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exhausted lioness on her back

It was colder and windier than I expected when I went out to run errands last night. As a result, my sinus headache came back with a vengeance. I was tired, cold, irritable, and had a headache on top of it all. I don’t know if Lion was looking for sex last night, but I sure wasn’t. So far I don’t have a headache today.

Late yesterday afternoon, Lion added an appointment to Friday afternoon. My job doesn’t have a problem with me adjusting hours to avoid taking paid time off, but it has to be done within the same week. I now have three hours to make up in two days. I’ll do two hours tonight and have to log back in after we get home from his appointment to make up the last hour. It’s gotten me a little on edge.

Our landlord is also coming back today to fix what he didn’t fix last weekend. We don’t know when, so I’ve been running around on my breaks and lunch to get things out of the way. We also have wall-to-wall empty boxes that I haven’t had time to put in the recycle bin. And the laundry is now only partially done because I can only run around in circles so long before I have to get back to work. This all has me on edge too.

To add to the fun, I just had training for a new thing at work that has all three of us from the class scratching our heads, wondering what this fresh hell is. I’m sure it will make some sense once the initial panic wears off. But right now, we’re pretty confused. At least I’m not alone in that sinking ship.

Any one of these things is enough to drive me to drink, but that would be empty calories, and we just blew our diet for the week with pizza and salad last night. I wonder how much weight we gained with that one meal.

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I have been battling a sinus headache for about a week. Sudafed helps, but it isn’t great if you have high blood pressure, so I’ve been trying to avoid it if I can. The doctor recommended Flonase. It will take a while to kick in, though. Anyway, my eyeballs feel squished, so I haven’t been a happy camper.

As I’m sure you’ve read, Lion has been having more than his share of issues lately. I don’t know if symptom A caused or was caused by symptom B. Maybe it’s just a coincidence. He’s feeling better although still not quite 100%. He’s got an MRI scheduled for Tuesday. I hope we’ll know more after that.

We’re continuing on our diet. When the power in the kitchen was out, I moved the microwave onto the stove to make room for the electrician. I managed to accidentally turn on the stove and burned the rubber foot on the microwave. It seemed okay for a day, but then it started making a weird noise and smelling like wires burning. Luckily, most of our food can be made in either the microwave or conventional oven. It was an adventure trying to figure out how to steam a veggie the other night, though. How did they do it in the good old days? I figured it out. My mother would have been proud.

When Lion wasn’t feeling well, he was craving chocolate shakes. That’s sort of his go-to thing. He wanted homemade chicken soup, but we didn’t have any in the freezer. I gave him whatever he wanted to eat and didn’t consider it cheating on his diet. I just wanted him to feel better.

After work, I’ll go get our replacement microwave, and we’ll be cheating a bit for dinner with pizza and a salad. Of course, the salad has all sorts of bad things in it, so maybe we’ll skip it. It’s a really good salad, but it probably has as many calories as the pizza. We’ll be back on the diet tomorrow.

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We spent Monday afternoon in the ER. My doctor wanted some tests; the quickest way to get them was by visiting the emergency room. Yuck. Our hospital is a very nice place with a modern ER. The gunshot victims go to a different hospital. Still, there’s nothing like spending five hours on an uncomfortable gurney in a cubicle separated by a curtain from a woman with dementia. Mrs. Lion was with me, iPad in hand. I got a CAT (big cat?) scan of my head. They didn’t find anything. No surprise. Blood was taken, and other vitals were checked. No alarming results just wasted time.

I have more sensation in my left hand, but still not back to normal. Unsurprisingly, I have been tired. I stayed in bed and listened to an Audible book until lunch yesterday. I’m up now at 2 writing this post. The ER doc’s opinion was that the problem was in my brain. I thought I heard Mrs. Lion snort when she said that. Apparently, all of my fingers going numb at the same time is not usually caused by a problem with the spinal cord. The brain is more likely. I’m supposed to be scheduled for an MRI and an MRA soon. Nothing like spending a half hour in a small tube with loud noises all around me.

I know. Bitch, bitch, bitch. Sorry for complaining. I’m not a good patient.

Obviously, sex hasn’t been on my mind. Mrs. Lion has taken over my coffee pot duties while my sensation returns to my hand and my balance improves. Oh, did I forget to tell you? My balance took a hit after the “incident” last Thursday. Crap!

Enough grumbling.

As you might imagine, situations like this are vivid reminders of my mortality. They are also reminders of how valuable a partner like Mrs. Lion is. She makes sure I’m OK and helps me in every way she can, even when I get grumpy.

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Sensation continues to return to my right hand. I got an email from my neurologist suggesting I visit the ER where they can perform needed tests quickly. I don’t want to go. The last thing I want is to be admitted to the hospital. I seem to be recovering. The neurologist thinks I may have had a small brain bleed. Yuck. Good thing  I have a small brain. The steroid I was prescribed on Saturday seems to be helping. I only have five pills. If the problem is swelling (brain, spinal column), it will return. As for now, I seem to be recovering.

Sunday, Mrs. Lion set up the massage table and finally got to cover my balls and nipples with clothespins. I’m happy to report I had an orgasm. It was fun for both of us. It also helped us feel that things are getting back to normal with me. I’m still feeling tired. I guess that’s to be expected. I probably should go to the dreaded ER. Mrs. Lion is off on a medical visit of her own. When she gets back, we’ll talk it over. I also asked the neurologist to call me.

I don’t mean to bore you with my medical issues. I do only because they change our approach to our lifestyle. Speaking of that, another blog wrote about finding a substitute spanker if the disciplinary wife is temporarily out of commission. The tone of the post and comments were surprisingly unsympathetic to the wife. The concern was exclusively about how to continue the spankings without interruption. The interesting euphemism was “maintaining guardrails.” This surprised me. It’s one thing to carry on endless conversations about spanking and how they help and change behaviors. I think it is quite another to seriously debate how to get substitute spankers. If Mrs. Lion is having a problem, dealing with the problem is going to be my focus. I’m a grownup and can control my behavior without the continued threat of a spanking.

This attitude bothers me because it doesn’t recognize the dynamic of the relationship. Sure, spankng helps me. It satisfies a deep sexual need as well as providing me with useful education. I respectfully submit that the better question in the case of spousal loss of spanking ability is if the spanking partner needs someone to take up her work until she recovers. Anyway, it’s something to consider.