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Saturday 14th June 2025

An illustration of a playing card (Ace of Hearts) with the inspirational message "You can't change the cards you are dealt, just the way you play the hand" written in black text with a red heart symbol in the centre.
Playing the hand I'm dealt, one spoon at a time. Image credit @joyfulsmolthings

Hip, hip, hooray - I'm migraine-free today!

Totally wiped out. But migraine-free - hurrah!

So this weekend, Paul and I are doing absolutely nothing. I will save what energy I can find in my little bottle, like fairy dust, and save it for another day when I might need to function like a human being.

I know fairy dust doesn't exist, and neither do my energy stores half the time. You just have to take each day as it comes and play the hand you're given - even when it feels like it's holding a bunch of jokers and maybe one slightly bent card.

Today's energy levels: Somewhere between "dead battery" and "flickering torch"

Today's plans:

  • Absolutely bugger all
  • Maybe watch the world go by from my window
  • Conserve every spoon like they're made of gold

Weekend motto: If it's not essential, it's not happening

Three Good Things:

  • No migraine stabbing my brain today
  • Paul's on board with doing nothing (bless him)
  • The cats approve of my horizontal lifestyle choice

Affirmations:

  • Rest is productive when you have a chronic illness
  • Migraine-free days are victories worth celebrating
  • Doing nothing is still doing something

Sometimes, the best days are the ones where you achieve absolutely nothing except staying comfortable. Today that feels like winning the lottery.

Wheel speak to you tomorrow (energy permitting), Sha x

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