I dont' even know if I spelled the title correctly, but in my quest to be less of a perfectionist, I'm gonna leave it alone.
Well, it's not surprising that I set impossibly lofty goals for myself in my new life as an unemployed-college-graduate-slash-housewife. I had grand plans to keep my entire house in immaculate condition, as well as accomplishing my goals of painting a few rooms and sorting through an entire basement storage room of forgotten possessions. How many of those things have been accomplished? None. Why? Because I don't know how to set non-pie-in-the-sky goals for myself. But I'm trying with the help of my dear husband who understands me more than I am usually willing to admit. So, he's helping me set attainable goals like weeding one row of the garden, emptying the dishwasher, doing a load of laundry, picking out a paint color, etc. I'm so used to tackling things head on and pushing through until it's done or I break. So this time, rather than breaking or thinking I'm failing, I'm patiently letting things wait until the next day. It's pretty awesome.
In other news, I just can't go a month without a procedure. This time it was another nerve block, under twilight sedation, with 9 trigger point injections. I'm very glad that the doctor remembered me asking for more sedation halfway through the last one. He knocked me OUT this time. Usually, I walk back to the recovery room and plop down in an uncomfortable recliner with assistance, but this time I woke up in a comfy (no joke) hospital bed. I didn't remember a thing until the next day. Turns out, sedation makes me a liar. My doctor asked me about a TENS unit and how that was going and apparently, I told him it was going well. The problem with that is that I've never had a TENS unit. Oops...can't wait to apologize for that one! The good news is that it really helped to break up some scar tissue, which is just thrilling. I hope that there won't be many more.
-S
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