A Changing Sky

The sky was bright and sunny today.  The weather predictors were saying we would have a change with possible light precipitation by Wednesday.  By this afternoon, the sky has become heavy and grey with clouds. The temperature has cooled.  We shall see how the weather turns.

I should have suspected that the weather forecasters were correct.  When I awoke this morning, I had joint pain, and no desire to move.  On a work day, I would have forced myself into the hot shower, and get dressed so I could go to work.  On a weekend, day off or holiday, I just rather lounge for a while, and gradually work my bones and body to move, take my shower and take it easy.  Which is what I have done and have been doing today.  

Achy Joints

I have had achy joints most of the past week, and was not surprised because we were forecast to have a weather change late in the week. Well, the predicted inclement weather moved in and we had rain last night, some thunder and lightning. My joints are good predictors of bad weather. 

Crashed

I can usually make it through the work day with enough energy to finish.  About 20 minutes before my work day ended, I lost my energy, but made it through the day, ran an errand and made it home.  When I got home, I sat for a while and just rested, but then went on to do errands: empty the dishwasher, feed the cats, clean the cat pans, take my pills.  It took me several hours to do all that, with lots of resting in between.  I am still tired, but I hate to go to bed too early, because if I wake up in the middle of the night, I might not be able to go back to sleep. I do not sleep well, and that would be my history. 

Not only am I tired, I cannot get comfortable.  Sometimes I am cold, sometimes I am too hot, and my bones ache.  I hope that I am not getting sick, again.  

I will plan to go to bed early tonight.  

Aches and Pains

I awoke today with costochondritis .  I had pain on the right side of my rib cage, and it became worse as the day continued. I could not imagine what I did to cause the pain. There were times during the day, that it was difficult to breathe.   And then, my hips started hurting, and my left knee started hurting; the longer I sat, the more I hurt. A cold front was moving in.

When I got home tonight, I used the mini-tens machine, and had immediate relief from the back pain, and after a while, from the costochondritis.  I also had the space heater going, so that I had a warm nest to sit in. What relief. 

Body Aches

So I woke up really stiff and sore this morning, but went to work, and by about midday, I was feeling pretty good.  I realized how good I was feeling when I got on the elliptical this evening and did 45 good minutes, when I could only force myself to do 30 minutes of very lethargic exercise last night.

I am starting to "stove" up again, but I suspect that is a function of the negative weather change this evening. 

Weather Change

We are anticipating a weather change near the end of the weekhttps://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/USTX0808:1:US.  Right now, it has been very warm during the day (80s) and cooler at night (40s).  The weather change will mean cooler days.  I started aching this afternoon.  Sometimes I ache if I sit in the same position for too long, but I did not sit very long this afternoon before I started aching.  I noticed it in my back first, but now my hips and even my hands ache.  I am wondering if the weather change will happen sooner than later.  Well, we shall see.