Hi Sweetie,
As tired as I was from everything that happened yesterday, I ended up with the worst night of sleep I can ever remember. My hips started bothering me when I went to bed, so I took something that Maureen had recommended, naproxin gelcaps. She said it would work in as little as 15 minutes, which would have been wonderful. I've typically been taking ibuprofen pills, and they take nearly an hour. Well, I did start to feel a bit better in about 25 minutes, but an hour later, I was in agony again, so I took another one. It did absolutely nothing. An hour later, I was taking a third one, which I wasn't supposed to do, but I was in so much pain, I plowed again. That didn't do anything either. It was excruciating! I even got up at midnight to get some ice, hoping that would bring down the inflammation, and it helped a little bit, for a little while, but in the end, I was awake for about 45 minutes of every hour, and managed to doze off briefly. I think I got maybe an hour or two of sleep. I woke up to my 6:00 alarm, had breakfast and got over to Albertsons asap to get some extra strength Tylenol, and took a regular dose of that. I started working in about 30 minutes, thank goodness! It also helped that by then I was driving this little rental Nissan that had a pretty comfy seat, probably the first comfy chair I've been in since my flight from Philly! It's a pretty long drive from Cody to the eastern Park entrance, so I was feeling a lot better by the time I got there. Today's route took me around the South Loop, which included the Fishing Bridge Visitor Center (which wasn't very exciting or informative), the West Thumb Geyser Basin, then Kessler's Cascade, a gorgeous waterfall. I knew I would be late for the next Old Faithful spouting, and I was so exhausted I was nearly falling asleep at the wheel, so I took a 30-minute power nap at the Cascades to boost me up, and it worked well. I got to see Old Faithful and took a walk around the Upper Geyser Basin, which was beautiful but exhausting, then stopped at the Grand Prismatic Spring, and managed to struggle up to the overlook. I misread a sign and though there was an overlook for Fairy Falls, which was 2.5 miles from where I parked, but there was no way I could make it that far. I was really dragging by this point, so I had to skip Fairy Falls. I managed the Lower Geyser Basin, Beryl Spring, but I was done in by the time I struggled around the Artist's paint pot. I skipped the Norris Geyser Basin, but I might have time to do it tomorrow. I was so thoroughly exhausted by this point. I managed to make it back to Cody by a bit before 6:00, topped off with gas, picked up a couple of things at Albersons, nuked dinner, ate half a fresh salad, and splurged on a little Ben and Jerry's. Tonight I'll be taking a couple for Tylenot, having Sleepytime tea, and topping it off with a melatonin. I fully intend to sleep tonight. Early morning again tomorrow, going to do as much of the Upper Loop as I can. Good night, my darlin'! Love you!
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