Just Nicky

A Permanent Case of Bedhead December 8, 2007

I’ve decided that I have some lingering virus-y thing. After feeling ill on Wednesday things have improved but I’m still not right. There’s a tender spot at the inside edge of my right eyebrow which means there’s something going on in my sinuses and I’m sooo farking tired it’s ridiculous. Today I’ve been slept as much, if not more, than Leila has. And I’m still tired. I think an appointment at the doctor’s is in order…

The wedding of the year is tomorrow and it’s outside. I’m hoping like hell that it’s not too cold because the shirt I’m planning to wear is very light and flimsy and the whole look will be ruined if I have to put a jacket over the top. I’m tempted to nip out tomorrow morning and pick up a camisole… I also need to get serious in the next 24 hours about some deforestation, making sure the shoes I’m planning to wear will still go on my feet (tough luck if they don’t!) and painting my toenails. I’ve stressed far too much over what to wear to this shindig and I’m really hoping that once we’re there I’ll be able to just relax and enjoy the event.

Sweat December 6, 2007

I’ve just signed up for my 3rd attempt at joining a gym, despite having sworn I would never do it again. I was tempted by a very cheap deal offered by the Victoria Uni gym near us, which is under renovation.

I went in to sign up this morning and really liked what I saw. It’s small. There isn’t a vast acreage of machinery. It’s relatively quiet. Yes, they have jjj playing and there’s building work going on around them but (due to the renovations) there’s no pulsating dance/workout music pounding into your brain. There were only 3 other people working out while I was there and I can confidently say that 2 of them were at least 15-20 years older than me, so there’s little chance of me feeling older, less fit, or fatter than everyone else in the room.

I’m aiming to go twice a week. I could try for three times but twice is more likely. It’s only a 3 month deal so at the end of Feb I can reassess and decide whether it’s worth continuing. By then the new gym in the shops near us should be up and running and I might swap to going there because it will be even closer. I could drop Finn at kinder and pop in. … But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. I’ve got to get through this 3 months first.

More Credit

I finally got my second assignment for Management back (the one where I talk about AWAs). I got a Credit for it which is pleasing since I was pretty sure it was only worth a Pass. This is my second Credit for this subject and they’ve both been at the high end of Credit (67 & 69) which is also nice.

Now I just hope I’ve managed to get at least 40% on the exam to pass. I won’t know the answer to that until mid-January so I’m going to pretend to forget all about it for the time being.

Sickie December 5, 2007

I was feeling OK this morning so I was a little surprised when breakfast didn’t hang around. After that I definitely felt ill so I rang Mark and asked him come home. I wasn’t up to wrangling the munchkins.

When Mark got back I took myself off to bed and slept for about 4 hours. Now I’m sitting here eyeing a cup of tea warily and the rest of the family is off at the shops.