so we meet again

Yesterday I felt great so I made the mistake that I make quite often on my good days....I over did it! And today I am paying for it. I woke up hurting more than usual but I could deal with it. Then as the hours crept by I felt my energy leaving as though someone pulled a plug and drained it all.
I decide to go lay down because even the act of sitting is exhausting. I nap for a few hours then wake up feeling like someone has beat me. I get out of bed to eat so that I can take something for the pain. I have to fight my arm to bend bend just to lift my food to my mouth. This makes me even more exhausted so it's back to bed I go.
We can ignore, deny, and fight the fatigue and pain but ultimately we just have to ride it out and pray it doesn't last long. I realize I still have a lot to learn about listening to my body, and that it is ok not to say yes to everything. But most importantly not to beat myself up about not being able to do as much as I'd like to on my bad days. What can I say I'm a work in progress.