Just another day....

I was awake at 5:30am this morning in terrible pain. I suffer with fibromyalgia, and also have osteo-arthritis, along with degenerative disc disease....meaning some of my discs in my back are degenerating...getting smaller. Thus there are times when they move and the friction of things rubbing together causes pain. This morning the pain was going from the back of my head all the way down into my lower spine and I couldn't sleep or even stand to lay on my back. For awhile it was almost unbearable.Thank goodness for pain med's, and special ointments that can be rubbed on to help. I was actually able to get a little more sleep when the med's kicked in.
Today was church so I had to get up and moving. The car had to be started ahead of time and warmed up since we are getting some frigid temperatures right now, and there was some snow & ice that needed to be cleaned off. I was just going to spend the morning sitting & relaxing but I ended up going up to the front to sing with the worship team. I enjoy singing, but it's taken a long time for me to gather the courage to start singing at the front and to be in front of so many people. I've always shied away from crowds and especially talking in front of them or doing anything. I was perfectly content to stay at home with my books & hobbies, unless it was only one of two friends. I still don't do well in groups, and I get all tongue tied sometimes.
After church a lot of them were going out to lunch so we/my family, decided to join them and go to Montana's. I knew they were going to have them sing to my daughter, but someone decided to blow the whistle and let them know it was also my birthday. That meant they brought two moosehead hats with horns out for us to wear while they sang happy birthday and took a picture of each of us. Now that was not expected.... The hat was only a few moments, but the picture traps that memory forever....yikes. Oh well, all in the fun of things! It was good to get out and be with some other people/friends for awhile.
I don't know if it's this weather, or the way I've been feeling, or just a lot of the stress in my life, but I've been feeling a little down and just wanting to curl up and stay home lately. Somehow my life doesn't let me do that...which perhaps it for the best. (well sometimes)
Anyway, I just wanted to try and write something down. Guess it was just another day in my life!

Changes

Hi folks,
I'm not really sure who is going to even read any of my blogs. I'm having a time just trying to figure out how to even get back on here and find the place to post the blogs. I suppose the more I use it, the easier it will become. It amazes me how easily my lovely young daughter picks these things up and does them. I can't believe she's actually a teenager. Where did the years go to?
It's really kewl to see some different people on here that I know. As of yet I have not passed on my blog site, but in time...
Does anyone ever wonder what they did before computers came out and people were able to come to places like this to share things with complete strangers? I always enjoyed writing letters and I found myself reaching out and finding penpals in various places all over the world. Back then I had to use a pen & paper and write out my letter, and post in via snail mail, then wait for the person I wrote to get it and eventually respond to me. I'm still writing a few people that way, but I must admit I've been won over by the computer and the quick, convenience of it. Well at least once you know what you're doing. Now I just email a lot of different people all over, or keep in touch via chat lines. I still keep in touch with a few of the original people I started writing to over 25 years ago as well. Ya, that dates me, but I haven't worried about hiding my age. I hope there are some other 'oldies' out there in blogger land.
I've always enjoyed writing, and I do have a few regrets that I wasn't able to pursue a career in it earlier in my life. It would have been nice to have taken a course in journalism, or perhaps written for a newspaper...maybe even travelled abroad covering headline news. When I look back to my younger days, I often wonder why back then I really didn't know what I wanted to do with my life. I made choices, and started a family. Despite a lot of difficult times and many changes in my life, I will never regret having my 3 lovely children. I certainly have regrets about the way I've sometimes done things, but I can't go back and undo them. All I can do is to take things "One day at a time", and try to change things the best I can with each new day.
Happy Blogging to everyone out there!!