OK the title might seem a little cryptic but it’s really not that difficult. I woke up Monday morning after just a few hours of sleep to find the world covered with 9 cm of snow! Yes, a bit unexpected but such a pretty sight. I really do love snow, although I hate it at the same time. Health wise it’s not good for me to be in snow and it gets even worse when night temperatures are dropping far below 0 C, which is very uncommon for The Netherlands.

It has been -18 C the last week here during the night and temperatures rose to around -5 (ish) during the day. And even though I would love to go outside and play in the snow like a little kid; I can’t. That’s a big no-no when you have arthritis like me. Even without being in the snow it’s very hard for me to walk or even get out of bed at the moment.

If I were to ‘run’ a race against the people in the home for the elderly around the corner, they would certainly beat me. I guess it’s funny to see a 25 year old walk like she is nearing 90 years of age but it’s frustrating for me. I can’t walk, or hardly get up, I’m not hungry because of the pain, my medication makes me sleep all day but when I’m awake I can feel the pain through the medication at the moment (due to the extreme cold) and it kind of gets me all down.

There are times when I just want to cry out of frustration because this also means I can’t go to work. I had to call in sick once again and even though I had intended taking a few days off instead of going on sick leave, my boss called and said it was such a shame of my (well deserved) off days to spend them on sick leave. So it’s not a good start of the new year for me.

I really want to go to work and do the regular things I’m used to but instead I have been forced to stay in bed for the past week. It makes me want to throw things against the wall and curse at everyone and everything. And things get even worse when people tell you they would want to swap places with you because it’s  ‘so nice’ to have an extra week off.

Well let me burst that bubble really quickly. It’s not fun to have to stay at home knocked out by medication while you’re in a lot of pain and can’t do the things you want to do. I wish I would just be able to get up, go to work and even clean up my own house. Not that my house is that messy, but it just doesn’t feel right having to stay in bed all week…

So yeah, as much as I love snow, I hope it disappears really quickly so I can get on with my life.

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