My hands have gone numb
It’s not my carpal tunnel stuff — it’s my wrenched neck stuff. I need to go upstairs and stretch but the boys (Noah has a friend over) are playing hideous video games and the noise might drive me insane. So instead I’m downloading neo soul music and trying to be mellow.
For the first time in two weeks I got my inbox below 50 (it’s currently at 21). My rule is to keep my gmail inbox to one page at all times. At least that’s the goal and some days I’m more succesful at it than others. This summer I’ve made it my mission to unsubscribe from 1 point 6 zillion lists and newsletters that I somehow subscribed to and am sick of deleting.
I’ve been feeling low-grade anxious/fidgety all week and today my coping mechanisms didn’t seem to be working all that well. I think I need a hobby. I mean, besides downloading music. And no, I’m not going to take up knitting. God forbid I should do anything requiring small motor skills especially with this carpal tunnel thing. Plus I hate small, poky, fussy things that require me to pay attention to details. Ugh. No. Although I admire you small motor people, I have no desire to join you.
I don’t know why it is but complaining on my blog has cheered me up some. My hands are still numb but at least I’m less grouchy about it.
shucks, to tell you the truth, Dawn, I enjoy hearing you complain on your blog. not only is it a good read, but i love how i get a feeling of YOU — human, you — being on the other end, typing away, when you write about this kind of thing!
I so appreciate that you flat-out say the things so many of us feel. Congrats on dumping some of that clutter (like non-essential emails and unwanted newsletters). I’ve been cleaning out a file of email ideas I long ago entitled “wanna do.” How bad do I wanna do these things if the ideas have been sitting in an email folder for weeks or months on end.
wow, it must be contagious. My hands are tingly numb today too! Weird.
Dawn- I hate to confess but I was in your town for a few hours last week. I wanted to see you but there just wasn’t any time. But I waved around while I was there and thought of you a lot. It was during that crazy wild thunderstorm - what a greeting!!
Ok, I admit I have a zillion emails but like you I have been deleting all of those newletters I signed up for. Well, except about.com who will not let you unsubscribe no matter how many times you go in and do it.
Your numb hands hit home too, for the past few months I have been having both my arms and hands go numb, one, then the other. Since I do banquet serving I think I have done something carring the trays and need to get a massage or something. It is so annoying and even painful. Hope you find relief.
My new hobby is traction. It’s working for the numb hands, but it wears off after a couple days and I go back in for more.
Feel better!
You don’t need to take up knitting. You need to take up spinning. Like making various fluffy substances into yarn. Even now, with my index finger partially numb (don’t ask, but I hope it’s temporary) I can still make passable sock yarn.
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