The Mall, A flare, and other goodies

Yeah yeah I have been slacking. But I have been flaring. I was on a pred pack and now feeling a little better. I got out and went to the mall the other day. I used a wheelchair there so nagging from the peanut gallery!! I got my Valentines Day present early too. Another set of Mickey and Minnie dolls. These are specific to Valentines Day. Mickey is dressed as cupid with wings and and a bow and arrow. Minnie is just Minnie but the old fashioned one. They are cute as heck. When I die, my kids are going to auction off my pristine collection of Mickey and Minnie dolls and make a fortune lol.

We are getting an artic cold snap starting on Saturday. Lows dipping below zero and highs in the single digits. Wind chill factors at 25 below and lower at times. This is supposed last until Wednesday. We are supposed to have the coldest temps in the last decade. Oh yay. NOT! LOL. Of course I have a rheumy appointment Monday lol. That is about the only time I will be venturing out since the cold is not good for my asthma. The asthma has been acting up lately too. I can’t seem to shake the heavy feeling in my chest lately. I think it is just the cold weather and the flare that is making it bug out. If I am no better by the time the artic blast leaves I will make a doc appointment.

My family has been their usual wonderful selves during this past flare. Danny is very attentive to my needs and is right there when I need something. I know this is draining on him and I am hoping that my rheumy will write the script for a home health aide to come a couple of times a week and help out. Cart me around on errands etc. to give Danny a much needed break. Also to give the girls a little break with the housework etc. I don’t expect the aide to clean animal cages tho. That will remain the responsibility of the girls. But they do light housework which will be a welcome break for the girlies. And for me too. It will be cleaned the way it should be. Not the teenage way lol. I have nifty cleaning gadgets too. So doing stuff like my floors or my tiny bathroom won’t be too bad for the aide. Just hope whoever it is will be a nice person and someone that likes to joke around and isn’t too serious. Even tho I need an aide, I still want to make it as enjoyable for that person as possible. They are doing a service for me that is greatly appreciated.

My niece is overdue and very uncomfortable. I feel so badly for her. I just wanna hug her and tell her it will be ok. I did when we saw her last Sunday. I hope it helped. Everyone is bugging her about being overdue and when is Gracie coming. Sheeesh people leave the poor child alone. Gracie will either come when she is damn good and ready or my niece will be induced and we won’t give Gracie a choice about when she comes. My niece was late with my great nephew and I expect this to be a pattern for her. Poor baby. Mike wants another one and Jackie isn’t too hip on that right now. Maybe in a few years lol. Calm down Mike lol. You guys will just know when the time is right. Jackie does look fabulous tho. You can not tell that she is pregnant from behind. She still just glows and is very beautiful. She doesn’t think so, but we all see it and know.

Well, the mtx is kicking in early. I am tired and kind of nauseated. I think I will take a phenagren and toddle off to the bed. Danny must be working late because he is not home yet. Poor guy. I love him so much and feel so bad for him sometimes. Lately he has had to work in a barrel that has to be pre heated to 400 degrees. Lots of sweating going on there. It is just draining on him. Then on top of it I pile what I need. Thankfully he is a patient man with me. I can’t wait to get that aide relieve some of the burden of me from him. Thank goodness that man loves me as he does. I would be lost without him. Both physically and emotionally.

My Katie Kat is having a rough time lately too. I am worried about her. She won’t take the pred and she needs to. I guess me and Kami will have to gang up on her again if she still won’t take it. Me, Kami, and Deanna ganged up on her tonight and I don’t know if she is going to listen to us. I hope she does. I will have to beat her with my crutches if she doesn’t. Katie has one more month til insurance. If we can just get her to take the pred she will have a better time of it waiting for that insurance. I love that woman dearly but sheeeesh she is a stubborn one. Worse than I am sometimes. I guess I will just have to call her daily and check on her. And nag her about the pred. When you have RA, your body does not produce enough corticosteroids on its own. That is why we need the pred so often. And that is why it is hard to wean off of it. Once we get to 7.5mg our bodies freak out. If it isn’t one thing, it’s another when you have RA.

Sushi is doing great. We are a big success and now you can find us on the first page of a Google search. WOOOHOO we are big time now!!! We were so happy when we saw that. We work hard on Sushi making it great not only for us, but for all of our members. And without them we wouldn’t have a Sushi at all. So thank you to everyone that visits us and for making us the success that we are.

Good night everyone. Stay warm!!!