Just Nicky

Where are we now? July 3, 2005

The first week at work went pretty well. I was a no show on Thursday, due to lack of sleep, but I managed to make the other 4 days and even came in earlier and stayed later than I was supposed to on Friday. Next week I’m supposed to be back ‘full-time’, but I’m interpreting that a bit loosely. I’ll aim for a 9am start and pull the pin when I’ve had enough for the day, regardless of the clock.

I’ve been a bit flat and miserable over the weekend, though, which is not good. I suspect it’s tiredness and just a case of coming down after winding myself up to work pace, but I haven’t been much fun to have around. Of course, I know the best remedy for this is being mobile. Pottering around doing houseworky things is better for me than sitting on my bum in front of either telly or computer, but sitting on my bum is just too easy to do.

Once I’ve settled back into work properly I’m going to start investigating treatments for my tinnitus. Having music playing quietly does help as a distraction, but I’d like to try to minimise the tinnitus itself as much as possible. I’ve read that acupuncture can help, so I might pop over to the natural therapies college near work and see if their student clinic has anything to offer. Other stuff I’ve read talks about the usefulness of meditation, so that’s another avenue to pursue. And then there’s general good health - diet & exercise - which, of course, is supposedly the best way to reduce/manage it, so I might have to finally, finally get serious about that stuff.

Plans, plans, there’s always plans.