Thursday pacting

* basic chores - do dishes (done), shower (done), make bed (almost done), tidying, 15 minutes gardening
* Thursday chores - ironing, mending, laundry (if I have a big enough load)
* Crohn's & fibro care - exercise, stretching x 3, meds, strengthening.
* phone the city doctors with a CDAI update (done)


Bonus points:
* get to the train station in spite of flare to wave off a friend who is going overseas
* go to library
* wrap and label some presents / parcels
* post letters & parcels
* keep doing the Christmas shopping. I'm about 40% done already!!

sj, yu're sick. Cut yourself some slack. Really. *hug*

When I was at university I knew someone who was having a really bad week and just decided to chuck the whole thing in and watch tv for a day and *only* do work in the ad breaks. She got more done that day than she had in weeks! Would that work for you? Just vegging out in front of the tv, propping the paperwork on your lap and doing it in ad breaks?

Here's another *hug*. Whine away - we'll listen.

Ivy.

PS. Jo, how are you??? How did you go with the docs?

I have'nt been able to do much till late last night and woke up today feeling more normal (well, for me anyway lol).
I got my stitches out, which was'nt painful (thank heavens) and Dr. confirmed it was a Basal Cell Carcinoma and that he had got it all. He said it would'nt have killed me before the Crohn's does, I had to laugh. Told him I had another one on my chest and that I would be back and he said he will make sure he is on holidays then - funny little old man. He finds my Crohn's disease fascinating and I wish he could be a Gastro, with his dry sense of humour and his compassion I would'nt be so reticient to go for a visit.
Sj - sorry to hear you have so much on when you are not feeling 100%, please dont overdo it.
Ivy - Hope you are doing better, you sound like you are coping well.
Thanks for both asking after me.
Jo

Ivy - that tv commercial work plan doesn't work for me unless I mute the TV. I get more wrapped up in the ads for some reason than the shows. I read a psych study that even infants playing while the tv is on ignore the show but look up at the commercials. There is usually a jingle or noise or something that just captures your attention. Its the job!

Sorry about the whinge before. I got so annoyed with myself after I wrote that, that I decided I may as well leave the house and be miserable, so went down the street (where there are toilets) and got some more Christmas shopping done. Here's to a stress-free Christmas!!

Did the posting; went to the library.

I also got some DVDs, so I don't have to feel so fed up with tv. And I've rung someone. Surprise, surprise, they were out & busy, but hey, I tried...

This photosensitivity is weird. I thought I'd be safe this afternoon because it was cloudy and I was wearing a hat, but no. "Hey," said the pharmacist when I popped into his shop to buy some Caltrate, "what's wrong with you? You're bright red". *sigh* Jo, does this happen to you?

Pacts for the rest of this evening:
* EMAIL the city doctors with my Crohn's diary, seeing as they're not returning phone calls *scowl* (I want my Humira!!)
* get the house tidy so I don't have to worry about it looking bad when the district nurse comes tomorrow
* cook breakfast cereal

Jo, it's a pity they didn't rip all the BCCs off at once. Out here in the country we have general surgeons rather than specialised ones, and they don't worry about treading on other specialists' toes: they just deal with feet, fistulas and face in one single surgery, and save the patient some time in hospital. (He's a good surgeon, too; he's said to be a plastic surgeon who came here for the relaxed lifestyle. Awful personal skills, though).

OK, off I go again. 'night, all.

Ivy.