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Sep 13, 2021 07:43AM
Happened to notice it was on Channel 4 when searching to see if it was on the radio on the TV where I'm staying at the moment! Thought it was great. Amazing maturity for an 18 year old, and not bad tennis!!
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Evening, yesterday was slightly different than planned, friend didn't end up coming till 4pm, so I went to local market town with neighbour, only came back with Amaretto marmalade and nail varnish - I had to smile when I walked past a candle stall saying I didn't need any and his response was 'it's not about need, it's about want' - that does seem to be my logic most of the time! Went a bit to pot at tea time, am going to have to change my birthday plans, and friend had to cancel trip out this weekend as she is on crutches and the place we were going has a lot of cobbles.
Alicia wrote: "Happy birthday, Desley!"It's not till Nov Alicia, the one year I try and plan things early, I should know plans never work in my life!!
Good for you for planning so far in advance.Sorry it didn't work out. But then this is not a normal year, any more than its predecessor was.
Well, it's partly as it's a special birthday Alicia, so trying to sort out something with my brother, I never thought it would still be affected by Covid!
Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Well, it's partly as it's a special birthday Alicia, so trying to sort out something with my brother, I never thought it would still be affected by Covid!"I don't think any of us thought it would last this long - or the vaccine would meet with so much resistance that people have died proclaiming loudly (until intubated) that they don't have it. One shakes one's head.
I hope they come up with a better booster in years to come, if we're going to continue to need one - this one had more brain fog than I expected, after. Or combine it with the flu shot, which I will get also as soon as it's offered.
Evening all, so sorted out new birthday plans today, as Easyjet have reduced their winter programme, so rather than my bro coming here, I'm going there - downside is that I'm flying on my birthday, but I'll be there for 9am, so get the whole day there. Can't say flying was on my agenda for this year!! It will be nice to see my sister-in-law and nephew in the flesh, and have more time with my bro though. I'm on the fence about combining it with the flu jab Alicia, you are risking extra side effects if you normally get side effects from the flu jab, and they won't know how well they mix (or your body reacts from two things being injected together - although I have had flu and pneumonia jabs at the same time, but they did a different arm for each, couldn't lift or lie on either for a couple of days after)
About the flu shot: I'll trust the scientists to decide whether they should be combined - and do what they recommend. Research and clinical trials go into those decisions, and I don't have the resources (nor the interest) to pursue that myself.Since these things are given to SO many people, I'll watch for any special recommendations for us immunocompromised folk, and get it when appropriate - the flu/covid would be worse than the side effects. No guarantees in this lifetime, but they have SOME idea what they're doing.
Morning, had a nice day yesterday, got a text from the doctors asking me if I wanted to go on Mon for a third Covid jab, figured I better say yes, so was late setting off for my walk, then realised it was quite warm, so I took a fruit cider and my book and walked up to the local nature reserve and sat reading in the sun for a bit. Came home, did some errands, had some lunch then went for an ice cream and sat outside eating it while reading. Didn't finish all the chores, but had lots of nice conversations with people and read a bit. Going to the friends I recently made up with, she wants to play battleships - can't say it would be my choice of boardgames, I was telling the woman in the coffee shop, as I got a blondie for us to share, and her suggestion was to put Uno in my handbag for a back up! Read your blog post Alicia, sorry that you are having to fight for a minor procedure that would improve your quality of life.
Sounds like a good day, if you'd managed all the chores we'd have been worried you hadn't got enough to do.I like your walk as well, A good walk demands a book for when you stop :-)
Evening, of course yesterday didn't go as planned (I wonder why I make plans most days!!), but it was very fun. Friend had had a nightmare, so wanted to get out of her house, but I don't have a table to play a boardgame on, so we walked to the candle shop, got a hot drink and sat on one of the tables outside playing our boardgame (played something called Mancala rather than Battleships) and eating our blondie - sure we got some funny looks, but to me, not much different than the families on the other tables messing on their phones ignoring each other! got back just as it started raining, and still had enough time to do my pamper session. Actually had a chat with my boss this morning, popped to Lidl on the way back, and there were lots of gaps on the shelves. Been for my jab, I've had mine early as I've been classed as immunocompromised (even though looking it up, the medication I'm on is excluded), so mine is the top up jab, not a booster. Not sure how that works for the future though. To be honest Jim, I always split chores over both weekend days, partly because I'm worried about being bored if I do everything on one day, and partly because I like splitting it up, so I don't feel like all I've done is housework. Yes, I always take a book with me (even got the kindle app for when I don't have space to carry a book, so I can read on my phone), even to the supermarket and read in the queue!
