I really don’t want this blog to be about “Whining” because I don’t allow it in my groups and I don’t allow it for myself.  It is only counterproductive.

Last week I went to a pain specialist.  I have had Fibromyalgia since 1989.  This doctor helped my mom when she was in so much pain.  I thought I would give him a try as I haven’t really put much focus on it because I know I am never going to be pain free as long as I have it.  I wanted to find out if there was anything knew that may help me.

I went to him because I want to stay active this winter and not get all crippled up.  I think that is why I dislike Winter so much.  If you have been following me all year, you know I did lots of gardening and enjoyed every minute of it.  Sure I hurt but some of it was usual hurt.  There is a difference I learned over the summer.  I could handle that pain but the pain I experience in the winter is so much different and not motivating.  This is why I am so proud of myself taking the challenge of “Getting Dressed To Shoes Hair and Makeup” and did Photo mini blogs for 436 Consecutive Days.

So this doctor started me on a medication that is approved for fibromyalgia.  I haven’t been on it a week yet but so far the only positive thing is my range of motion has increased.  The down side is I feel Loopy and I don’t want that feeling.  It is getting in the way of my day to day FLYing.

Now with this comes a back brace with a hot/cold pack to wear when I am doing activities like shoveling snow.  Today I got a muscle therapy system or another word for it would be a tens unit to place electrodes where I am hurting to decrease the pain.

I am in that mode where I want it to work so bad.  It is too early to tell.  

The Big Issue
Would you believe my biggest issue is where am I going to store these things where they are convenient to get to and put away?  Right now the back brace is on and the tens unit box and everything else that came with it is on my kitchen island.  It doesn’t help that I feel like I have mush for brains today but writing this I believe I may have found a place to get to it and put away.  It is one of my kitchen drawers or a nearby cabinet.

The Lesson I am Learning
I still need to do some decluttering!  If things are landing on countertops, this means one still has to declutter.  The goal to FLYing is to have all countertops and especially working countertops empty so one can do a project easily and then put it away.  The cleaning part of FLYing is really the easy part.  It is that clutter that frustrates us.  Today this is what is happening to me.  I haven’t had this feeling in a very, very long time.

This blog can make or break me.  I always write from the heart.  Many of you are putting up decorations or already have them up.  I haven’t started.

I must realize I have had some major changes in the past week and a half so I am going to be easy on myself.  I got new glasses to get use to and I am.  They feel good now.

Today is Paperwork Day, Purse Boogie and Car Boogie.  Winter was just waiting to surprise us and it did today with more coming.  I am glad I have all of my winter things together.  I just have to move them from one room to the porch and make room for  it.  It is 6:20pm and I haven’t started on any of it.

What Should I Do?
I could say and most people would say, “Just call it a day.  There is always tomorrow.”  Am I one of them?  No, because I don’t want to wake up tomorrow looking at all the things that look out of place just from getting 2 UPS packages in 2 days.  Instead, I am going to start my Before Bedtime Routine Early.  I am going to start with the basics I do every night no matter what and the first thing I plan to do is pick out my clothes that I am wearing tomorrow.  Then I am going to do something different.  I am going to put my chicken breast in my toaster oven.  I will microwave some vegetables and I am thinking carrots from my garden as they are so good.  This can be baking while I do my Jane Fonda Prime Time Workout.  I have been wanting to do it all day.  It’s 25 minutes!  I can do 25 minutes! 

From there I will find a place for my new items that that I got.  I believe it will be in a cabinet where I do have space and I think it will be handy.  I could stay in indecision and just leave it on the counter but because of this system called Flylady where I have learned lessons about habits and routines and now have my own blog and Marilyn’s Way To Organization For Home And Garden I have finally gotten this ingrained in me that I must clear all of my hot spots I created today so that I may have a clean slate for tomorrow. 

Next will be eating my dinner.  I have a salad already made up. The chicken can be baking while I do the Jane Fonda Prime Time Workout.

I am not stopping there.  I will clean my kitchen up as I always do after cooking and then I am going to have all of my necessary paperwork that must be filled out and bills that must be paid in a folder that is the first folder hanging in my file cabinet.  I will have to do my Paperwork Day tomorrow.  It will be the first thing I do after my morning routine is done.  I believe I will be able to work in my purse boogie tonight.

Sounds like a lot, doesn’t it?  Actually it isn’t if it is broken down into 3 – 15 minute sessions with 1 15 minute break.  I believe I can get my home back the way I like it.

The last thing that I am going to do that is new is I am going to take a shower tonight and wash all of the sidetracking and just not feeling like myself right down the drain.  I refuse to allow it to spill over into tomorrow.

How Do I Feel About All Of This?
Even though I hurt and have brain fog from the fibromyalgia, I am feeling pretty good.  Why?  Because I decided to face my fibromyalgia head on and make a plan to turn things around so tomorrow I won’t have to dwell on my yesterday.  Instead it will just be a memory I hope also goes down the drain and I look forward to having a good night’s rest.  Will this plan work?  I am going to give it my very best shot.  Now that I did some planning, I look around and my hotspots don’t look as huge as they did when I first started writing this blog.  Funny how planning can ease the stress of it all and yet, it seems to be one of the least habits many of us don’t practice.  I will say I do a pretty good job of it.  Having said that, I know I can improve and will have to cut back somewhere else.  You know, this is what I call an “Adventure” that is ever changing so I will continue to be present everyday and be ready for whatever it brings my way!
Dance Till You FLY!
Marilyn