Drinks, Diapers & Deities

While I hate having a chronic condition that causes nausia, dizziness and extreme exhaustion (Damned Meniere’s), I do appreciate that it makes me look at everything in my life that does go right and appreciate it a little more. Especially since that’s about all I’ve been able to do effectively this week. I’ve been managing it fairly well for the last few years, and I had managed to avoid any seriously inconvenient attacks for a very long time, but somehow I managed to mess up either my diet, or my stress levels this last week and I have been paying for it. Legge’s been nice enough to take Miriam in the evenings so that I can recline (I can’t lay down again) and rest. I think the worst part is being tired all the time. I can handle being dizzy (I usually am anyway after spinning Ducky around in circles), and I can handle not wanting to eat (YAY size two), but being tired means I can’t work out, which is how I use my alone time. It’s a great way to destress, but since the dark makes things worse, and Iowa is already getting dark in the morning, I’ve had to skip the last few days and it’s making me very grumpy. I’m hoping to get out for my run tonight. It’s hot, humid, nasty and supposed to rain, but I’m up for it because it doesn’t get dark until 9!!! (I never thought I’d miss ND and it’s perpetual summer sunlight so much)
Anyway, this week does make me appreciate that 85% of the time I feel great, that this isn’t genetic, so I don’t have to worry about Ducky getting it, and that I have friends and family to help me out when I can’t do things like drive.
One last thing, since I went to get the mail mid-post. How the hell did I end up on the charitable donations mailing list. In the last three days I have gotten donation requests from: Easter Seals, St. Judes (ok, I know this one since I give to them twice a year), Breast Cancer Foundation, Iowa Cancer Research, Iowa Veterans something or other, and the Salvation Army. For goodness sake, I’m not a nice person, I don’t give money to these people, why are they killing all these trees to mail me? It’s not even a single mailing. The breast cancer and Iowa cancer place has mailed me the same request every week for a month! Silly people.