Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

Quick status post:

Argh. This weekend's two thirds gone and I haven't written up last weekend yet ... The pattern for the past week seems to be less pain than usual, short periods of feeling chipper, and quickly becoming tired again. So I felt pretty good Friday, but ran out of steam before I got out of the house (maybe if I'd jumped right in the car when I got out of bed ...) Yesterday I did not make it to the Pride march or to visit anniemal but I did accomplish one errand before I got too dizzy to continue. Today I feel much more energetic than yesterday, but have a bit of a headache and my knees are killing me.

So between my knees and the late start, I'm considering only going to the last bit of the Pride Festival today, and just seeing Odd Girl Out but not really "doing the festival thing". Let's see how much good 1.2 g of ibuprofen does me while I'm getting myself together. (Oh, that's one positive sign of the past week despite how f'ing tired I've been: I've mostly been able to get away with only ibuprofen for pain since sometime Tuesday. Not that I've needed more and been too stubborn; the ibuprofen has actually been enough the past few days. This is a Good Thing.) If the headache increases or if this burst of energy turns out to be as short-lived as Friday's, I'll skip the festival, rest a bit more, and figure out whether I'm up to driving to VA later on. If the ibuprofen makes my knees happy and I don't get suddenly tired, I'll try to catch more of the festival. I'm thinking of wearing the T-shirt I got at the 1993 March On Washington (cartoon saying, "Oh puh-lees! You want me to march HOW far in these heels?", which the vendor offerred me half price on when he saw my shoes).

And then I'll try to get around to describing last weekend.