I'm a bit like you in that I work most days but can then feel entitled to write most days as well :-)And always carry a book :-)
You know it's autumn when...- There's a ginormous spider in the bath every morning
- Geese overhead
- Swallows gathering
- Hen pen being spread on the fields makes all the newcomers cry "what's that terrible smell?"
Nearly time to empty out the beach hut until next year :(
Rosemary (grooving with the Picts) wrote: "You know it's autumn when...- There's a ginormous spider in the bath every morning
- Geese overhead
- Swallows gathering
- Hen pen being spread on the fields makes all the newcomers cry "what's t..."
sounds about right
I confess I think those beach huts are a brilliant idea
Rosemary (grooving with the Picts) wrote: "You know it's autumn when...- There's a ginormous spider in the bath every morning
- Geese overhead
- Swallows gathering
- Hen pen being spread on the fields makes all the newcomers cry "what's t..."
You have a beach hut? A little bit of heaven!
Evening, got an extra side effect on the third booster - a sore arm! Was fine when I went to bed, but was woken at 2am by the pain as I was sleeping on it. Can't lift it far either. I had seen a poster on Sat about the library selling books off, 10p for paperbacks and 20p for hardbacks, so decided going buying books would make me feel better, I did have good intentions of looking for my colleague, but ended up coming home with none for her and 6 for me, and will go back next week, some of the trolleys were double stacked and I couldn't move piles of books. May also have bought some kindle books too, oops! Shame you can't keep the beach hut over the winter R.
My beach hut is leased for the summer Anna and I use it as my studio/gallery. There are six all taken by various artists, crafters and the lobster hatchery sells merchandise for their fundraising from one. As that part of the harbour is often showered by large waves or sitting in a large puddle it's probably best I move out for the winter Desley. Always quite sad to clear it out though!
Evening, ended up feeling worse about 4pm last night and had to lie in bed at 8 as I was so achy sitting up wasn't comfortable. Still feel yucky today, am hoping I don't get the 5 days I got with the first jab. Also had a really busy day at work, did have a nice conversation with one of the new people, apparently she'd come for a chat after I left on Mon and said that now she knows I only go in for the morning, she'll pop in the morning next week, thought that was quite nice, esp as another colleague said she seems very quiet. Ah, that makes a bit of a difference R! It sounds a nice little bit of the harbour though, suppose you never know what people might have in them.
Evening, not 100% but much better, I actually got through the whole day without lying down! Apparently I looked dreadful yesterday. Easier day at work too, although I had to work late. Rather glad the cleaner is coming tomorrow and I have no plans for the weekend, although I fancy getting either a nice takeaway or something different from the supermarket, although the plans are Co-op and Aldi tomorrow, so that might be debateable.
Anna wrote: "Such a good idea, Rosemary!"They are very impressive
Evening, woke up at 5.30 and wasn't able to get back to sleep, so have felt tired and headachy all day, but I did at least feel I'd achieve a lot at work, I've managed to put 52 opportunities on our database this week, I normally do 15 a week! Did food shopping after work, but had to lie on the bed and finish my book when I got back. One advantage of fatigue, I've done well reading.
Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Evening, woke up at 5.30 and wasn't able to get back to sleep, so have felt tired and headachy all day, but I did at least feel I'd achieve a lot at work, I've managed to put 52 opportunities on ou..."It's not bad going when you're not having a good day :-)
Most of my mornings! I struggle to become coherent and able to do something, but eventually the sun breaks through (long after the actual sun).
Had a busy week so only yesterday to organise and do stuff. Knackered now. Walked nearly 9 miles yesterday, five of them just doing stuff round the house. Sorry I haven't been in much, goodreads seems to have stopped emailing me when people post. I'll have to see if I can work out why.
