I have had one of the best day's I've had in a long time today. For two reasons:
1. SMOKING BAN where I live. As of yesterday, a smoking ban went into effect that will make it so pretty much everywhere I want to go, I can avoid smoke... a huge trigger for my migraines. I know my friends who smoke and other smokers just don't understand how big a deal this is for me... but it's HUGE! I bowl in a league with friends, and it's pretty much torture when we bowl a team with smokers... and the alley was even allowing cigars... YUCK! Now my bowling alley is SMOKE-FREE and tonight was the best night of bowling I've had. I bowled one of my highest series ever... and felt great the whole time. I just got home and I don't smell of smoke and have to go up and shower right away... and that is just so great! Now, if I've been invited to go somewhere, I'll likely be able to go even if I do have a hint of a headache coming on. Before, if I had made plans with friends to go out and have dinner or shoot pool, etc... most of the places we went allowed smoking, or had smoking sections (which we all know does not contain the smoke in one area). Now, none of the restaurants, bars, entertainment places I go to will have smoking... so even if I'm not feeling well... I can still go and take my medicine when I get there, and have a decent chance of having the medicine work and being able to enjoy myself. With the smoke there, it was a definite that I would get worse, and would be so sick I could hardly make it home without throwing up... so I canceled on people all the time when I had a headache. This is so HUGE, and I'm so happy about it. I wanted to share because I know so many of you understand how important this is in my life... and hardly anybody I know really gets it.
2. I am just now watching the results of the Iowa caucuses. I really don't talk a lot of politics... as I always hate to be too outspoken on things like that (or religion) as I know these are very personal things to people. But, I have shared with many people the thought that if Barack Obama is elected President of the U.S., it will be one of the happiest days of my life. There are many, many reasons I feel this way, that I won't go into here... but I am just beside myself that he is winning in Iowa. If you've read my previous blog posts, you know I have trouble with depression... and much of that is because I've felt hopeless about the state of our government. With someone like Barack in the running, I feel like I have hope that things can be better... and for me, that is a really big deal too.
I hope you are all doing well. I've been struggling with more migraines than usual this month. Some of which is because of the holidays and my abandoning my normal sleep schedule (WHY, WHY do I do that to myself, knowing what's going to happen). And the holiday smells, and overeating, etc... it all plays in. But, I am feeling better today and hopefully that will continue for another 2-3 weeks when my inevitable hormonal migraines will kick in. :)
Best, Kelli :)
