Rheumatoid Jalapeno’s, Politics & Being Random

Firstly, I have to admit, that this morning my shoulder feels much better. I have better movement in it and the uncomfortable feeling in my left hand has gone, and secondly, that said, this morning I dropped the sugar jar, and had to clean up half the contents from the counter top and vacuum up the rest from the floor. It wasn’t too heavy, my hand just gave way and couldn’t hold it anymore. I should probably be concerned, but I’m not. This has been going on for some time and I’ve been telling the doc that it’s likely the start of rheumatism, but of course, I’m not a doctor so what do I know.?! *rolls eyes*

A lot of the joints in my fingers are swollen and some hurt like hell sometimes and of course, that irritatingly uncomfortable feeling comes and goes. I think I might also be allergic to jalapeno peppers. I cut into a small red one last night, and started coughing really bad and felt my throat start to swell. It was weird, I also had the same feeling, but not as bad when I was eating dinner. My throat felt swollen and numb and the corner of my bottom lip was numb. I get intestinal issues with strong onions sometimes, but that comes and goes depending on the onion and how I cook it.

Bear’s on a late shift today so we got to lie-in (we call them Lions) and listen to the morning chorus (and I listened to him snoring), until I decided caffeine was necessary. He’s gone to a political meeting at the moment, because it’s Carnaval month in February and all meetings are postponed until March, so they brought this one forward to today, and slipped a naughty one in next Wednesday evening, but then that’s it until March. Can’t say I’m not happy about it, bloody meetings take hours out of an evening and Bear comes home exhausted and stressed from all the debating and pickiness over minor points of an issue.

Today is a lazy day. I did all the housework yesterday and 2 loads of laundry, so we’re good. Dinner’s done and cooling, ready to go in a container for Bear to take to work. I made a North African Shakshuka today, that’s accompanied by Greek yoghurt and a toasted Turkish flatbread with Italian olive oil. We’re nothing if not random in this house. 😀