About as bad as a migraine

 I'll go chronologically today.  

Got up, did my God Time with Cleo.  Did laundry.  The washer was a good boy and didn't jump all over.  It has issues.  

I took a nap and had a horrendous nightmare.  I got up.  

I cleaned the kitchen.  It was pretty bad - sick most of last month, then injured.  And let me tell you, it was hideous just doing basic things like wiping a counter.  Very painful.  

I didn't realize how bad until I started on the curry.  I do various things.  I get out my spices, measuring cups, I had the lentils soaking all day.  I used onions, 1 clove garlic (I can get away with that, although too much garlic provokes a migraine), tomato paste, Madras curry powder, 2 kinds of chili powder, some salt, etc.  

I diced up the onions.  The smell "got into me" and set off a migraine.  I put up the vegetables, washed my hands, and laid down for a while with the cat.  I figured I had pretty good odds of vomiting so I got my bucket.  

I laid down with the cat, who laid down on my bad arm, purring.  He's been doing that lately.  I think it's his way of trying to heal me.  I laid there, my arm throbbing (not because of the cat), my head throbbing, and I realized the pain was about the same for both.  

So the arm's as bad as a migraine.