Stick a fork in me, I'm done

I am officially DONE with Dress U sewing. Not because I finished everything mind you, but I reached that point where my body just said stop. As I'm sure I've whined about too many times for y'all, I'm damaged and unfortunately passed my warranty period. The last few weeks of constant sewing has inflammed my lovely tendonitis and carpal tunnel (I am an epic concoction of all that is wrong with appendages). I've keep pushing and ignoring the pain, I can go a fair distance. It starts in my elbows and gradually spreads all through my arms. If you touch my elbows today I'll probably scream at you, but worse than that when the inner pressure reaches up into the back of my neck and shoulders I develop migraine like symptoms. And when today's  dinner sent the bile surging forward and I was relegated to flat coke and crackers I realized it was time to stop. If I'm not careful I won't enjoy a second of Dress U, so it's time to step away. Yes I haven't finished everything. I've done no decoration to the purple Victorian or boning put in the bodice, my titanic sash isn't sewn on, and I only realized an hour ago I never got around to making a regency petticoat. But I figure 99% of the people there will have at least one thing they didn't get around to finishing. I'll fix what I can with safety pins, have a wrinkled bodice and generally just do the best I can with accessories to hide it all.

So tonight I laid on the couch with a heating pad and a large dose of ibuprofen and made my packing list. HOLY COW it's a good thing I'm driving not flying!