I did go to bed almost on time and did my complete morning routine despite having not one but two appointments in the morning. I only wrote for twenty minutes but I’d say that was a win anyway.
There was no time to knit or talk after breakfast because I had a dental cleaning at 10. I was on time, it was way less painful and uncomfortable than usual and that seems to be due to a new electrical toothbrush and a new toothpaste. That sonic toothbrush cleans my teeth way better than the old one and the toothpaste makes my teeth less sensitive. Awesome.
On my way back home I went to the health food store and bought all the things.
I unpacked the groceries, talked briefly with my husband, finished the dishes he had started and washed my feet in a hurry because I had another appointment at noon to get measured for orthotics again.
Against all odds I was on time again (apparently I need less than ten minutes to that place if I hurry) and then I waited for twenty minutes. He started scanning my feet but then there were computer problems. So I waited a little more.
Finally my feet were scanned, I ordered the insoles, we had a nice chat about how to get rid of plantar fasciitis for good and off I went.
Back home lunch was almost ready and I was very good:
I only ate half of what you see there, I shared with my husband. As dessert I had one of the red currant muffins I made last night and some chocolate. The boy showed up and we talked briefly but then it was time to teach.
I taught my students with a brief break in between and at that point I was so exhausted that I just scrolled through stuff on the internet. After which I taught some more and more.
First thing after the break I taught guitar and I managed to hurt my left thumb pretty bad. I didn’t play guitar over the school break at all, the day before I only had a beginner student playing single notes very slowly, but yesterday I started with barre chords and such and that aggravated the joint in the middle of my thumb. I had very sharp pain that grew worse mostly when bending that thumb.
I continued teaching but accompanied the next guitar student on the piano because that was not hurting the finger.
After my last student left I went into research mode but with no real success. I did find a video about taping fingers with joint issues, I might try that next. I will definitely not play guitar this week for sure but I should be able to teach without playing myself. Seems I’m having another challenge.
On the bright side, knitting does not hurt unless the needle touches the joint directly from the side, and I can bend and stretch the joint as far as the one on the other hand. So I guess the problem was just an arthritic joint combined with too much mechanical pressure. Which means a combination of pain meds and not putting pressure on it should do the trick. And then I need to learn to hold my left hand differently when playing barre chords.
I ate dinner, did some more research, started writing this post, did Duolingo, watched some C-drama and went to bed.
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