reaction?

Who knows, by this point in the game. It is so darned frustrating.

Last night as K and I got ready for bed (she had a fantastic little birthday party for B...and of course I accompanied her! Couldn't miss out on all the fun...I mean, Cheesecake Factory, for goodness sakes!) and played our "little-brother-isn't-around-to-destroy-so-let's-play" games, I felt the headache coming on. This was about 8:30 p.m. and fortunately K and I decided we were too tired to go on so we went to bed.

Throughout the night I could feel the headache getting worse.

I awoke this morning with such an intense pain that I tried to go back to sleep and make it go away. I tried sinus stuff, but it didn't help--although the hot shower this morning did, I can't stay in the shower all day long. By 10 a.m. I could not even move and was nauseous and in tears.

A perfect, sunny, 85º day and I completely wasted it away in an achy stupor.

Causes? Did I eat something I shouldn't have and reacted? Was it the "cold front" that went through today, causing "Me, the Human Barometer" to act up again? Hormonal imbalances? A mix? I don't know. I just know that I have taken some ibuprofen and, over the course of the past seven hours, become barely functional again.

Let's see if we can maintain functionality for a while! Today was not fun.

I guess I have always been a headache sufferer. My mother wrote in my baby book of, when around 2 years old, I would hold my head and scream, and she wondered if I could possibly be suffering headaches. I have had headaches since late elementary school that I can remember, but my worst times were in my 20s, when I would frequently suffer those akin to that which I had today, completely debilitating.

But that is nothing.

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Today a good friend informed me of the birth of a new baby girl in the family--at 31 weeks, the mother was sent to the hospital with severe preeclampsia and they had to operate to get the baby out. She has yet to develop her external ear lobes. Prognosis for survival is not yet known. So sad...my prayers go out to that family.

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Mom would like to come to visit in November. That is a nice month to visit, normally. Plus, being K's 6th birthday and Thanksgiving all together, it would be extra-special. We haven't celebrated Thanksgiving together in many, many years. I would like that very much. Now...what to do about the sleeping arrangements?

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And that is my weekend round-up. Hopefully the week will be uneventful and pain-free for us all.