let it snow, let it snow

Let it Snow, Let it Snow…

I went to the store early this morning to get some food for the weekend. I have been dying to try out a chipotle mayonnaise on a chicken sandwich. Today I finally made it and it was so good. I also did some shopping for my mother who needed milk.

My day started off early as I woke up at six. My foot acted up about a half hour later so I took some pills and went back to sleep. I thought I would chronicle the day but I realized I already had a blog called a day in the life of the midnight demon so I nixed it.

I have been in a relatively ok mood. It’s neither good nor bad, kind of in between. I still am fretting over what my therapist will do/say about me taking this week off and then her being off the next two weeks. But I guess I will find out Monday, that is if the snow doesn’t cancel school. I will be pissed if that happens. It started snowing around 3 and is supposed to continue until tomorrow. My back is not liking this weather at all. I am having a flare up and sciatic pain in my left buttock. I just took something for it because I don’t want it to get worse.

I am concerned about a fellow blogger. She is having some psychotic symptoms that are out of control but because of some issues with an upcoming vacation, she can’t go in the hospital, where I think is where she needs to be as she is getting worse not better with the increase in medication. I am really worried because I know how bad things can get with psychosis and paranoia. Been there, done that. But I am not her so I can’t make judgments of the hospital kind, only express my concern. I hope this quiets down for her and she gets better soon. I also wish there was a better system for her other than just going to the ER because it is the weekend. I always have my pdoc on call in emergencies. But I guess not everyone has that and that is a shame.

I haven’t heard from my writing partner in a few days. I hope things are ok with her. I know she had a speaking engagement yesterday but was expecting an email today at least. But she usually takes the weekend off from email. I don’t know if I could do that. I am almost always on the laptop, playing games and such so it would be hard for me to ignore an email if I got one. Plus my friend usually emails me before we set up a time to meet up so it is kind of good that I don’t keep off the email on weekends.

Wind is rattling the windows. And it is so fricken cold. I don’t know what my mother did but she turn the gas on a pilot and didn’t light it. I came out of my room and smelled gas. I didn’t use the stove today so I know I didn’t turn any knobs accidently. I opened a window to let the smell out for a few minutes but she closed it while I took a shower. The kitchen is the coldest room because my asshole cousins didn’t put enough insulation when they were rebuilding it. We also have a crummy radiator that works when it wants to. The heating system is a joke. We have to turn it on to 70 for the house to get warm, 80 to get it hot. We have gas heat, which I find more convenient than oil heat. I grew up with oil heat and I hated it because you had to have at least $300 (USD) to get a decent amount of fuel in the tank and that was a lot of money when you were on welfare. I am sure the cost is more now than it was back then. I feel for those that can’t afford heat. I know what it is like to be cold. We were never on the streets or close to it but the house I grew up in was drafty and my room had no radiator. So I had to pile on the blankets to keep warm during the winter. I didn’t mind it as I liked my room being drafty and cool. It was better than it being too warm. But since getting my nerve injury, I can no longer tolerate either hot nor cold. The cold weather causes spasms and arthritic pain. Hot weather, I just can’t tolerate, at all. That is why I need the AC. I used to love the cold but it doesn’t like me anymore.