Category Archives: Rheumatoid Arthritis

Apr 25 2013
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Around the House/DIY, Fitness, Friends and Family, Online Fun, Rheumatoid Arthritis

Day 213: T Shirts are Fun

Today I designed and ordered the T-shirts for Team Year of Fun for the Chicago Arthritis Walk!

At first, I was disheartened by the lack of mint colored shirts or fonts on all of the design-your-own T-shirt websites. When I finally found one that had a minty font, the shirts ended up being really expensive. Then my fellow walker (leader of Team Psoriatic Arth-Fight-This in New York) told me about ooshirts, a really affordable site.

I compromised a little on my color plan but ended having a lot of fun designing and ordering shirts for my team. I can’t wait for them to arrive!

Oh, and I ordered extras in case more people want to join the team…

Apr 24 2013
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Around the House/DIY, Chicago Specific Fun, Fitness, Food/Drink Fun, Friends and Family, Fun at Work, Fun for Couples, Games, Guilty Pleasures, Holiday Fun, Nightlife, Online Fun, Outdoor Fun, Pamper/Beautify, Reader Suggested Fun, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Solitary Fun, Theatre Fun, Travel Fun

Day 212: The Oldest Post

This is the oldest post I never wrote. Day 212. April 24. APRIL TWENTY FOURTH?! It was a Wednesday. According to my calendar, I had my regular Wednesday work meetings. Nothing else.

Well I hope Barbara Streisand had a happy birthday!

 

Apr 23 2013
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Fun for Couples, Nightlife, Online Fun, Rheumatoid Arthritis

Day 211: Apple TV

The hubs bought me a new toy to help with my sleeping woes. I sleep pretty well once I fall asleep but I can have trouble getting there. Normally to curb this I put on a movie (refer to TV in the bedroom post on Day 164). This results in me playing the same movie night after night and the hubs waking up at 2 am to turn off that DVD menu music that just repeats over and over. Him getting up usually wakes me up and I put the movie on again. It’s a vicious cycle.

Apple TV will let me play Netflix or any TV show or movie in my iTunes library on the bedroom TV creating both variety and silence upon completion. I’ve already spent half an hour on YouTube. This kind of defeats the purpose but its fun. Now for Netflix and sleep.

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Apr 22 2013
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Chicago Specific Fun, Fitness, Friends and Family, Fun for Couples, Rheumatoid Arthritis

Day 210: Training

The Chicago Arthritis Walk is coming up in a little under a month and I need a little training to make sure I can walk the full three miles. Our European adventure helped as we were walking all the time, but I still don’t think I can just go out one day and walk three miles.

So the hubs and Elphie are helping me train. Tonight we took a 1.6 mile (I know this because I use Map My Walk, a great app for tracking many types of exercise) family walk around our neighborhood. I’m pretty sure today was the warmest day of the year so far, and the sun does not set until after 7pm. Needless to say it was so pleasant and beautiful.

Our plan is to take three walks per week with a minimum distance of 1.5 miles, increasing the length up to 3 miles. I’d like to do at least two three-mile walks before the race. I think this is definitely possible and will make me feel more confident going in to a walk with a lot of family and friends. I would like to be able to just enjoy their company and feel good about raising money for this important cause as opposed to worrying about whether I can walk three miles or not.

If you are interested in joining me or supporting my team, click here.

Apr 13 2013
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Chicago Specific Fun, Food/Drink Fun, Fun at Work, Fun for Couples, Nightlife, Rheumatoid Arthritis

Day 200: Gala

Day 200 feels like a milestone as far as numbers go. As a day, it was pretty epic.

I got to work at 10:30am and got home from work at 1:00am the next day (today). It was our annual gala. My job was to talk to as many people as possible-introduce myself, talk up the company, and generally meet board members and subscribers/donors. Aka be outgoing and on my feet for several hours (like its your wedding)!

The first two hours went well. I talked to a lot of people and had fun doing so. Then came the sit down dinner with a program and awards. The trouble started when I tried to get up from this two hour meal. Two hours standing followed by two hours sitting equaled painful stiff feet. I spent the rest of the night oscillating between trying to talk to more people and sitting. I felt conflicted between work duties and physical necessity.

Thankfully this only went on for about an hour before most of the guests left. Afterward I could help clean up and transport people and things back to the theater without forcing myself to keep standing. The hubs-who attended and won a very cool beer-oriented silent auction item-was also a huge help at the end of night, carrying things and generally making my job easier.

All in all it was a fun night but I’m thankful to be at home resting for the rest of today.

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