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Each Day Already is a Challenge

A Texas Sunrise

Sunrise on Surfside Beach, Texas

A friend, William Taylor, took this picture. He visits Surfside Beach with his dogs almost every morning, watching the sun rise while the dogs prance about at the water's edge.

This is only about ten miles from where I lived in Lake Jackson, Texas. Sadly, I only visited this beach about four times in the six years I lived nearby.

Each day is a challenge. A challenge to get by without thinking about the fibromyalgia pains. A challenge to stay awake when chronic fatigure wants to take over. And a challenge to navigate through fibro fog.

I haven't been writing as much as in the past. For years, I wrote at least 500 words a day. Now, I'm lucky if I write 500 words in month. Sigh.

For more information about what my day (or life) is all about with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, chronic pains, IBS, depression and everything else thrown in, check this out:

It's a New Day

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My pain and welcome to it.
#1028189 by Kenzie

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tracker

Oct 7, 2024 at 1:12am
In response to "I had to laugh "

Once you see it, I am sure it is hard to "unsee" it. LOL. I looked up the title but did not see it listed online. You don't see many bloopers like that around here, but I am sure they are out there.

tracker

Oct 7, 2024 at 1:06am
In response to "Have we forgotten?"

I researched the falling man and looked at victim and family stories. I am sure there were some kind of city remembrance events. I did my own, allowing myself to watch the terrifying videos, and reports, and documentaries the entire day to remember. There already is a generation who don't remember anything unless they learned something in school or from their own family about the attacks of 9/11.

tracker

Oct 7, 2024 at 1:03am
In response to "The lump keeps shrinking "

Great news! Lots of

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Kenzie

Sep 26, 2024 at 2:58am
In response to "The lump keeps shrinking "

Thanks!

Sumojo

Sep 26, 2024 at 2:40am
In response to "The lump keeps shrinking "

Great news, Kenzie. 🤗

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Kenzie

Sep 4, 2024 at 12:22am
In response to "I had to laugh "

That's pretty funny, Mike.

Merry_Mikey

Sep 3, 2024 at 11:13pm
In response to "I had to laugh "

On a somewhat related note, I saw a YouTube Sports Short day before yesterday. It was part of a collection of "NFL Best Somethings [catches, runs, interceptions, etc.]". Somebody went to all the trouble of selecting and collating the video clips, ranking them however they thought best, and then captioning them so viewers would know who did what to whom. Except... In this particular video, players in two separate clips were given credit for doing whatever it was they did - against their own team.

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Kenzie

Sep 3, 2024 at 8:04am
In response to "I had to laugh "

But we do expect the media to do better.

Sumojo

Sep 3, 2024 at 7:24am
In response to "I had to laugh "

That’s the English language for you, Kenzie

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Kenzie

Aug 6, 2024 at 1:55pm
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Thank you so much for your prayers.

May 16, 2007 at 3:25pm

#508900

Wacky Wednesday

Sure is.

I didn't make it to the church this morning. The pastor was quite understanding.

Why? Well...my ears were doing their weird thing again, for one. They still feel like they're burning. I describe it as feeling as if my ears are frost bitten or on the way to being frost bitten. That's really how they feel.

And my stupid digestive system decided to misbehave today too. Maybe if the pastor had been away from the office - like last week - I might have tried to go in. But...the church has a few maintenance issues. Like the women's restroom for the office isn't working. The men's room is - complete with urinal. And since we would have had to share and I might end up in there a few too many times, I decided I'd just keep folding the booklets at home. I also did some searching for bulletin illustrations from home.

Sigh.

Hubby called after lunch to check in. He usually does. Or I call him. I tease him if he doesn't call at the "right" time. When I answered today, he admitted to being late. In fact, he said, "I'm late, I'm late..." sounding as if he was going to complete the thought..."for a very important date."
Then he asked who said that.

I came right back with the Mad Hatter. There was some quick bantering about him having fibro fog. And I said something like..."I only have fog under certain circumstances. Like when I move from room to room." We both cracked up. (I'm sure he'll correct me if I'm wrong about what I said. I think he wrote it down. I guess in case he got foggy. )

It's true, though. That's why I mentioned taking a pad of paper from room to room somehow. We haven't figured out yet how to do that. But I have gotten better about grabbing a sheet of paper where ever I am and scribbling things so I'll remember.

Yeah. The Social Security folks are right. I should be able to work. Y'all wanna help me find an employer....who won't mind if I don't come to work when my ears are on fire or my IBS is acting up...and who won't mind if I forget everything one day and have a fantastic memory the next. Who won't mind that today I can't sit without being in pain. And tomorrow I can't stand without hurting. Or that my hands have broken out and I look like I have leprosy. Or my feet have broken out and I have to squirm 'cause I can't very well scratch them in public. What else? Hmmm. Maybe I should write a new resume and show my faults as well as my talents and experiences? That might make an interesting project.

I'm tired. Oh yeah. My potential employer cannot mind if I have to take a nap in the middle of the day.

Right.

Since I don't have one - an employer - I'm gonna go do just that. Take a nap.

If only someone would pay me for these goofy blog entries.

Bye guys.

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