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Good Morning and Welcome to October!
Oct. 3rd, 2015 12:12 pmWell. Where to start?
The Trip with Mom was Mostly Wonderful (despite the highly-touted 'Fall Foliage Canyon Tour into Canada' not living up to its press); it was great spending time with Mom minus family holiday drama and I think we both had fun, more or less.
The aftermath: Fortunately, with the help of our Music Director and the Pastor, I'd been able to work ahead enough on the Sept. 27th bulletin that I really had a minimum of catch-up work to do on Thursday afternoon and Friday (additional plus being that Pastor had ironed out the wrinkles regarding our new phone system - Yay!) However, last Saturday morning I woke up, tried to roll out of bed and actually SCREAMED, as my entire left leg from hip to ankle throbbed with pain. I was barely able to stand up, even with help, and hobble out to the kitchen. Husband fetched the Migraine strength Excedrin (the strongest pain-relief in the house, since the ibuprofen had gone missing sometime during the past seven days -- it later turned up in Daughter's room) and the Staghorn cane.... oddly enough, and this pattern continued all week, after sitting upright in a chair, and eventually moving around, the pain eased off to an occasional twinge and residual soreness reminiscent of post-leg cramp ache.... By Wednesday the ibuprofen had reappeared, and a combination of 'Icy-Hot' on the leg and two IB's shortly before bedtime seems to have managed the morning pain..... but I am totally at a loss as to WHY???
Granted, the previous week's activities had majorly consisted of long periods of sitting, broken up by one-two hours of walking, then more sitting (tour bus & train, bouts of shopping) -- with the exception of Mackinac Island, which was horse trolley the first day, and 5-6 hours walking up and down hills the second day.... But I would think that over-stressed leg muscles would make themselves known a lot sooner and in BOTH Legs...
And of course, considering my family's tendency to develop blood-clots, I've been fretting at every odd twinge and unexplained sore spot for the past ten days...
Sigh.
Still, it was a glorious vacation... I would love to go back and do a Lighthouse tour around Michigan, spend time exploring Sault Ste. Marie, visit the Maritime Museum (relics of the Edmund Fitzgerald!), and of course back to Mackinac Island ... it reminded me so much of the Cayman Islands when we visited back in the mid-80's when it was charming and homey -- I understand after Hurricane Ivan pretty much demolished Georgetown in 2004, it was rebuilt very 'touristy'.
Of course Mackinac City is very touristy -- seemed like every other shop on the main street was a Fudge Shop, and every third shop was tourist souvenirs and such, but 80% of the island is state park, and very few motor vehicles allowed (emergency vehicles - fire & ambulance -- and in the winter, limited snow mobiles and snow plows). People walk, ride bicycles or take a horse trolley, and like the Caymans, their emblem is a turtle!
Anyway, now it's October.... and thanks to Mackinac, I have a perfect fall sweatshirt -- and no, it doesn't shout "I am a Souvenir of Mackinac Island". It's subtle and I love it.
Left Hip, I am NOT happy with you. Knock it off, already!
The Trip with Mom was Mostly Wonderful (despite the highly-touted 'Fall Foliage Canyon Tour into Canada' not living up to its press); it was great spending time with Mom minus family holiday drama and I think we both had fun, more or less.
The aftermath: Fortunately, with the help of our Music Director and the Pastor, I'd been able to work ahead enough on the Sept. 27th bulletin that I really had a minimum of catch-up work to do on Thursday afternoon and Friday (additional plus being that Pastor had ironed out the wrinkles regarding our new phone system - Yay!) However, last Saturday morning I woke up, tried to roll out of bed and actually SCREAMED, as my entire left leg from hip to ankle throbbed with pain. I was barely able to stand up, even with help, and hobble out to the kitchen. Husband fetched the Migraine strength Excedrin (the strongest pain-relief in the house, since the ibuprofen had gone missing sometime during the past seven days -- it later turned up in Daughter's room) and the Staghorn cane.... oddly enough, and this pattern continued all week, after sitting upright in a chair, and eventually moving around, the pain eased off to an occasional twinge and residual soreness reminiscent of post-leg cramp ache.... By Wednesday the ibuprofen had reappeared, and a combination of 'Icy-Hot' on the leg and two IB's shortly before bedtime seems to have managed the morning pain..... but I am totally at a loss as to WHY???
Granted, the previous week's activities had majorly consisted of long periods of sitting, broken up by one-two hours of walking, then more sitting (tour bus & train, bouts of shopping) -- with the exception of Mackinac Island, which was horse trolley the first day, and 5-6 hours walking up and down hills the second day.... But I would think that over-stressed leg muscles would make themselves known a lot sooner and in BOTH Legs...
And of course, considering my family's tendency to develop blood-clots, I've been fretting at every odd twinge and unexplained sore spot for the past ten days...
Sigh.
Still, it was a glorious vacation... I would love to go back and do a Lighthouse tour around Michigan, spend time exploring Sault Ste. Marie, visit the Maritime Museum (relics of the Edmund Fitzgerald!), and of course back to Mackinac Island ... it reminded me so much of the Cayman Islands when we visited back in the mid-80's when it was charming and homey -- I understand after Hurricane Ivan pretty much demolished Georgetown in 2004, it was rebuilt very 'touristy'.
Of course Mackinac City is very touristy -- seemed like every other shop on the main street was a Fudge Shop, and every third shop was tourist souvenirs and such, but 80% of the island is state park, and very few motor vehicles allowed (emergency vehicles - fire & ambulance -- and in the winter, limited snow mobiles and snow plows). People walk, ride bicycles or take a horse trolley, and like the Caymans, their emblem is a turtle!
Anyway, now it's October.... and thanks to Mackinac, I have a perfect fall sweatshirt -- and no, it doesn't shout "I am a Souvenir of Mackinac Island". It's subtle and I love it.
Left Hip, I am NOT happy with you. Knock it off, already!
