Busy Day Ahead!

Today when my husband gets home from work, we’ll head over to help at my niece’s house to continue with the remodel. My husband and daughter are the ones helping, I pretty much get in the way and do my best to stay outside only coming in to cool off. I’m the one who gets to run the errands for food or drinks, the fun stuff. I had my swimsuit on over this past weekend in case it got too warm out there so I could go in the pool to cool off. Never got that hot for me to go in. That might change this weekend with the heat and higher humidity that is expected. I just may end up in the pool. My daughter will meet us over there when she gets off of work today as she works just down the street from there. We’ll be over there all weekend with all the things they are trying to get done. The ceilings are done and sprayed, all by my daughter. A wall was removed from the kitchen and the bar area was removed to open it all up. It is really starting to take shape, but still have a ways to go before it will be ready for them to move in. My niece inherited the house from my sister, when my brother-in-law passed. It needs some work done before my niece and her family will be able to move in and get their own house up for sale. So my husband and daughter are helping out to help save money. I’m excited that my niece and her family are going to move closer to this side of town but I’m really going to miss her backyard. She lives right up against the mountains and her backyard is my personal zen moment when I’m there. It is the closest I can get to the mountains at the lake so it is a close second for me. Now that she’ll be moving closer, I’ll miss that back yard, so will she. Yesterday I made it to my appointment with the time to spare to sit and wait. The appointment went just fine and my medication was renewed for another three months. My husband was home early so I fixed dinner a bit early so he could go to bed as he’s exhausted. Between working all these hours and spending the weekends remodeling he’s wiped out. All that reminds us is we are badly out of shape. But I give us credit for still trying to get things done. It just takes us a bit longer now than it did in the years before. I told my husband he needs to be the supervisor and tell people how to do the things, save his back. My husband and daughter have remodeled her master bathroom, 2nd bathroom and her entire kitchen in 2019 so she knows what to do to get things done. My husband calls her the son he never had and we laugh because she is the girliest girl you would ever meet. She’s just not afraid of hard work and getting dirty. Painted nails and all. I’m really proud of her and how much she has helped out with the remodel. Today we’ve got cloudy skies with a high of 108 and a slight chance for rain. I can tell the barometric pressure is changing as the pressure-like feeling in my neck and shoulders is really pronounced this morning. It is so pronounced I not only have to remind myself to lower my shoulders from scrunching up to my ears, I’m also having to lift my neck up straight because it feels like something is laying across the back of my neck pushing it forward. That one is new. I’m used to the pressure-like feeling in my neck and shoulders. It’s like on days like this it feels like my neck is pushing into my shoulders. It also feels like something is laying and pressing on the back of my shoulders. I’m not in any pain, the metal just doesn’t like the barometric pressure changing. I’ll take the pressure-like feeling, it sure beats the agony I lived with while still managing my chronic pain with opioids. Man, I’m glad those days are behind me. I don’t miss being foggy and in constant pain day in and day out. I’ll continue using marijuana as medication once a day to manage my chronic pain. I’ve got the THC gummies on hand if the aches become bothersome with this weather. I’m not worried, I know I’ll never have to suffer in that excruciating pain again. All because  I chose a plant over a pill. Thank you marijuana! 

Getting Hotter

We hit a high of 107 yesterday and are expecting a high of 108 today. The dreaded 110 is in the forecast by Tuesday. Our humidity will start to increase as our monsoon season starts Monday. It used to be when our dew point hit 55 degrees three days in a row they considered it the start of monsoon season. They changed it a few years ago to just say it runs from June 15th-September 25th each summer. Right now our dew point sits at 37 degrees which is considered very dry, that is what is expected to change by this weekend with a very slight chance for a rain storm to form. I’ll keep you posted as my arthritis doesn’t like the humidity around this time of year. It doesn’t cause me pain like  before when I was on opioids, now I just tend to ache a little more than usual throughout the day. Some days it wears on me more than others. On days my sciatic acts up early it wears on me by mid afternoon and I find myself sitting down more often. That is the part that frustrates me! I’m trying to be more active and on days my body doesn’t want me to be, it is a battle. Even on those days I’m still able to meet or exceed my daily step goals so that is a plus.  I just push myself, reminding myself that it is not going to hurt worse than an ache. On days it becomes bothersome I know the Brix THC gummies or Rick Simpson Oil will take it all away within an hour or so. Yesterday I made a quick run to my favorite dispensary, Zenleaf, to pick up my online order for more Rick Simpson Oil. I got the house cleaned in record time and was getting ready to shred the machacua I made in the crock pot for this weekend by the time my husband walked in the door from work. After smelling the machacua cooking all day, we had it for dinner. It was the second time I had made it as my husband usually cooks all the Mexican food we eat because he loves to cook. It relaxes him. It turned out just as good as my husbands, which is no surprise, I know how to cook and follow a recipe. Around 4 pm I took my ½ gram of Rick Simpson Oil and by 6:30 pm I was my usual relaxed, high and ache free for the evening. I got lost in some mindless television, stretched and went to bed. This morning I’m not doing too bad, the ache in my sciatic is only at a dull ache so I’ll count that as better than bothersome. I’ve got an appointment this morning with my psychiatrist to renew my prescription for my sleep medication. It is sad but with my past, from my abusive first marriage, I’ve suffered with insomnia for years. First from the stressful situation and then years later with my neck because of pain. So I need to be high and have a sedative to be able to sleep through most of the night. I mean I’m 64, I get up a couple of times during the night. The only difference is now I can fall right back to sleep. Whereas before, once I woke up, I was up for the rest of the night, no matter what time it was in an incredible amount of pain. Now I’m not constantly wiped out from no sleep and constant pain. That can wear on not only your body, it wears on your mental state of mind. I know, I lived it for 13 years before I transitioned off of opioids to managing my chronic pain with marijuana alone. Waking up each morning feeling refreshed and having no horrible pain to deal with puts a smile on my face daily. The minor aches I deal with now are just my body reminding me I’m still alive and to keep on moving. I tell ya, some days that is easier said than done at my age. This past month with everything that went on, between my brother in law passing, putting the dog down and all the parties, I really feel my age this week. I’m not complaining by any means, I still feel much better at 64 than I did at 54, it just sucks being the oldest one in the room now. I hope that doesn’t mean everyone is expecting me to act my age now because that’s no fun! I’ve got plenty of grandchildren I’ve still got to keep up with. So far I’m not doing too shabby! All because I chose a plant over a pill. Thank you marijuana!

Exploring cannabis for menstrual relief 🌿. It's a topic that needs more light, especially considering how many deal with menstrual discomfort silently.

50-90% suffer from painful periods.
Cannabis might offer natural pain relief.
Questions:

Tried cannabis for menstrual pain?
Why the silence around menstrual health?
How can we talk more openly?
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