Tuesday, January 22, 2013

He Fell! It Was Awful!

Here I am, sitting at my desk at work, bored out of my skull because I finished all of my work two hours ago but have to stay until my service technician is done with the preventative maintenance on my mercury analyzer. Hooray.

So, I'll tell you a story. It's a sad story. You've been warned.

On Sunday Scott fell down our front stairs when he slipped on the ice. It was on the exact same spot where I slipped on the ice three weeks ago.

Now, I got off easy when I fell. All I got was some giant bruising (and a few moments of tear-inducing pain when it first happened). Scott, however, twisted his already injured back.

He can barely move to get from the bed to the couch and back.

I've been doing all I can for him, but, unfortunately, all that entails is getting him food, drinks, meds, and ice packs. I'm grateful he can at least crawl up the stairs to use the bathroom by himself... But there's not much else I can do except sit with him and feel sad on his behalf.

Sad, sad day.

Friday, January 4, 2013

Happy 2013!

I suppose it's about time for a New Year post.

This past year has been pretty good. I mean, things haven't been perfect, that's for damn sure. But do you know how much worse things could really have been?

This year I learned to spin and bought a spinning wheel. I started my first lace project. I made a ton of really pretty stitch markers. I learned to wash and dye raw wool. I made my friend a beautiful blessing gown.

In January, I got burned with concentrated acid.

We put in new hardwood floors, got new carpet, and got new appliances. We put new blinds in all the windows of the house.

Scott and I had our fifth anniversary.

I switched from Risperdal to Abilify. I thought about whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.

And...that's about it. And at the same time, there's much more that I didn't write about, because this has apparently been the year of unmotivation (to blog).

My only regret for this year is that Scott's back has only gotten worse, and he's been put on stronger and stronger pain medication as his body gets used to what he's taking. He's trying very hard not to let it control his life, but it's hard some days when he can't even get out of bed because the pain is too bad. He did manage to go skiing last weekend (though he paid for that for the next two days...) and tries to go shooting as much as he can, and we try to take Buster on walks more often, but staying active is harder than you'd think when you're living with back pain.

Overall, though, this has been a good year. I had a lot of good times with my friends and family that I will never forget.

So what do I want for 2013? Not a damn thing (except the back pain thing really needs to go away). I'm not making any resolutions, because I'm just going to break them and then beat myself up about it. I'm just going to try to be the best I can and that's all anyone can ask of me, including myself.

Happy New Year, everyone! Since tonight's Friday night, I'll make a toast to 2013 with some sour apple schnapps, and go to bed early. Because I can.