Excedrine Migraine and Sunbreeze.
I got up at 5 with the mother of migraines. I couldn’t lay down any more. Sitting up made me nauseated. It was bad. Bad bad bad. I woke Christiano up when I moved – sometimes co-sleeping has a disadvantage, and that’s it. I move, he’s awake. I had Pato take him and came out here. Stumbled to the kitchen, took 2 Excedrin migraines and rubbed some Sunbreeze on my forehead, temples, neck, tried to get to the exact area where it hurt in my head, but I’ve got so much hair, I don’t think that accomplished much.
I looked for the moon. Couldn’t find it. (The moon is what we call this ice pack that my aunt gave me, it’s got moons all over it and it’s filled with rice and herbs. I keep it in the freezer, but you can put it in the microwave and warm it up too, but for migraines it works best cold.) One of my children must have stubbed a toe gotten hurt and the moon is the only remedy for owies around here I guess. It never made it back to the freezer and I didn’t have what it took to look for it.
I made coffee. Felt my way to my computer chair and sat down, waiting for the coffee to be done. Poured myself a cup. Took a drink and ran to pray to the porcelin God. Yeah, that helps a migraine.
I laid down again and just concentrated on my breathing and finally fell back asleep. Woke up at 8 with it just barely there. I came out here to get some more Sunbreeze and decided to blog. But, I may lay back down again before I get done.
I get migraines sometimes, but not so bad that I am literally sick. That’s the first time I think that has happened and I’m starting to blame it on the one gingerbread cookie martini I had at the Outback last night. That thing was strong. I don’t drink much, maybe one drink ever 2 or 3 months. I’ve got 4 kids, 3 of them 5 and under, and my husband works 5 days a week, leaving home at 9:30 AM and not getting home until 11 – 12 AM. Plus Wednesdays he works from 5 PM until whenever they close, again getting home at 11 or 12 AM. He’s only off on Fridays. I’m not a teetotaler by choice. I enjoy a good margarita when I can, but I just don’t get a chance to often.
Anyways, that martini, just one, it kicked me in the butt. I was tipsy all through dinner. I had no intention of drinking enough to be tipsy. I thought it would be like a chocolate martini, just good taste, nothing in it to knock you on the floor. Nope.
Pato was laughing at me because even when I do drink, I don’t like to get drunk, ever.
I binged a lot before I turned 21. My friend and I would play cards and finish bottles between the 2 of us.
Hangovers are never ever ever fun. Drinking enough to throw up that night, never fun.
So, if I drink, I have 1. That’s my limit. I’m a lightweight when it comes to liquor (figuratively speaking, because I’m definitely not a light weight literally. 
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This doesn’t feel like a hangover, though, I haven’t had one in 13 years or so to compare it to. It just feels like a migraine. And I’m still shaky and kind of squinting at the monitor.
I’m starting to think it’s just that we need new pillows. I seem to be waking up more and more with headaches. I think I’ll ask Pato to go by me 2 new big soft fluffy pillows and see if it helps the headaches because I so don’t want to wake up like this again tomorrow.
Lookie, I made it through the post without going back to bed. I think I’ll head that way though before the Excedrine wears off and this migraine mounts my brain again. It has to stay away. Pato works today and I can’t spend the day in bed. That sounds so good though. Is it so much to ask to spend the day in bed when you don’t feel good?
I think it is when you have a 10, 5, 3, and 9 month old to take care of and your DH can’t take the day off. Maybe I can talk Jordan into watching the girls while I lay down with Christiano later. What could possibly happen? Nothing ….. if they are getting a long. If not, I don’t want to think about it.
Have a great day!
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Yeah, that sounds more like a migraine than a hangover. Hopefully you will get to feeling better. I hate migraines. I only get them once in a while but when I do I have to sit in a dark room with no noise until I fall asleep. It bites. And you can’t do that when you have kids… Hope the migraine is gone by now. Happy SITS Saturday!
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I hope you feel better! I use to get migraines alot, but not so much now, so I can definetely “feel your pain”. Dark cool room is the ticket.