A Lupie Snow Day

I am sick of snow!!! This is not New England, Wisconsin, or any other state where you expect alot of snow. Alot of years we barely get 1 real snow fall. This year we're getting about 1 a week. What happened to global warming? Did it turn into global freezing? That's what it's starting to feel like. Even last summer was cooler than normal & half the summer it stayed in the 70s it seemed.... Nice Spring weather but hardly dive in a nice refreshing swimming pool weather. I am 100% a summer person. I LOVE the sun and heat (yes, a lupie who loves the sun & isn't photosensitive is unusual, but so am I). I do not remotely enjoy COLD weather or snow any day of the year other than Christmas...though one of my happiest Valentine's Day memories from when I was younger is of sledding in the snow w/ a guy I was crazy about at the time and a couple of our best friends....My body has an adverse reaction to the cold....first there is the Reynaud's which causes pain, numbness, and color change in my hands something fierce (they are quite patriotic actually- turning red, white, and blue)....then there is the increased pain and stiffness in my muscles and joints; both the lupus and fibro pain decides it's time to make themself known. It is not pleasant and probably doesn't make me a very pleasant person either to be honest. Pain makes most of us a bit grumpy anyway & this is definitely when my pain is at it's worst. The cold grey weather also seems to increase my fatigue quite dramatically...to the point that I have barely ventured from my bed today and did so yesterday only to make a coffee run and pick up a refill on one of my meds. Since there was no class today this wouldn't be such a big deal except that I have an essay due Wednesday morning I haven't even started on. Bad student! On the plus side I have no classes on campus on Tuesdays & can do everything I need to from bed including print the finished paper. It would be a good idea to start on it probably but I will probably do it all tomorrow. It has worked for other papers & this one doesn't even recquire any actual research since it is basically a 3 page summary of our self awareness excercizes in Interpersonal Communications. Sounds exciting, huh? Thankfully I do have a couple of advantages with this assignment. Being a bit older than your average student and having a chronic illness have made me much more aware of myself and my personal identity than most students who are considerably younger than me. I have had plenty of time to learn all about me.....and one thing I have learned is I hate freezing cold, grey, snowy snow days stuck at home!

So that is how this lupie spends her snow day....napping & procrastinating....how did you spend yours?