June 16th

My head was again pounding by 9pm last night.
And I ended up taking 2 more doses of medicine.
I had a restless night
And woke up hammered.

Here's how a bad headache night spills over into the next day:
I doze in and out, hoping the kids will sleep in.
They don't.
This morning Reagan (7) wanted to help make breakfast.
She lit the burner and was about to begin making her breakfast feast.
My mom stopped in and put the brakes on that.
I gathered the children in my bedroom,
where the toy room is.
We talked about the fact that everyone would be pulling extra weight today.
The house was trashed from yesterday.
The children were very supportive.
We made their lists and they went to work.
I admit that they did a bang up job.
I was extremely nauseous and stayed in my room with the little guys.
It took until noon to get over that.
My energy never fully returned.
But this evening, I managed all the driving to and from swim team,
and made a good dinner.
Now we will watch a movie, do some laundry and hit the sack.
Tomorrow I will really miss Dan again,
but my head is feeling better.

June 15th

I had and aura at 7am. It was a good one, could barely see anything.
I am glad, it was after my workout, instead of before,
I have found that one has nothing to do with the other,
except I do not have enough strength to workout after a headache.
Exercise is one of the best things we can do for our heads.

Aura's are strange things.
They come without warning,
are not triggered by stress,
and are not painful.
The pounding begins about 20 minutes after the aura is gone.

It's a bummer, but kind of nice to have the warning.

So I took the last dose of medication I had.
Sydney was kind enough to make breakfast and watch the kids.
She started them on a rigorous summer school schedule.
My mom took Corbin and Cade.
I slept about 2 hours and woke up to begin the day again.
I figured if I pretended I felt fine, I could pull off my day
without another hitch.
Not so.
I haven't felt well all day.
I am hoping tomorrow is better.
Tonight we will go to bed early.

June 10th

The weather brought on a completely unpredictable headache.
I woke up at 2am with a serious pounding.
Maxalt is helping lately, but I only have 1 dose left
and 2 more weeks until I can refill my prescription.

IBprofen at 5:30am
By 6, I was determined to work through it.
Dan took me for a slow, short jog and a tiring work out.
I went to the grocery store for bagels and juice.
The 'beep, beep' of the check out scanner made me nauseous and anxious.
I wish I felt better,
but to be honest, puking and sleeping sounds kind of good right now.
With all the kids home,
We will instead eat, clean the house and do some more science.
No time to be down today.
I look forward to nap time though.

June 4th

Woke up taking Maxalt.
Get the medicine hangover to go with it...all day.

Time for a liver cleanse, and a nice long run.

June 3rd

And some days...they just come.

May 29th

It was a disappointment-induced headache.
Lasted about 8 hours.
Big Bummer.