random thoughts – Day 1,796 – (Saturday) – rice and recreation

Even though the wrist pain isn’t horrible, it’s still kind of exhausting. Friday night I took to bed early with a book. Then, I woke up at 4:00 a.m. Unfortunately, it wasn’t necessarily because I was rested, but because my wrist hurt.

At 4:30, still awake and uncomfortable, I threw in the towel and got up. Kiki seemed curious about what was going on at such an unusual hour and did some meowing and asked for head rubs.

A pot of coffee was started. Ibufrofen was taken. The Ace bandage came off and the ice packs came on. The bruises that appeared yesterday have darkened and spread.

Recreation.

The healthcare regimen was overlaid with recreation of the 600-page variety in the form of A Court of Mist and Fury. With the injured arm resting on a pillow wrapped in a towel and ice gel packs, the book was opened and chapters read. 

There was an interesting activity to attend today (an author appearance at LaLa Books) and an outfit was carefully chosen based on sleeves that fit over the wrist wrap, which eliminated most of my favorite and warmest sweaters. A couple hours after dressing, I saw on Facebook that the event had been postponed. It had taken so long to get dressed that there was no change into stay at home fleece pants. 

By 3:00, there had been several complete cycles of RICE (rest, ice, compression, and elevation), several mugs of Celestial Seasonings Bengal Spice tea, several chapters read, a couple doses of Ibuprofen, a couple movies, and several episodes of Arrested Development. Fatigue was creeping in, but it was definitely too early for bed unless I want to be perky and wide awake at 10:00. But that magical early bedtime will likely arrive very soon.