Afternoon, had another rubbish night sleep, fed the cats at 7am, fell back asleep at 8ish, woke up a few times but finally got up at 10.40 to a message from walking friend, but I still feel quite drained and quite headachy, so decided to just pop for my prescription and to cafe, got a hot choc as well as cake, in the hope it perked me up. That's a common problem MT, I either don't get an e-mail, or it just shows the persons name and the thread they have posted in, don't see what it says anymore!
Re: notifications: I have a bookmark set forhttps://www.goodreads.com/notifications
and visit it daily.
It shows you all the new posts, with 'new' in red, and it has become automatic. I don't particularly want more emails in my inbox when I'm going to have to click on the link and then delete the email; works for me.
Relief from promotion and begging and having fun! Last week was great for reviews!!! Yippee!!!
Morning, feel much better today, just my usual level of tiredness. Had to persuade Lucy to get up! Just a few Sunday chores, hoping it is nice enough to peg my bedding out, very unusual for this time of year. Think I might even go for a walk and finish my book. Had some fun yesterday scanning and re-organising the paperbacks I need to read. Probably should have waited till I'd been back to the libraryOoh, thanks for that Alicia, might give it a go. I liked the e-mails when you could read the comment, but now they are pointless.
Been away this weekend to family wedding, catching up with people. It was a community and family wedding, a really nice do
Morning, felt quite like winter this morning, wet and windy! We do need rain though, the stream near the nature reserve was very dry yesterday. Had my one-to-one, fairly positive, not sure we are changing Covid rules this week, but it was hinted that I come in more often - pregnant colleague is going on mat leave Mid Nov, retired ex-colleague is coming back to help Mid Oct, we are splitting her work between 3 of us, so I'll have to be in more to support him and learn things, I said it was fine, but there might be days I come in to sort a deadline and go mid morning so I can catch up on my own work and he said that was fine, although he is delegating some of the management of our dept, so hopefully my other colleague who will be looking after my workload and one-to-ones will be as amenable to that. Randomly, he'd also been asked to ask me why I don't have my camera on in some meetings - I can pretty much narrow that down, as it's only for the long meetings, and only one dept have those!
Evening, went to the library today and as I was able to move the piles of books, I found another 7 books! I could have tried a few more as they were only 10p each, but when I rearranged the paperbacks at weekend, there were 60, and that is only the ones I've paid for, not sure how many are in the bedroom, other than piles! Was hoping for some Stephen King, so I decided to go to the cheap charity shop, they didn't have any, although I was good and didn't just buy 5 for the sake of it. Got back just before it started raining. Been very cold today, I might have to put the heating on for an hour to take the chill off
It strikes me that your 'to be read piles' probably serve as excellent insulation as well :-)Certainly a carefully built wall of the will block the draught :-)
Hi, I am exhausted with all the book promotion stuff, so I decided to focus on writing instead. I dug out some ancient stories I wrote and decided to rewrite them, because it turned out I still like them a lot! I hope to be able to present them to the public soon. I also have a pile of books I want to read and review, but when am I supposed to sleep?
Evening, went to see a friend at lunch, had a nice chat (and came home with a book she had on her charity pile), hopefully I can do that more often, although I will have to start going in the office more next month. Just after I got back, had a message from a friend, they are doing some engineering works on the train line over the Oct half term, which means it affects us going to the escape room, in normal times it would be just over an hour train journey, due to the engineering works, it would be a bus and a train, so 1 hour 38 each way, really don't fancy that when we come home after a few drinks, so now need yet another plan!! I don't think I'm doing anything that I initially planned. Weather has been shocking again, one minute it's bright enough to switch the light off, 10 mins later it's bouncing down and I have to get up to put the light on! Cold as well, phone says it feels like 8. Maybe I should move where the piles are Jim, to get better insulation!!
Verena wrote: "Hi, I am exhausted with all the book promotion stuff, so I decided to focus on writing instead. I dug out some ancient stories I wrote and decided to rewrite them, because it turned out I still lik..."My father used to say, "Sleep when you're dead" :-)
It's a phrase he picked up as a farm worker before the war
Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Maybe I should move where the piles are Jim, to get better insulation!!.."sounds like a plan. Build an igloo and read your way out :-)
Jim, but what about those of us who plan to have a party when we're dead?
