November 16, 2007

• Headaches & Room Swapping

  I'm glad it's Friday.  I don't know why.  Friday isn't any different from any other day and is just like the rest of my life!  Maybe a carry over feeling from when I used to work outside the home!

  Jesse is outside blowing the leaves (into the neighbor's yards . . . No!  just kidding!) out of the flower beds and will "suck" them up later with his "leaf sucker upper" or mow over them and bag them from the grass catcher thingy on the mower.  Can you tell I have no lawn care vocabulary???

  The other day, I really THOUGHT my laundry was caught up.  But, like anything else in life . . .  If it seems too good to be true, most likely it is.  Rissy's and Annamarie's baskets were overflowing yesterday and I asked them last night to drag the baskets out to the laundry room.  Rissy's basket is more than halfway done and I haven't touched Annamarie's basket.

  Talked with the doctor yesterday about my headaches.  They never fully go away and, at times, can be incapacitating.  HIS thinking is that I'm dealing with rebound headaches that are triggering migraine headaches.  It all started when the dentist gave me masses of drugs to sedate me 3 1/2 weeks ago.  It dawned on me that the few times I've had surgery, I've suffered each time for 24 hours afterwards with a horrible "drug headache."  Apparently, you can take too much ibuprofen, acetaminophen, aspirin and naproxen sodium until your body CAUSES a headache without the drug and the drug itself becomes ineffective.   His nurse called me back around 6:30pm last  night and said he wants me to stop taking EVERYTHING, including vitamins & herbs.  He said to take only my prescriptions his office has given me (thyroid, bcp, etc.).  He wrote a prescription for migraine pills (VERY affordable) and hopefully Wal-Mart will have those in by this afternoon.  Jesse can pick them up when he takes Luci to her therapy appointment.  I feel like a junky.  Or, an addict.  But, I'll do anything to get rid of this nagging headache stuff.  It took me forever to fall asleep last night (I can still take my sleeping medication) and I thought, "My gosh, this must be how someone feels coming off of drugs and needing a fix."  I was restless.  Walked in circles around the house . . . I DID take the headache pills he prescribed last week, but only that and the things he told me to take.  Until I have the new headache pills in my hands, I'm afraid I'm not willing to go completely cold turkey without some help.  Coffee is the only thing that brings relief, but then (of course) it keeps me awake at night.

  The good news . . . while tossing and turning last night, I had LOTS of time to think.  I have been considering giving Rissy her own bedroom and having Luci & Annamarie share a room (we have 4 bedrooms).  That would still leave a guest room for company.  Luci & Annamarie are two people who can't stand to spend one minute alone.  Rissy is becoming more and more needful of some private space and time.  She LOVES the current guest room's color and how it's decorated - lots of pinks, periwinkle blues, & purples with birds set in mini floral or wreath arrangements and white lace curtains).  We would have to do very little (an extra closet rod installed) to ready it for her. 

  I can move Luci's twin bed into the current room that Rissy & Annamarie share.  That's how it was when we originally moved into this house - a double bed and twin bed.  I have 3 sets of bedspreads or quilts that match both beds - so it's perfect for the two of them to share.  They are still more immature and very "little girls" while Rissy is maturing and liking things a little more in the grown up (but ultra feminine) styles.  Annamarie would be thrilled with Care Bears, etc.!

  That would leave Luci's current room with a king bed for guests.  It must have been used as an office or library before we bought it.  It has a 12 foot wall with built in cabinets and shelves and a small closet that's been converted to ALL shelves.  I'd love to regain those storage areas and move the Tickle Me Elmo and fire trucks to a less visible area!!!!!  That's the room you see after entering the front door!  Thinking of that extra storage space for my sewing and homeschool items just thrills me!

  I'd need to move the girls' dressers around.  Luci's white, mismatched dresser can go in the closet of the room she'll share with Annamarie - it's a huge closet.  I'll move Rissy's dresser/mirror (walnut/mahogany - a duplicate of Annamarie's dresser set) to Rissy's new room and take my mother's antique mahogany dresser/mirror from the room Rissy will have and move it to the NEW guest room with the king bed.

  Lowe's has some nice-sized, mesh, utility shelves in black (for kitchen or garage) that would work in the 2 rooms occupied by the girls (I think $79/each) and (with some clear bins for their "things") the shelves should hold their toys nicely AND neatly!!!  I think the black shelving will be just fine with the dark wood furniture in both bedrooms.

  We discussed painting two of the bedrooms (not the one Rissy will move into - periwinkle, and she LOVES it) and decided the closet rod material, 3 shelving units and paint should be around $300.  Lowe's has an offer right now of no finance and no payments for twelve months on purchases of $299 and up . . . which means no initial cash outlay for us.  (yay!)   Jesse would have projects to do with all of his free time this winter.  When I presented the idea to him, he seemed to not only be in agreement (agreed to a decorating idea?????!!!!!!),  but rather excited about having something to do with his time and GIVING something to the girls.  I think the fact it was affordable and wouldn't need to be paid for until his lawn business starts up again (next spring) was even better sounding!  Of course, a place for all of my junk and ALL rooms being freed of "junk" probably was appealing, as well!

  He wants to get started after Thanksgiving and we even have an "easy" plan for what room gets painted when; and, where that room's furniture will have to go while being painted.  I haven't painted since Oct. 2004, but we aren't doing ceilings or woodwork this time - so the main pain in the neck is the edge along the ceiling and woodwork where you have to be so careful.

  Jesse wants to surprise the girls after Thanksgiving week end and not breathe a word before then.  It's kinda fun for us to look forward to, also!

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