tough titties.
at the risk of sounding like a bitcher and a moaner (i kinda am though), i will just say that i have been too tired to do really anything. i have been trying to push to at least get something productive done no matter how bad i feel…crochet a necky thing, do the fimo part of buttons in bed, small things, but i get so bummed out and depressed. i know i am hard on myself, but it really is torment to feel so lame. i have the creepycrawlies quite often, which i have had issues with for ages and took zanax for it years ago and had insanely bad memory problems (beyond the usual) so i don’t take it. it did help with that stuff though. additionally, from the 2 hour feeding schedule with the baby kitteh, i am just in another world. i have a headache pretty much all the time and have had 2 really bad ones that didn’t want to go away and i got panicky that i would have to go to the ER which then puts me down for a couple of days from the drugs they give me. i am really sleepy and tried to avoid getting online, even though my head feels a bit better, but after taking my pain pill, which made the migraine manageable, but i can feel the migraine underneath the pill, if that makes sense. i am nauseous and tired but can’t sleep. i have so much that i need to get done and caught up on and i am just so behind and it bums me out. i got super behind on emails (don’t even ask about blogs) and then some wholesale orders and listing stuff and packing swaps and things for friends, etc, etc, etc. some people (like katrina, jakie and barbe) are so patient with me it blows me away. i am flaky. i admit it. anyway, here is to hoping i am feeling more normal (in a good way) to-morrow and can get stuff done. if i wake up with a migraine i am going to be seriously pissed off.
in isobel news, she has learned a new gear…reverse! and fast, too. if you shake her toy at her or something she will just run backwards really fast. i was impressed. i showed jake and he cracked up, too. she is climbing her carrier bag and when she is out of it, i lay it on it’s side for her and she plays inside of it with the zipper open and will fall asleep in there on her own. we used the same bag for pavel because i had to take him to the tattoo shop with me to feed him, etc, and he was fine sleeping in there, but once he got mobile, he just wanted out. izzy seems to like it in there. her little nest. she does bite, her baby teeth just came in and i try to redirect her with her crocheted toy, but sometimes she will come up to my face and bite my nose or lips, but she does it really gently. odd. pavel bit(es) like he was trying to eat you. not good. at all.
this photo of izzy is from a week ago i think.
i barely slept last night so i am going to try to do that now. wish me luck.
oh, also, i used fimo to make an ergonomic (if ugly) handle for my smaller crochet hooks. i haven’t used any of the small ones yet to check it out, but i think it should be better, although i saw that susan bates, my preferred hooks, is making metal hooks with bigger bamboo handles. finally. sheesh.
xo
n.
Riin said,
September 8, 2007 @ 8:03 am
Hi Natasha. I can totally relate to the migraine thing. Have you ever tried topamax? I’ve been taking it for several years now, and it’s like it gave me my life back. I still get migraines maybe once or twice a month, but before I was on the topamax I had them almost every day. There was a 6 month period where I had a migraine every single day. I seriously wondered if I would ever have a day without a migraine again. None of the other drugs I tried worked, or they worked for a while and then stopped working.
I don’t know what your insurance situation is. I just have to pay a $14 copay each month for it, but if I had to pay for the whole thing it would be over $300. And when you first start taking it, it has some very potent “neurological side effects” for the first few months (it was originally an anti-seizure drug). That was pretty disconcerting (let me know if you want more details). But that was just temporary. And after a few months when I ramped up to the full dosage, I finally wasn’t having migraines all the time anymore. I can’t tell you how sweet that was.
No affiliation with any drug companies, just happy not to be miserable everyday anymore!
MrsMelvin said,
September 9, 2007 @ 3:14 am
Sorry you’re feeling so crappy. I hope the migraines take a hike. They are the WORST! And kudos on raising Isobel. She’s adorable and looks like she’s doing great. I got my last kitten at 5 weeks (he was a “feral” rescue.) Feeding him with the bottle was so sweet.
natasha said,
September 10, 2007 @ 3:15 pm
riin-yeah, i did take it ages ago, i don’t think it did anything. i seriously think they are just from being on such a strange sleep schedule with the kitten. gah! i hear ya though, they suck. migraines i mean. wait, kittens do, too. they suck milk! hee.
mrsmelvin, thanks so much! your little one is about a week older than ours!