I didn’t find the bracelet under my pillow because I didn’t go to bed until after Mark got home. I found it when he popped on top of the doona where there was no way I could hop into bed without finding it.
He bought it for me to commemorate an event roughly 10 years ago, which we will never admit to Foozley until he’s all grown up.
There was also a card with it with lots of sweet, lovely stuff written in it which I will always treasure too.
I am home again today. Yesterday’s woozy-headedness left me feeling very tired and battered. I slept quite late today and I’m kind of achey and grumpy.
I’ll try to do some work later on when if my head clears a bit more, but the signs are not all that promising. The north wind and the heat isn’t helping much.
Mark suggested I should go to the quack again and get another medical certificate for the rest of the week. I’ll only do that, I think, if I’m still not feeling good tomorrow.
Up until late last year I’d never had more than 3 days at a time off sick, so I feel a bit like I should be a death’s door to be taking this much time off over woozy-headedness. On the other hand I really don’t feel up to go to work. So I feel both a bit guilty and a bit self-righteous about it. Not really a good combination.
I am at work, but not feeling all that good.
I mentioned to Mark that I didn’t really feel happy about driving home woozy-headed, so he’s coming to get me.
Hoorah for Mark!
Although Mark keeps insisting that Indiana is actually my dog, she is pretty sure that she’s his.
The girls are allowed to sleep anywhere in the house they like these days. Em will often sleep by my side of the bed, but is just as likely to be found on one of the couches in the loungeroom. If either of us get up it’s pretty much an each way bet whether she will stay where she is or come with us. I think it depends on how comfortable she is.
Indi, however, always sleeps on the floor by Mark’s side of our bed. If Mark gets up she goes with him. If I get up she stays put. When I got up a little while ago I made her come out of the bedroom so I could shut the door. She came very reluctantly and has remained curled up outside the door ever since.
During the pregnancy the Foozle parked himself on the right hand side of the uterus and stayed there pretty much the whole time. This put added strain on my right hip and made it hurt like hell for a sizeable chunk of the time.
In the last few days I’ve spent more time than usual ensconced on the couch, thanks to my cold/sinus infection. This seems to have put some strain on my right hip and it has been hurting like hell since yesterday.
It doesn’t hurt when I move around, in fact moving seems to help, but one cannot spend the entire time on one’s feet. You have to sleep at some point.
And I did sleep - for a while. But I was wide awake when Foozley started making noise at 4am, so I got up to give him a bottle and wait for him to settle. I should have taken a painkiller then, but I convinced myself that it wasn’t that bad. When I went back to bed I found that it was that bad afterall, so here I am up and about at 6am on a Sunday.
I’ve taken a painkiller this time and it’s of the drowsy-making sort so, with any luck I’ll be back in bed again soon. In the meantime I thought I’d get the laptop out and see if I could any of the work I was going to do last week, and didn’t, done. Now that I’m sitting in front of it, though, I think not. My hip hurts too much and I just can’t be bothered.
Well, thanks to Christmas and farkers I have quite a lot to spend in Lincraft vouchers. I almost can’t wait to go back to work on Monday so that I can shoot down there in my lunchbreak.
I do love going to Lincraft, but I tend to limit myself to the yarn section. If I start to wander amongst the fabrics I get horribly confused and lost - sewing is so not my thing. And the scrapbooking section just makes me feel ill (does anybody actually scrapbook?).
When I’ve been and spent my vouchers I’ll post pictures of what I’ve bought. I don’t know what I’m going to get yet - probably more yarn, maybe some nice buttons to put on Foozley projects, perhaps some beads to add to the collection I’m amassing… This is going to be fun.
By the way, the ColesMyer card will also be put to good use. I’m thinking of some macadamia nuts from the Myer food hall…
My head still feels like a watermelon and I have done no work again today. I’ve moved from working at home to just plain sick. I can’t even be bothered firing up the laptop to check my email - not that I really expect to have received any.
Interestingly, in spite of being unable to handle complex tasks like plugging the laptop in or talking to Mark while the telly’s on, I can do stupid boring things, like pulling out abandoned knitting projects or sorting my yarn stash all day.
If the watermelon headedness persists tomorrow I’ll be off to the quack, not because I expect her to do anything about it, but just because it might be prudent to have a medical certificate available. At this time of year not turning up at work could easily be seen as taking the opportunity to bludge while management are away, so I shall do a wee bit of arse covering, just in case.
I was supposed to go to work today, but lack of sleep and sinusitus did me in, so I only popped in briefly to take the laptop home to do the working from home thing.
Now I’m sitting on the couch with the computer warming my lap as I work up to actually working - it does take some effort.
I’m always kind of guiltily aware that working from home could be seen as a major scam, but I really, really like the idea - especially at this time of year. I find that knowing I can go water the plants when I think of it (instead of forgetting to do it when I get home), pat a dog, or watch Dr Phil over lunch reduces my tendency to day dream and procrastinate - or at least I think it does.
When I’m working at home I tend to operate very much on the ‘think of task, complete task, think of next task’ model, instead of ‘think of task, wonder if I should go see so-and-so first, don’t feel like walking up the stairs again today, maybe I’ll get a cup of tea and read a couple of emails first, still don’t feel like going upstairs, what was I going to do again?’ manner that tends to eventuate in the office. I don’t know why the difference, but I find focus easier to get and maintain at home.
That said, any kind of focus is eluding me today. I know it’s probably just the sinusitus, but it’s the kind of thing that drives me nuts. That sense that a really good idea is in there somewhere but just out of reach. That if I could just apply my mind to one thing for a full 30 seconds I’d be fine, but I can’t so I’m not.
Blah! The best thing I can think of right now is to just give up for a bit and come back to it with a clearer head.
Loobylu is one of those annoying talented people who come up with incredibly attractive ideas.
I’m particularly smitten by her ‘Month of Softies’ project. This month’s theme is ‘Vintage Catwalk’ and I have all sorts of ideas running around in my head, which will never see the light of day (mostly because I lack the skills to put them into practise). I can’t wait to see what actually gets submitted.
I’m going to keep an eye on the Softies and wait for a theme that I can do justice to and then I’ll be right in there!