Evening, horrible weather today, heating even kicked in earlier - I was already layered up! Re-arranged my hair app after work, I was initially going 2 days before our trip, might as well go on the same day now. We've had an update on work, as things stand, we will all be back on 1st Nov, and the blended working policy will start then - ironically, I'm off that week, but I'll have to start going in more from 18th Oct at the latest (maybe earlier if people want me in for meetings). At least we only have to wear masks for busy places, so will make it easier to go in more. Ooh, a book igloo sounds great Jim!
Jim wrote: "My father used to say, "Sleep when you're dead" :-)It's a phrase he picked up as a farm worker before the war..."
Yeah, my dad has a similar saying :) He is hyperactive, anyway. I am, too, but sometimes it gets a bit too much, even for my usual level of energy. And yet, it's better than being bored, right?
Anna wrote: "Jim, but what about those of us who plan to have a party when we're dead?"are slumber parties still a thing? :-)
Desley (Cat fosterer) wrote: "Evening, horrible weather today, heating even kicked in earlier - I was already layered up! Re-arranged my hair app after work, I was initially going 2 days before our trip, might as well go on the..."It has been a pig of a day, the book igloo sounds like the answer :-)
Verena wrote: "Jim wrote: "My father used to say, "Sleep when you're dead" :-)It's a phrase he picked up as a farm worker before the war..."
Yeah, my dad has a similar saying :) He is hyperactive, anyway. I am,..."
Far better than being bored
Weather is shite, my bathroom ceiling is leaking, insurance won't cover it, and I've got a cold.Fridays, eh?
Michael Cargill wrote: "Weather is shite, my bathroom ceiling is leaking, insurance won't cover it, and I've got a cold.Fridays, eh?"
Ouch. I hope that ends up being a lot less expensive than it sounds. And hope the cold goes soon.
Feeling very sorry for myself, the prolonged absence is due to an attack of gall stones. Not recommended. It is a lot better now but I still feel as if I've swallowed a pencil sideways and it's got stuck. Had to see the emergency doctor yesterday because they all thought I had an embolism. I'm more or less alright now, except for the pencil thing, but it's quite painful after I eat. Still off for a rainy walk with a friend today. That should cheer me up.
M.T. wrote: "Feeling very sorry for myself, the prolonged absence is due to an attack of gall stones. Not recommended. It is a lot better now but I still feel as if I've swallowed a pencil sideways and it's got..."Been there, done that :-(
I seemed to get what felt like acid reflux as well, so whilst they were working out what I had, I was prescribed Omeprazole .
Having read the side effects I took it 'as needed' rather than regular and managed to make a pack of 18 last about a year.
Hopefully you'll get an ultrasound scan and that will tell you pretty definitively what you've got.
If you're lucky the technician will show you (Apparently they're not supposed to)
I was warned not to be too keen on surgery, but after a gall stone blocked my bile duct and bile started flowing into my pancreas and I got pancreatitis I went for the operation. I was lucky, I was only in hospital about two days, one of them with morphine. A friend of mine has spent a fortnight in ICU and is backwards and forwards between hospitals and has had a stent put in. So I tend to join the surgeons and recommend just getting the gall bladder out.
Afterwards it takes a while to settle down, for a while you'll probably be able to use ice cream as a laxative :-)
For some reason I can no longer digest lettuce, raw onions and raw cucumber (but pickled onions and cucumber aren't a problem.)
Whether it's a weird side effect or just one of those things I don't know
But there's foods I'd miss more ;-)
M.T. wrote: "Feeling very sorry for myself, the prolonged absence is due to an attack of gall stones. Not recommended. It is a lot better now but I still feel as if I've swallowed a pencil sideways and it's got..."A lot of people in my family had to have their gallbladder removed due to the stones. I watched them suffer... But now, they are all OK (when they don't overeat on fatty food). And the surgery is relatively simple. I'm just waiting for it to happen to me, since there is a genetic component to it. So sorry to hear you had to go through it :(
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