March Madness (in more ways than one)

It was a gorgeous weekend along the Front Range!!  Wow!!  What a way for my own March Madness to begin ... The Bombshell is on Spring Break this week and is in town with my most favoritest Munchkins in the whole wide world.  My University of Colorado Golden Buffaloes won the PAC12 Championship and are going to The Dance!!  My KU Jayhawks didn’t fare quite as well in the Big12 as I would have liked, but they are still going Dancing as well!!  My Team and I spent some time working in his yard on Saturday (he was in shorts and a t-shirt; I was in sweatpants, a tank, a long sleeved t-shirt, a sweatshirt, took the sweatshirt off, took the t-shirt off, put my arms through the t-shirt sleeves and the rest of the shirt behind my shoulders, put the t-shirt all the way on, went back to just the sleeves, and finally needed the sweatshirt again … ah!!  The benefits of layers!!)  The people that report on the Skank are predicting temps in the 70’s all week, with minimal wind and no snow.  They are also predicting that the nightly lows will not go below 40.  March Madness has officially started … and I feel confident enough to make plans … for the whole week!!  Are you kidding me??  It’s friggin March, the worst month of the year, for me, for the last 20 years!!  Thank you, Skank!!  I usually just have to rely on NCAA basketball to help me weather the storms, but she has given this crazy cripple something else to look forward to … in MARCH!!

I know that I still have to contend with my Frankendusa persona in the mornings, so any plans that I make will have to start after 10a.m.  I know that I do not have my summer-stamina yet, so I’ll schedule a daily “rest” from 2-4.  I know that I’m prone to overdo it once and a while (shush!! to those of you that know me personally!!), so I will take my meds and my Go-Bag with me wherever I go this week.  I know that I get to spend happy face time with my fam, so I'll keep my camera handy!!  I know that I’ll have to continue dressing in layers, I have to do that even in the summer.  I know that I can open up the doors and windows and blow the stink of winter out of the Chalet and the Oasis.  I know that Thursday I will watch the CSU Rams take on Murray St just before I go ape-s#*t when the CU Buffs take on UNLV in Albuquerque.  I know that, pain levels (and bball scores) permitting, I can have one helluva week!!  Bring It!!

Have I begun making plans outside of basketball??  No, not yet.  But the possibilities are almost mind-blowing considering the time of year.  The snow will come back, it always does and March is our snowiest month of the year.  But I can tell you that I am gonna work this damn “heat-wave” like I’d work my last piece of Nicorette gum.  There will a price to pay.  There always is when you’re an RSDer.  But acceptance is key!!  I am aware of all of the negativities that can come with overdoing it.  I can make the necessary arrangements for next week so that, God forbid, I should work myself back into a flare this week, I will have nothing to do but rest and recover!!  I like to call it, “Spoon Management.”

I have faith that I will make the most out of the gorgeous week ahead with most of my favorite people in the world.  I have faith that I will stick to my schedule and rest daily.  I’m sure I will have a setback or 2 (they’re inevitable) but I have faith that I will take the necessary precautions to diminish the severity of the setback(s).  Bring on the vitamin D, God’s Prozac, the sunscreen, the capris and (dare I say it) the shorts, the flip-flops, the ball caps … and if Kiva’s lucky, she might get a walk or 2 out of the deal as well!!