More Wedding Weekend Details
Posted in Historical Adventures and tagged with Health, Weather, Wedding on January 12, 2010* Because of the potential wrinkle of snow/ice, we left for Georgia at 7 AM on Friday. It was 37 degrees when we left Raleigh. When we arrived in Newnan, Georgia at 3 PM, it was 26 degrees. We went from North to South, from the coldest part of the day to the warmest, and we lost 11 degrees.
* Even with the cold and the snow on the ground in Newnan (just a dusting, but it was too cold to melt) I still wore flip flops the morning of the wedding.
* I know this’ll sound vain, but my hair looked GOOD. All it took from my usual hairstyle was a couple of crystal-studded bobby pins. I’m going to have to put my hair back like that with bobby pins more often, because it keeps the long curls around my face from looking droopy!
* Though I’m very thankful I didn’t trip, I did lose feeling in the entire bottom half of my feet during the ceremony. Since the Lutheran service next week will be much longer than the Baptist one, I’m going to have to get creative on how I won’t lose feeling in my toes. I think the key is not to wear the heels one minute longer than I have to before the wedding, which was a strategy I took up only after the wedding this time.
* It was nice to walk back down the aisle at the end of the wedding and actually recognize a couple of people. This next wedding, I’ll recognize more than a couple…
* Not quite weekend-related, but I went to the doctor yesterday for a physical and was told that I’m significantly short on Vitamin D. I cut out tanning last year for health reasons, but it seems like it’s had the opposite affect! The good thing is that while I haven’t had any noticeable symptoms, it was caught so I can be treated. I think my body’s been telling me all along that I need the sun. Low Vitamin D levels have been linked with fatigue and joint pain, so I’m hoping getting back to adequate levels will give me more energy and help the pain in my knees.
* Also, my glucose is high, so I now have doctor’s orders to exercise and cut out some carbs…something I knew I should have been doing anyway. Having the doctor tell me, though, is what I needed to actually do it!
January 12th, 2010 at 11:11 am
Happy Birthday to Bruce…He is 51. Interesting about wedding. Standing is hard to do regardless. Glad to hear report on your check up.
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January 12th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
I didn’t know vitamin D deficiency was related to joint pain. Interesting. My joints always hurt so much worse in the cold months when the sun is on hiatus. Now I understand why!
January 12th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
I really liked your hair in the picture from the wedding!
January 12th, 2010 at 3:08 pm
I think you may be surprised how short the Lutheran service will be. We may be closely related to Catholics, but the length will only be about 35-40 minutes.
January 12th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
Cynthia: Thanks!
Amanda: Well, this one was MAYBE 20 minutes…but glad to hear!
January 13th, 2010 at 1:10 am
Huh. I didn’t realize that lack of Vit. D can cause fatigue. Up here in rainy Oregon I’ve been extremely tired lately (and haven’t been outside of hte house much either!). I took some Vit. D today though and then read your post so perhaps making sure it’s in the system would be of help. Food for thought (literally).
January 13th, 2010 at 8:19 am
I’ve been taking a Vitamin D3 supplement, and it has been helping me with my energy level. Vitamin D is also good for building immunity to flu, so there’s an added benefit.
January 15th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
Sometimes, it’s one thing to know that you should be exercising and eating better, but it’s another to have a doctor actually say it. Which reminds me that I really ought to have a physical. I don’t think I’ve had one in YEARS!