Anyhow, I took the foam mattress off my bed figuring maybe I needed a firmer sleeping area. I tossed and turned (in pain) all night long and Tuesday I woke up feeling worse than ever. Even had to pull out my cane to wobble around the house. Ibuprofen wasn't touching it. I did various exercises, put on a heating pad, and thought surely I'll be better tomorrow. Last night I had a hard time again and this morning I'm continuing to deal with whatever is wrong. I don't think it's sciatica because it's not radiating down the leg from the butt so maybe it's arthritis or bursitis. At any rate, I'm not a happy camper. Even sitting in my recliner is uncomfortable.
I kept telling myself that I needed to keep moving no matter what so I forced myself to do a few chores here and there and even ran a couple errands today. Since the ibuprofen wasn't helping, I picked up a bottle of naproxin (like Aleve) to see if that would give me some relief. I couldn't get interested in anything around the house. Even stuff I love wasting time on. I guess I'm just gonna have to wait this out and see what develops. Puts me in a very cranky mood if I can't be up and about doing things. But I'll deal with it one day at a time. What else can I do?
My daughter, Sue, keeps texting me to water water water the plants outside. She says I don't do it enough and she's probably right. The back lawn looks like a dried up desert full of dead dandelion weeds and why waste water on those. I did set up my sprinkler, though, to hit the raised beds that are full of flowers she planted. It gets discouraging when even walking down the deck steps, and pulling the hose across the lawn requires effort. I know I should be thankful I'm still able to get up and walk around doing the limited things I can but how I wish I had the strength to really tackle the outside chores the way I want to. Nothing seems to satisfy me lately. I know body aches are part of the deal when you're still kicking in your 70s and I need to come to grips with that and quit bellyaching. Easier said than done.
I have a cousin in Albany, OR on the Holt side of my family that I haven't met yet but hope to one day. She had five gift memberships to ancestry.com and gave me one. Isn't that nice? Now I can continue on with my family tree project at my leisure. I've found a ton of editing that needs to be done with all my various files.
Yesterday I tried and tried to draw my grandpa's house so I could take a stab at doing waterpainting. So frustrating to realize that I just plain can't draw! Even when I trace the picture and attempt a go at it that way. I'm not giving up, though, I kind of know what I want to do; I just have to accept the fact that this whole interpretation has to be through my eyes. My problem is I want it to look like a photograph. I did find another picture (not a clear one though) of grandpa's house that shows the background more. I think I'm going to try and reproduce that. Here's the one I was trying to draw.
And here's the scene I think I'm going to attempt instead. I love how it shows Kuhn St, the lagoon, and the flats and Deleo Bros all in the background. Sure wish I had this photo in a clearer view.
It just blows my mind that our old house is now hidden by a big ole tree, is a different color, has a huge two story house sitting almost on top of it, and that it looks sooooo tiny. Man, would I ever love to buy that place!
Here's a couple of pictures I saw in the Leader this morning. I even commented on the article on the barns. Loved seeing the old black and white adelma beach swim lessons in 1956. I wonder if I'm in there somewhere.
Saw pictures on Facebook of Mary and Andy and Jake at Lake Cushman so picked out a few I liked to make copies of.
And that's about it for another day. I think I'll head into Port Townsend next Thursday or Friday. Janie said she's doing something with her daughter on her birthday, the 30th.
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