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DEAR MIGRAINE

Dear Migraine,

You’re the shadow shadow lurking in me and the lunatic light waiting in that shadow.

Ghostwriter of my half-life, intention’s ambush I can’t prepare for, ruthless whammy

you have me ogling a blinding sun, my right eye naked even with both lids closed—

glowering sun, unerring navigator around this darkened [...]

Crust and dust

Interesting weekend, coming to a close … went out to dinner with a great friend on Thursday night for some yummy goodness at Squatters downtown, then a quiet day at work on Friday.

Saturday was supposed to be a ski day, but unfortunately, the tiny little headache I woke up with on turned into a [...]

2009 Ride #24

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Tried to take advantage of the unexpected good weather and got out for another ride on this holiday Friday; unfortunately, I forgot my inhaler, and had some problems breathing, including a pretty serious asthma attack on the climb up out of Parley’s on the bike path.

Felt like crap, cut the ride [...]

Reminders …

As a reminder that my “comeback” still has a long, long way to go, I woke up this morning with a migraine, and am completely spent energy-wise. After calling in sick, I went back to bed and slept until noon; I’ve been up for almost 2 hours now and have still accomplished nothing other than [...]

Brilliance

Having a migraine is something I would never wish upon any other person … but when you get them as often as I do, you know that often the only thing that can be done is to write-off the day, pop a couple Maxalt or Relpax, crawl into bed and sleep.

After taking off from [...]

The best-laid plans …

Slept in a little bit, but still woke up relatively early this morning; around 7:30 am, planning on getting out for a bike ride this morning, then heading up to Heber for a post-Soldier Hollow shindig chez Mama T.

Didn’t happen.

I had a little bit of a headache when I woke up; figured it [...]