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Sorry I haven't written for a few days, have been in a bit of a funk.  On a positive note hubby said I have been laughing a lot more at TV shows and such more than he has seen me laugh in years, so I must be feeling somewhat better.

I met with my counselor today and we spent the majority of the time discussing my relationship with my husband.  We have a pretty good relationship for the most part, but as with anything there is room for improvement.  One thing that the counselor talked about was making sure each of our needs were being met.  He compared it to the daily food pyramid.  So my assignment for the week was to find 5 different things that I need from my husband each day and 5 different things that he needs from me each day, and it can't be like 1 serving of hugs, it has to be significant such as 7-8 servings of physical contact.  It's going to be hard to think of some good needs.  I will always go for more physical contact, I love being touched by my husband both in just caring and intimate ways.  One thing that the counselor said was that the national average for couples who have been married 10 years is to have sex twice a week and that is only because they have kids........yeah um........we won't go there.....definitely room for improvement.  It does seem that any time we 'arrange' for it to happen one of us gets sick or doesn't feel like it.  Just how life is I guess. 

As for the headaches I tried a remedy yesterday of himalayan sea salt and lemon juice and it actually worked.  So my husband suggested trying Gatorade type drinks.  I went and got some Powerade Zero and tried some today, while it didn't eliminate the headache it helped it some.  I am going to start focusing more on triggers and I have decided I consume WAY WAY WAY too much soda (2+ liters per day), so I am  going to start by cutting back to 2 cans + a large fountain drinks sized cup, then will gradually cut back to just 2 cans a day and see how that helps.  Soda is a double edged sword, it can cause and help with headaches so it will be interesting to see if it helps. 

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