Sciatica. Day Three. Sleeping on the couch so as to avoid falling down the stairs. Easier to get up at night and walk. I think the sleep loss is as bad as the pain, which is pretty shocking right now. Trying to hit the inflamed nerve over the head with Prednisone, not helping a ton yet (that I can tell...maybe it is?) Ugh! It is good to be up and walking though, so off to school we go despite wanting to do otherwise. Long day ahead.
The weather is unseasonably cold. Hapi told me "Cold. Chilly." as his first words today -- he knows what they mean. It is always good to have cool weather at the end of the year as the kids are less likely to check out. As always, we are running out of time and all the classes are finishing, whether they are done with their art or not. To be finished over the summer for fun!
Because I am feeling pretty consumed by my physical self today, here's a link to a few very visceral pieces about chronic pain that are highly understandable. I can't see the point of making a piece about this myself as I have too many other ideas in my head to make, but like the validation present in these works. Cheerio. Have to go put the trash out, which is nothing compared to grocery shopping and bird cage cleaning with sciatic pain. As I've said too many times before, living inside a body that feels like this is miserable, but is a challenge of the mind. Distraction again today!