Tuesday tlc

no real tlc's for me either, but i did ring the hospital to check up on my surgery. I'm now booked in for my pre op assessement on monday. Need to keep an eye out for the paperwork to do with the surgery which is being mailed to me today. I did change the cat litter today as well, go me!

Hugs Ivy xx

Fairly good day...

Finally caught up on my emails! :p (Check yours, Ivy and Vixen.)

Also picked up a chair and assembled it, with the help of my dad. For a heartsinking few minutes, we thought we had another dud chair on our hands and would have to take it back for a second time, but nope: got it working as it should. So I finally have a comfortable chair for the first time >_>

Now if only I could get a mattress that wasn't the most uncomfortable thing to lie on in existence...

I've got a hospital appointment tomorrow. Nervous, tbh.

I got your email, NCOT, and thanks. I don't know why you think you're the worst correspondent in history: I beat you to that ages ago and hate to think how many letters & emails I owe.

I really do hope your appointment goes well tomorrow. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you.

V tired this morning after v little sleep last night, so much faffing is going on here. Have rung re tai chi, though. No answer, so enquired about yoga instead, and think I might try a class. (Health people are nagging me to do something in a group environment). Have also made a hair appointment and started dusting, as well as washed a new ironing board cover. Yay.

Next up is showering and dressing... It's all terribly exciting here, as you can see.

Good luck with your infusion, mdf.

Ivy.

Tired tired tired. Faff faff faff.

* ring re tai chi class - yes
* leave note on neighbour's door - n/a at this point
* make hair appointment - yes
* manicure and pedicure - yes
* make muffins - no
* think of what I can eat (I'm bored with my current meals) - not yet
* book plumbers / hassle other plumbers - no. Couldn't handle them today
* keep rearranging my room / fixing up this one - done some
* spend 5 - 10 minutes wiping down surfaces to get rid of tradesmen's dust? - yes
* look at paperwork - not yet

I took the rubbish out, too.

Quite frankly, NCOT, all I want to do is curl up in my little bed and sleep (fibromyalgia), but I think the med people feel that I need to broaden my social circle if I'm to be happier and more resilient, if that makes sense. The only problem is that it will make me even more tired, which will, in turn, make me want to go to bed even more, and make me resent and avoid social situations even more, etc etc etc etc etc ... bah.

I really do sympathise when you ask what this is all about and why we keep on keeping on, because I wonder myself sometimes. Me, I think that any person who is struggling with a chronic illness is absolutely heroic every time they get up and attempt to face a new day when they really don't have the heart for it ... So, NCOT, kudos to you, and kudos to me too.

Ivy.

Today is work day
Sanding bondo, and more sanding , and more sanding
The nighthag was on me last night so up a 3 AM
Raining out , so the cup of coffee and the sit on the back porch was pleasant
I love my shop

I wish we could afford a dishwasher, i'd even save up and pay for it myself.....but our kitchen is so teeny weeny that it wont fit! Hopefully when we move we should be getting a dishwasher....otherwise we will never get any dishes done!

That's a good point about being married or living with parents actually. It is easier when you can share the chores; much easier. My fairly recently widowed aunt - who is old but also in (mostly) good health - has found that out. I do long to have my own place at times, but I do know I would get an unpleasant shock at some aspects of it, as well.

The small dishwasher idea sounds good :p ... Actually we were lucky. The dishwasher came with the house when we moved here three years ago, but my parents didn't use it for the first 18 months. If a friend hadn't made them use it, it would probably be unused to this day. And yet we use it every single day now.

I saw your email... In a nutshell, I agree with it completely. I will reply tomorrow, if I can; if not the day after. The reason I say that is I'm off to my brother's to help babysit on a Wednesday as usual. I'm dreading it, as I have to ferry the older boy to his tennis lesson tomorrow and then back again two hours later. And then it's a long day and I won't be back until at least 10pm, so I might be too tired. Like tonight :/ Been absolutely shattered tonight. The hospital visit just really, really took it out of me. It was just upsetting, even if it was self-induced...

On a happier note, my aunt (same one in the first paragraph) has found her cat! She acquired two 8-month old cats recently - one is half burmese, the other is something similarly slinky - and one went missing yesterday. Obviously the worst was feared, but it had actually got stuck up a tree. Apparently a fire engine had to come out to rescue it >_>

Ow, Becky. I'm so sorry. You're right: exactly what you don't need just now :-(. How unfair is it that all these thigns are happening just as you're starting to work again...?

:-(

No rush on the reply, NCOT, and good luck with the babysitting and the incredibly long day.

Ivy.

pps. I'm glad about your aunt's cat, NCOT.

I gotta run straight after this post, but Becky, sorry about your gallbladder and the pain. That sucks :-/

Will write more later. ('Cos I don't write enough <_<) Bye for now, people :p