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Sore!

I am so sore today!

Yesterday I went out with my friend to a theme park which required the most walking I've done in a long time! Then I went out to dinner with my neighbours :) Don't get me wrong, I had a great day but by the time I went to bed, the 'what I like to call hypermobile pains' had started. I get these excruciating pains, that mainly start in my knees or ankles. They feel like someone is crushing the inside of my joints and I can't reach them. They usually start in one place and then migrate. For example, one day I had it start in my left ankle, it then began in my right one as well and the pain moved up until it was from both ankles to both hips. This pain is the worst and is an insane kind of pain that is really hard to describe! So I put a heat pack on my knee and laid awake for a couple of hours until I finally fell asleep.

Then I was up early this morning to go to hydro. My calf muscle on my right leg is killing me today and I'm exhausted! However, I still have physio and babysitting to go! I'm so so tired and will sleep well tonight! I'm going to 2 parties tomorrow night but the only thing I'll have to do tomorrow is pick my dad up from the train station. So I'm planning on aircon, heat packs, tv shows and sleep tomorrow!

Right now, my anxiety about everything is very high. I feel really bad that I can't work and am very worried about placement. Also, because I don't have uni again until next year, I have a lot of free time to think about everything. Which is making my anxiety so much worst! At the moment I'm just trying to take everything a day at a time and deal with my anxiety as it hits. I'd really love to be able to talk to mum about it but I never seem to be able to do it.

Anyway... I'll leave you with some photos from the past couple of days!

Out to dinner with the neighbours

Mum and I at my cousin's engagement

Waiting for the ride

My bracelet of bravery!


BB :)

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