today, the pain is tolerable.
i am more able yesterday and today than i have been in weeks.
so hard not to overdo it.
i want to go out and run 5 miles.
the store continues to do fair. of course we'd like to do more with it.
but time will tell.
i went to the chiropractor yesterday and he popped my bones, i feel a lot better. but i go tomorrow for the results. i'm sure it's not great. let's just hope that it's not really horrible.
Finally, we have espresso at our freakin espresso bar.
I'm going to spend an awful amount of time tonight reworking the set up, calibrating the machine and grinder, and clean up.
It wouldn't take so long if I weren't trying to take it easy on my neck/back/shoulder.
I'd like to kick my sister's hiney. I am that frustrated with her.
Married life is great.
:)
We were married today at 11:30 after the church service.
I made a very loose, not form fitting dress which I like very much. The cat's like it too. They like to lay on it. They have wedding dress envy.
There was a friend there that took pictures.... So, I imagine that there will be pictures to follow probably tomorrow.
We are super exhausted and very happy. Yes, I am taking his last name.
There was something wrong with our e-vitation and it seems as though very few were able to make it. Which is fine, hopefully, everyone that is able will make it August 4 or August 11.
We chose silver claddaghs as our bands and we will probably have a honeymoon in a year or two where we buy another ring and actually visit Ireland.
Michael made the wedding cake all by his self. It was perfect.
I had a huge bouquet of already arranged flowers from Sam's Club.
I think we spent 200 on our wedding and 13,000 on our coffee shop.
No regrets.
Very happy.
It seems as though I am being forced to learn that I am indeed, not 18 anymore. While 34 is not an age that I feel 'old' at, I definitely am being forced to listen to my body. Who knew all that stuff that they were talking about when they said 'posture' and 'self care' was real?
I've done some researching in effort to try and help my neck and be as educated as possible for my doctor's visit. A cervical injury is very likely since my other symptoms (not really able to locate the pain to a specific point, pain in my neck, shoulder, outer shoulder and sometimes to my elbow, and my personal favorite: foot dragging. That's right, every now and then I seem to drag my foot unannounced, nearly tripping myself. I feel very strange trying to actively think about posture and walking and picking up my feet when these are supposed to be involuntary processes)
Thankfully, I believe in holistic medicine (another thing that I could kick myself for, but its so not helpful, is not being as strict on my diet as I used to be. I'm soooo back on that band wagon now. Especially with the horror of wearing a size 16 dress for my wedding.... probably next Sunday.) But, there's no point in thrashing myself when I really have to pay such close attention to taking care of myself. I've been blessed before to have healing holistically, I plan on taking that initiative again.
So, full body cleansing, back to the strict vegan diet, and very careful posture.
Thank God I took those bellydancing classes and learned how to exercise by isolating. I can isolate my head and shoulders while working out most of my mid torso and legs. I don't know how I'll do with the pilates, but we'll see what I'm able to do. I wonder if it burns calories changing your posture, I can feel the burn.....
Well, we did not do well at the 4th celebration. We were disappointed, but the good thing is that we didn't really lose too much on it and that the store is very well stocked for some time.
It's becoming apparent that I have a neck injury. I am trying not to say that because I don't want to feed into it. But, I have been plagued for about a month and a half with neck issues. Longer than that really. I am wondering if it isn't related to when I fell off the horse 2 years ago.
When Michael's benefits kick in, then I will be able to go to a chiropractor and get this further looked at. I got a massage last night and every time that she got to the area in question, the muscle would jump/shift. I have been afraid to work out or do my pilates for a while now that I may aggravate or further injure myself.
I will try to get some pics on line soon.