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My left shoulder hurt when I woke up yesterday. My best guess is that I somehow slept on it wrong; naproxen helped some.
I was hoping it would be better this morning, but while it may be a little better, it's not back to normal, or even the normal that means I will need to do PT-derived stretches and exercises for, probably, the rest of my life. (I have been prioritizing the knee and hip exercises and stretches, because those joints will start hurting more quickly.)
So, naproxen again once I remembered -- I try not to take NSAIDs on an empty stomach, even if I had thought of it before breakfast -- and trying to hold my arm in ways that don't hurt.
Meanwhile, I have planters (purchased on Amazon), and a cucumber trellis and fertilizer on order: and I think all three of the cucumber plants I'd put outside are dying. I was blaming the leftover soil in two planters, but the one in a new flowerpot potting soil that someone bought at the garden center last month isn't doing much better. The three plants that are still in little pots on the porch, on the other hand, seem to be healthy, even flourishing. The question is whether to carry potting soil downstairs and transplant them now, or wait until the trellis and/or plant food get here. This is likely to be decided based on my shoulder and the weather.
Part of why I am feeling glum about the whole thing is that growing vegetables was supposed to be some combination of a hobby/distraction during the pandemic and lockdown, and a way to get actual good vegetables when we can't do our own shopping. So now I need a distraction from my diversion.
I was hoping it would be better this morning, but while it may be a little better, it's not back to normal, or even the normal that means I will need to do PT-derived stretches and exercises for, probably, the rest of my life. (I have been prioritizing the knee and hip exercises and stretches, because those joints will start hurting more quickly.)
So, naproxen again once I remembered -- I try not to take NSAIDs on an empty stomach, even if I had thought of it before breakfast -- and trying to hold my arm in ways that don't hurt.
Meanwhile, I have planters (purchased on Amazon), and a cucumber trellis and fertilizer on order: and I think all three of the cucumber plants I'd put outside are dying. I was blaming the leftover soil in two planters, but the one in a new flowerpot potting soil that someone bought at the garden center last month isn't doing much better. The three plants that are still in little pots on the porch, on the other hand, seem to be healthy, even flourishing. The question is whether to carry potting soil downstairs and transplant them now, or wait until the trellis and/or plant food get here. This is likely to be decided based on my shoulder and the weather.
Part of why I am feeling glum about the whole thing is that growing vegetables was supposed to be some combination of a hobby/distraction during the pandemic and lockdown, and a way to get actual good vegetables when we can't do our own shopping. So now I need a distraction from my diversion.
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Would you like attempts to troubleshoot on the cucumbers? I am very aware that I spent a lot of time feeling very anxious and sad about the lemon and, well, lots of sympathy, see above.
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Keeping the plant starts indoors, one in the little pot it was shipped in and two in repurposed food storage containers, seems to have been a good idea.
A packet of lettuce seeds arrived today. I'm trying to decide whether to dump the dead cucumber plant and the soil out of one container, put in new potting soil, and add a few lettuce seeds because why not, or just wait until September.