I Was Fine When I Didn't Leave the House

Today would have gone smoother if I had never left the house.

This morning I stayed in and did some house cleaning and catching up on my American Idol recordings from last week. Everything was just fine. But bad things happened when I decided to venture outside. After lunch I decided to take a walk around the neighborhood. I took a couple of Tylenols an hour earlier to help with knee aches. The walk was as slow as molasses, especially up the hill. I was not at my best for sure. I did make it around and soon, the end was in sight. Unfortunately, what was not in my sight, was the wood sticking out of my husband's truck that I stupidly ran into when I was coming into the driveway. I had my head down and not paying attention, then "wham!", I was dazed by the collision. Sheesh! As if I didn't have enough problems to worry about I had to add a lump on my forehead. I'd love to blame this one on 'chemo brain' and lack of focus, but I'll just chalk it up to stupidity. 

Then later on, I headed out to pick up my son from wrestling practice. As I was waiting for him, I had the car off, radio on, and was reading a book. He showed up a bit later than usual due to helping clean up mats. We were one of the last few cars in the parking lot. So I start up the car...or, at least I tried to start up the car. The battery had died! What bad luck I was having. I had to call home to have my husband come and give my battery a jump. We found the battery had a terminal that was quite corroded. The car started successfully on its own after we got home and cleaned up the terminals. I hope that is all it needed and that there is not a short causing trouble. We'll see how it behaves tomorrow.

I need some more Tylenol tonight. My knees, calves, ankles, and right shoulder are still causing some discomfort. Nothing serious, but I won't be able to fall asleep until the aches go away. I'm only taking Tylenol as needed now. My bones and joints are getting better each day. Food is still funny tasting but everything else is going okay. I hope I do better during tomorrow's walk. I guess 'my' battery was running low today too.