under siege

[ironymaiden]

i've had a lot more headaches lately. nothing out of standard pattern for me, tension that rolls from my right shoulder, up my neck, and feels like a c-clamp with contacts behind my eye and at the back of my skull. i know the warning signs and how to effectively treat them. but they had been a monthly or less occurrence, and now they are weekly or more.

this doesn't really fit with the general sense of peace in my household, the books i've been devouring*, a new quilt underway, a good last session of D&D before the holidays, and lovely visits with friends (just passed and planned in the near future).

this does fit with 2009, though. i'm coiled and waiting for the next blow.** i was going to post this quote from warren_ellis earlier today, but i thought that i was just asking for trouble. with more lousy news coming from all quarters it seems more appropriate than ever:

"I’m starting to get the sense that 2009 wants to finish me off before it dies of old age. A calendrical unit yelling "I’m taking you with me, you bastard!" from its vanishing final paper bunker marked December, every spent day a room deleted from the structure until 2009 is finally huddled in one small box marked 31 and screaming obscenities in stark terror."



*i'm on a big Bujold kick. somehow i avoided reading any of her books previously, and now i have a steady flow coming in on library holds. they seem to be the grilled cheese and tomato soup of speculative fiction - i don't know that they're terribly good, but they are fatty and salty and filling and exude comfort. the only minus is that Baen has the worst art direction possible. i find myself wanting to hide the covers when i read on the bus because they are so embarrassingly ugly. i have an idea for an epic linkpost of bitching about this, but may never get around to it.

**and i'm pretty sure i'm grinding my teeth in my sleep. i should see a dentist about that. did i mention that my dentist seems to have retired with zero fanfare? i have several hearty recommendations to sort through. staying at the practice he joined before disappearing is not acceptable.

Comments

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

Oy, I'm sorry about the headaches. I had no idea. Suckage.

I'm with you. 2009: Not sorry to see it go.

[errantly.livejournal.com]

I grind my teeth, too. I blame 2009 (and the stress it induced).

[e-bourne.livejournal.com]

I have an excellent dentist (that I haven't gone to because I am a bad person) if you need more recos. Grinding teeth is bad. I do it all the time. This summer, I cracked several teeth. Revert back to previous parens.

2009 sucks major yak crap. I emapthize with your headache. I wake up with one often, and my shoulders hurt. I remain hunched over for the next body blow. Fingers and toes are crossed to pass safely into 2010, which my gut tells me will be a good year. I am going with my gut. Trust my gut. It's soft and maleable and often right.

[varina8.livejournal.com]

I saw the quote about 2009 and wanted to scream: "amen, amen, amen." But we shall not frighten the horses.