Well, day two. And it was a beautiful day today. According to my trusty Weather Bug it is still 74 degrees at 5:43 pm. Not bad for April 22. Mostly I stayed inside, though. I did boring stuff - balanced the check book, did paperwork for the insurance company, and worked on my blog setup. I didn't mind too much as I woke up yesterday morning with an incredibly sore shoulder and today my sister recommended trying the old hot and cold compresses idea. So I was getting up every 20 - 30 minutes running to the freezer or microwave to zap my bean bag. That would have been tough from outside. (and not very attractive running around with a big lump on my shoulder!)

I did, however, get out of the house late this afternoon to pick up some groceries and run to the bank (more boring stuff). It was so wonderful and warm. I love getting in the car when it is like that, opening the moon roof, and cranking up the music. Let's see, today it was a little country. I know, I'm dorky but it was fun!

I am concerned about this shoulder however. I'm just coming off 3 or 4 weeks of dealing with sciatica in my left leg. I've had it before but never this bad. I finally said forget it to the Dr.s and went to an acupuncturist. That's when it started to improve. Cool stuff. But it takes time to work. The day I have a session it seems to be real uncomfortable the rest of that day. Then it will continue to hurt for another couple of days, but by the fourth day - wow, it's like magic! All of a sudden I see a dramatic improvement. Amazing but I should have started with him when the sciatica first hit.

I went yesterday for my fourth session and there is very little leg pain left, I expect it to be pretty much gone in another couple of days. During that session he also treated the shoulder. I have not seen any improvement yet, which I didn't really expect anyway (just hoped for!) but I'm looking forward to a couple days from now to get some relief. Hope, hope, hope!!! It's remarkably uncomfortable.

I'm pretty sick of this, though. I was really sick at the end of May and beginning of June last year and it just seems like I can't completely get back on my feet.

Mid-year resolution: get well, get strong, stay well, stay strong!!!

Thanks for the read, Jeannie C.