Apart

My back started hurting last week and I was in horrible pain. Then I had a break for 2 days before it came back again really bad. I couldn't even walk right. I got in to the physical therapist yesterday and she adjusted my hip/pelvis and today I feel 90 percent better! I am right on schedule for back pain too in that it started at 20 weeks with my leg pain and then moved to my back. At 19 weeks when you are pregnant your pelvic area and ligaments basically get all mushy to make room for baby to sit in there. I am too loose! So I have things that I can do now and can adjust my self at home and am heading back to see her next week too.

Besides me, the past couple of weeks appliances around the house have been falling apart. The blender broke completely. The metal part underneath it I guess fell apart and I smelled burning metal. Then last week the rice steamer that I use once a week finally died but tried to take us with it. It was smoldering for 45 minutes before I realized that smoke wasn't from the fried pampadoms with lunch that I made. Then Saturday I found water leaking out of the drain pipe under the chickens' coop. I didn't know what it was and then my husband got in the cubby hole a day later to get something and found the water heater sitting in an inch of water. We knew we needed a new one, but the timing sucked. I had to boil water for Melody's bath and she finally gave up the other night and got out of the inch of water I managed to get in the tub for her. The installation on the water heater was more than the stupid water heater itself and we had to have a plumber do it because the pipes are old and he had to use a blow torch and have another guy help him with it. Bonus was that they fixed the kitchen sink for free while they were here. It used to make a horrible sound if I used the hot water (like a machine gun) and I guess there was no water pressure in the sink either among other things. I think I just got used to it being crappy like that over the past few years. On Saturday our new dishwasher will be installed if my husband and his friend from work can figure it out. I have been hand-washing dishes for 6 months and I tend to get behind so the kitchen gets messy fast. I feel like we have a brand new house with hot water and pressure and next a dishwasher! Now I know what women in the 1960s or whenever they came out with dishwashers? felt like! Such a novel idea and a time saver for the modern woman.

My crafty side is non-existent lately since I have been in pain and dealing with household crap lately. I did do this altered book page yesterday though. You'd think I have a terminal disease or something with the text I used!

Comments

[Marianne]

O dear, All these broke things! My dishwasher is the best thing I have! It broke down some time ago and we had to wait one week for the part which was broken. Lucky me was away and my husband had to do the dishes for 5 days.
I can imagine that you are not creating things when having to deal with this and pain. You need all your energy to recover!

[Caryl]

Awwww! Sorry you are having such a time! But your journal page is great!

[Carmen]

Ayayyyy!!!
please be very careful and stay or try to I have no idea what to say to you, well, the doctors know. Please know that I wish you feel better real soon. And don't worry about a thing, just relax, 19 weeks, that fast! I remember when you mentioned it in my blog, wow, time flies and I am so excited for you!!! I love babies, yay!
p.s. I can't wait for my quilt but take your time, don't worry at all.
Hugs to you dear Amy!

[Sacred Suzie]

Oh no! OMG, what is going on in our astrological heavens to create this much chaos? It seemed like every time I went outside there was a big f$*@ up and even inside I dropped and broke things. Those sounds like big expensive issues to deal with and that is so hard. I'm glad your back is feeling better. Pain is the hardest to deal with, I know. Your art gave me hope, thank you my friend!