Why didn't anyone tell me that MRI's are boring, headache inducing, pain making, hellish encounters with modern medicine?

Today I had an MRI on my knee. If the pain in my right knee wasn't bad enough, the left knee after about 5 minutes was soon chiming in, and my back was SCREAMING....MOVE RIGHT NOW... about 10 minutes into the THUMP THUMP THUMP played over and over again for an hour an a half. My entire body radiated the pain of not moving and the pounding noise that urged me to MOVE. After an hour, despite the music in my ears, I had a headache to rival migraines I have had in the past. I was thirsty, exahusted and dizzy. Nauseated and my entire body was twitching, flinching and begging me to move.

I got up from the experience, dizzy, with a headache pounding, and my entire body from head to toe in pain.

So, a normal person would have walked out of there, gotten in the car, gone home and taken some pain medication and perhaps laid down for part of the afternoon. Am I a normal person? Oh no I am NOT. I did take some tylenol with codiene...then...

I got out my seeds, got out my Garden Notebook some sweet person sent me a few months past, and worked on my Front garden. Then I put plan into motion.

On the side yard in the front, on the left there runs a brick wall about 3 feet high. Along that fence, I planted Mamoth Sunflowers! In front of them Cosmos, and in front of them another variety of edible seed producing sunflowers that grow only 3-4 feet high. In front of those I planted some Nastrutiums. In front of those I planted some beans seeds that I would have to go look up the name for -- they have purple foliage, flowers and seed pods. All along the edge I planted chives.

On the other side of the yard, in the area against the house that had I planted in marigiolds, Carolina jasmine, honey suckle, red gardenias, I planted alyssum and baby's breath. I lined the beds with more chives (I love them on baked potatos) and then in the mint bed I sowed catnip, and spearmint -- hopefully it will grow.

Along the right side of the sidewalk I planted two lines of bell peppers and two lines of peas.

IN the front of the house I planted a beautiful rosemary, and radiating from that as the center I will be alternating lettuce varieties and herbs like petals of a flower. Oregano, Parsley, Lemon balm, sage, Thyme. I was going to sow carrots around the entire thing, but I am thinking since it is tilled so lightly and the soil is so hard, that radishes might be the better choice.

Along the drive way I haven't decided what to plant, but I am thinking I will line the yard in basil. I love pesto and the more I can grow and freeze of that the better!

During the time we were planting I washed down the house. Cut back the bouganvillea (it had grown up to the eves of the house and the city wants it kept lower than waist high). I washed the front screen door, front door, light fixture, windows in the front and the front door mat. We moved about a ton of maure off the front pile to thin it in prep for planted (about 10 wheel barrows full) to the side yard. I had weeded the entire area in preperation for the planting, and got a sunburn in the process. At the end of the afternoon, I was exhausted, hurting still, but feeling VERY accomplished and proud of myself.

I have to say that in the beginning (12-2:30) Katy helped me == my 12 year old homeschooled daughter. And after a break of about 45 minutes, my other kids came home and THEY helped me with the rest. Along with their friend who lives across the street.

I planted a Sweet 100 cherry tomato plant, and I have plans on planting some cabbages in the front yard. About 5 I am thinking between the herb and lettuce flower meddalion and the rows of peppers and peas.

I want a RED hibiscus to plant by the front door (it needs mostly shade here) , and by the side of the garage I want a climbing rose. Either a yellow one, or a pink one or a bright RED one. I am leaning towards Yellow.

Under the window of the dining area I want some gardenias. I love the scent of them.

The honeysuckle is going to grow up and around my daughter's window. I planted a Sweet broom bush beside the driveway, and right across the way on the other side of the walkway, the Carolina Jasmine (I love red and yellow plants!).

Anyway by tomorrow my garden should be completely planted in front.

Tomorrow I have a therapy appointment and my homework was to take pictures of my room. I am going to do that. AND I am going to take some 'before' pictures of my garden and I will post them tomorrow.

If it werent for the fact that I have car registration to pay next month, I would be be paying for a rototiller and tilling my backyard. :-(

I will have to wait until fall for that.

June I have to buy a canner. Come heck or highwater I have to have one. I have lost too much meat and vegetables not to have one. Fruit I have canned. Jelly I have made -- I have two water bath canners. I am going to buy myself the best canner I can afford -- hopefully an American like I had before and start canning meats and my vegetables that I will have from my garden (and gleening LOL)

Have a good one.