Bleh- a headache tale

I woke up yesterday and my neck hurt, all through my shoulder up to my ear. The unusual part is that it was on the left side. After my shower and blowdrying my hair some, I sat on the couch with the heating pad behind my neck, which sometimes helps. I figured I could wait it out without taking a painkiller because I was getting a massage at 3:30. I'd just gotten an adjustment Monday, so I figured it wasn't that. It wasn't too bad until early afternoon when it started hurting more. I still left it alone. (It was raining all day, too) Then I went to the massage, told the nice lady where it hurt, and she only worked there a little bit. She spent a lot of time on my shoulders, it seemed. I generally felt better though.

Until after I got home, when it started hurting again. I took an advil, and waited. It became tolerable. We watched Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which was funny. We watched Monday's Heroes on Netflix.* I eventually went to bed, where it got worse in the way headaches can only do when you are trying to sleep. I tossed and turned, and didn't wake up Donald. I was hot and pushed off the sheet. At that point my left temple was throbbing. If I slept, it was very shallow and for short periods of time. At some point I got up and took another advil. (this amount usually does it.) Moments after that I got back out of bed to get the heating pad. I think Donald woke up around this point. I put the heating pad on my pillow and just laid my head on it. (I wish it got hotter) after awhile Donald's alarm clock went off. Great. After he got out of bed the heat had done its trick and I felt somewhat better. Then I woke up to the sound of Anna yakking. Great. I always love waking up to that sound.

Right now it doesn't hurt much. It feels tender, and achy. I'll take a shower, and it will hopefully feel better after that.

* If you don't watch Heroes on Monday, don't bother with Hulu or NBC.com. Wait a couple more days for it to be up on Netflix Watch Instantly. It's much better video quality and no commercials.

I bought an enormous tube of kettle corn yesterday from a cart in the parking lot at Ward Parkway. It is delicious. The whole house smells like amazing kettle corn. Now I want kettle corn for breakfast. Crispy salty/sweet kettle corn!

We have a trial period cat right now. Tasha has been here for almost 2 weeks, and the amount of hissing has gone down a lot. It's not gone, but it's better. At first, Anna was very interested in Tasha, and Tasha was interested in getting away. Now Anna swats at Tasha sometimes when she gets too close, and sometimes they sniff noses peacefully with no hissing. As for humans, Tasha is happy to be petted on her own terms. If you are standing, and she walks by, and you lean over to pet her, she's likely to skitter away. If she's on the spare bed, and you sit there to pet her, she's likely to wiggle onto her back so I can pet the tummy. It's a nice soft tummy.

The play I've been in tech for opens tonight. It's a relief to get one thing off your plate. Soon I'll be on to the next opera. Time to start thinking about that one. Hmm, actually the gel for that one should be in next week.

We have 2 episodes left to watch in season 2 of How I Met Your Mother. We lurve this show. Donald and I have been watching it in all our free time for about a week. I tried to get season 3 yesterday, but I couldn't find it. Mike has vowed to acquire it this weekend.

In Animal Crossing news, the internet told me that if I chop down an existing tree and then plant another in the exact spot, it's almost certain that the new tree will grow. Now I have several peach trees, which are very profitable! (My town grows oranges.) I've also planted some coconut trees by the ocean, which will only grow if you plant them a certain distance from the water. Now that I've paid off my mortgage, I'm building a second story on my house. Then I get to decorate another room. I think I'll use the mushroom themed items that I got for giving all those acorns to that turtle. Then after I pay of that mortgage, I think a basement is the next improvement.

Now I will go eat breakfast. It will not be kettle corn.

Oh, and even though leaves are falling, I haven't been able to crunch them because it's been raining. >:(

Gotta enjoy it while I can

It's very pleasant outside. The sun is shining, but it isn't humid, it's about 70º and starting to smell like fall. Ahh, the couple weeks when Missouri weather is great! Soon the leaves will change, then fall, and I will be able to crunch them. I love to crunch leaves.