Day One

Okay so today I had a hard time getting up. I went to bed around 1 or 2 last night...earlier than ususal for me. I slept hard and I did get up around 7am to give my daughter some medicine. I tried to get up around 10 but it was 11 before I finally woke up. My mouth was sort of puffy and I have about 4 ulcers in my mouth that developed yesterday. I kept a glass of ice water by the sofa where I was sleeping to help keep my mouth moist and cool...which helps a lot. A hot dry mouth makes the sores hurt much more. I took 2 motrin when I woke up also to help with the swelling of the sores.
I didnt plan on going anywhere but after a good look at my daughter I realized she needed to go to the doctor and get on some antibiotics. So I got her clothes and helped her wash up and get dressed. I also had to go out to the laundry to get clean towels for the bathroom. So I had about an hour on my feet between doing those two things and then getting my self dressed and fixing my hair. My feet were hurting by then and I went to the kitchen to get something to eat. (homemade tamales from a friend, yum-o!) Then my daughter and I loaded up in the car and headed out to the doctors office.
We got lucky and got a parking space in front, so no long walk there. We went in and I sat and waited, then sat some more in the exam room. We were there for maybe an hour total. We left and I went to the pharmacy, drive through, yay...and since we had to wait for an hour for it to be ready we decided to go get a coffee and my daughters hair trimmed. By luck I found another parking spot on the front row so it was a short walk of maybe 50 ft to Starbucks, stand in line and order. This was the point when my feet were starting to hurt to a point that I was wishing I had brought my cane. I sat while I waited for my order and my daughter got them when ready. We sat for a while and then walked the 50ft back towards the car and the hair salon. While she got a hair cut, I had to stand by her to comfort her. She is tender headed and cryed the whole time. So that was a good 15 to 20 min on my feet....ouch. I limped out of the salon to my car which was thankfully right outside the door.
We drove back to the pharmacy and I used to buggy as sort of a walker. I picked out some medicine for my kid, and a box of bandaids, and went to the back to get my perscriptions. When I was done I had to stand outside of the car for a few minutes to open up stuff and medicate my kiddo...whose fever had come back. I was on my feet for about 15 min in the store and another 15 outside.
Then I got in...I was really dying by now. I took a darvocett, and off we went to the post office at the airport. That was not bad..in and out in 5 min. The post office is about a 15 min drive from where we were before..so I had time to rest on the way there and back..
Next to the video store..I would say 20 min there..and I literally couldnt stand anymore. I had to leave. 15 more minutes in the car and we were home. I hobbled inside, changed into my PJs and that is how I got here.
So let me see...how much time was I on my feet untill I was in pain? 1 hour...And then that plus the rest of the time I was on my feet was a total of 2 hours and 35 min.
Wow..2 1/2 hrs with rest periods of approx 15 min every 15 min or so. I only had 1 hour that I was in minimal discomfort...and I spent the rest of the day in pain. I had to force my self to walk the second hour and half of my walk time.
Well..I am relaxing the rest of the day. See yall tomorrow...