare looks so painful. I am so very sorry this keeps plaguing you. I hope you get some relief this week from the treatments. It must feel so discouraging and, of course, it's painful and the steroids are such a headache :(
OUCH. Just looking at that photo makes my hand hurt. This has been going on for SO LONG!!! i hope you get relief soon.
Yes, the problems do get bigger, but you won't be throwing your back out at least! It does get easier physically.
Yay for a "neutral" long run. I think with the heat and humidity, that's a win. Just keep reminding yourself how easy it'll feel when the weather cools down.
I agree with Elizabeth that kids nowadays have no idea what good life they are living in, but it's not entirely their fault as they have no idea of what was life before this. Maybe I wasn't appreciating my childhood either as much as I should have. really hard to tell.
I had a hot and humid (95% humidity) for my long run on Sunday, it was never ending and exhausting, fortunately it was by the beach so the scene was super nice.
Sorry for the continued struggle with the flare up, it does look painful, especially on your right hand that you use for daily task. HOpe the infusion helps.
Your hand looks so painful. Hope your infusion tomorrow helps and that you get that IR Procedure Thursday and it gives you fast relief. I’m so sorry :(
And amen - new problems with older kids. But not the physical demands and flailing human tantrums…
We are also experiencing very humid temps here in VA. I’m training for a race and it’s been hard to enjoy running lately bc it’s just so dang hot and 85-90% humidity . But at least I know fall is coming.
-Abby
Oh my, Lisa, you can totally see how puffy your joint is and I can only imagine how uncomfortable and painful that must be. I do hope the treatment this week helped.
I definitely had some pretty warm runs lately, too and just getting them done is an accomplishment, so kudos to you for both running and strength training!
We once had to carry my screaming flailing *nine year old* out of the Please Touch Museum. I remember being so flabbergasted that I clearly wasn't past the phase of public tantrums.
Sorry that the flares aren't getting better. How frustrating!
I'm with you on the heat - it IS hot, but I will not complain, because I dislike the cold weather SO MUCH. Oh gosh, your hands look so painful. I can only imagine. So hoping you get some relief soon. I'm chuckling at the fact that Taco is so loud. I don't miss the power struggles and the over tired meltdowns, but older kids are lots of fun. They do come with bigger problems.
Our weekend was nice. We went into the city to go to the beach on Sunday and we went to a nearby suburb that has a river walk and got ice cream. Coach and I hadn't both been in town at the same time for at least 3 weeks, maybe more? And we didn't get our act together to organize a social outing with friends, which sort of bummed me out. But! This Saturday we are meeting friends for drinks. Hooray for some adult social time together (I did really enjoy the social time I scored when with Curly in Louisville).
Yowza that joint looks so painful and I know you have been suffering from this flare for so long. I really would like to just trade hands with you for a week and give you relief!! You are handling it remarkably well considering how much it must be impacting all your daily activities. And the steroids make you irritable as well??? Come on universe throw this kind woman a bone!!!
And yes to kids not understanding how good they have it. My 9 yo had a total teen rant/pity fest yesterday afternoon because her best friend got a kitten. We are firmly anti-pets at this stage of life and she declared "nothing in my life is good, I'm not special, everything is boring because of you". Um yeah, I'm sorry, you are fed, you are loved, end of story my friend. Alllll the eye rolling and hugs to all of the other parents out there feeling this pain.
Oh your hand! I could immediately tell where the flare was. That looks so, so painful, friend. I hope you find some relief at your appointment. Ugh.
My brother always says the same thing about his kids not understanding how good they have it. And maybe we didn't either? I don't know. I wonder if it's just a kid/maturity thing. We definitely understand now how much our parents did for us, but when we were kids, probably not.
You'll see that I jumped ahead and commented on this week's post, because I could not stand wondering whether you got any relief. And whew. I am glad it's somewhat better, because that flare looks horrible. You have endured so much this year, and I hope that this starts to help.
So many good things, though, despite that. I think your neutrals are wins, in my perspective. You got the dang workouts done - so many people never do, and you're doing them with everything else going on. Hang in there. <3
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