DownHere the coldfront moved in Saturday with a cold rain. Overnight temps have been in the mid-40s & upper-30s, daytime highs this week are (only) in the 60s; sunny yet very cold-windy coming off the Bay from the NW.
With the advent of the front's arrival & barometric pressure falling, I began to feel the physical malaise set in on me once again, e.g. the pressure in my head where seemingly
simply everything hurts, again.
{{{ S-i-g-h }}}
I am fortunate that I had nothing pressing that I had to do this Veteran's Day holiday weekend.
The city's Saturday parade was rained out, so I was quite content to stay snug & warm at home all weekend, in my jammies no less.
Lol.
I awoke early Sunday morning with a roaring headache.
When I get one, it's fortunate for me that nowadays it's a rare occurence; albeit I've
learned to live with some degree of
a dull headache nearly constant --- for which I no longer have even bothered to take any meds. It simply is, and for me by now is no big deal, of no concern in the bigger picture of my life.
Today has been sunny, clear, yet a brisk-cold wind whipping off the Bay. I walked one of my lil Maltese-mix buddies this afternoon --- snug in his fur-hooded bomber-pilot jacket
.
He's ~12, yet he was so invigorated with-it-all today that I had to run (into the wind) to keep up with him. So fun.
Yet the cold wind today has me beset this evening with
the old, original tender neck pain. Arrrghh.
I soaked in a hot
lavender epsom salt bath & took a cup of tea with me here to bedside and have a hot water bottle on my neck. The heat feels soothing & relaxing to my neck. Given the early-newly-winter temps for DownHere, ice just didn't intuitively seem appropriate & especially since I've not done anything to newly
injure my neck.
Ordinarily I would have promptly taken rx Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine), a mild muscle relaxant antispasmodic rx med, which I was rx'd & used with good success over the previous 3 years since injury. I do not have a current Rx for that, so it is not an option. The quintessential hot water bottle is feeling a good welcomed comfort & some relief from the neck spasms. Yay. It's a good night & I've no complaints. Yay.
How are ya'll doing with the barometric pressure/ winter weather related changes this year? Thinking of you.
Thank you each & all for being here.
Sincerely,
Theta