Another Peak in the journey called Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.)

Ya-Who, my cousin Lisa is starting to walk several blocks a day with her cane, and she is getting stronger every day, which is a good thing for me, because my M.E. is starting to let me know that I need to slow down. We have a 4th of July event coming up, and we need to make some more jewelry and soaps for it. We have a new mold, which we are sure the people here will like, as it is a bunny waving around a hockey stick. We are going to hand-paint the Alaska team colors ....should be really cute, and is as big as our Florida gator soaps. We also have some moose and bear molds to make up, and some firemen molds (for my son, the volunteer fireman)

I will have to rest a bit as I have been doing all the housework and heavy work for months now. The M.E. has reared up, and I am only sleeping in 2 hr intervals. I have noticed that the muscle pain just will not let up, and the head-aches have come back. I do have the strangest symptoms, as the lower half of my body gets very cold while the top half gets hot. I take about 10 baths a day for the lower half, and it is just starting to warm up here so I haven't had much of a problem with the upper half of my body. I am so thankful that I moved to Alaska, as it will not get much hotter than it is now, which for me will be good. Lisa is a Florida gal, however, and she sometimes misses the heat.

The plus side is that now I don't have to explain anything to anybody. I don't have to justify staying in bed if I need to. I don't have to apologize if I have to cancel on something I had agreed to do. This has been a great help in reducing the stress of this illness. I am hoping to build up enough energy after the craft fair to go traveling, and you know I will post pics!

I have added a following button to the site, although I am sure I am just talking to myself. Lisa gets a kick out of listening to me talking and answering myself...she just laughs and laughs.

I will post a pic of our little bunny hockey player soaps when we get them made and painted on the blog, and list them in the store.