Getting older is no fun.

[cactuswatcher]

Like my mother before me I sometimes get terrible leg cramps. It's odd. I'll wake up in the middle of the night and I can feel one coming on. I know that if I move my leg the right way, I'll be fine, and if my leg moves the way it naturally wants to move, I'll be practically screaming in pain. Last night I was too sleepy and didn't move my leg aggressively enough. I don't have much choice once it starts. I've got to get up as quickly as possible and put weight on it. I'm in agony until I do. It hurts so bad to get up, but it hurts worse otherwise. This one was a bad one. I can still feel the effects this morning. I probably need to change my diet a little. That usually keeps the cramps from reoccurring.

I'm really used to Arizona now. The temperature was in the forties this morning, and that's feels awfully cold to me. I don't think I could take temps below zero any more after living here so long.

Very glad to learn this morning that a card I sent to the Great (Once-in-a-While) White North made it in plenty of time.

We had a basketball game shortened by rain last night here in Phoenix! Open roof + raindrops = slick court. What's worse I'm not sure I got a drop of rain at my house. Tonight, it's supposed to get down in the 30's which means I'll have to cover some plants, and move some others inside, just in case. It only happens a few nights a year and usually the plants can all go back outside during the day.

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[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

I get lots of calcium. But I think it is a mineral deficiency for me as well.