Monday tlc

Tired again...

* make hair appt
* TIDYING
* make chicken stock for Christmas
* roast lamb
* tradesman to come
* friend to come in pm

I might add more when I'm a little more awake.

Have a good day, everyone.

Ivy.

She is in Australia! She's our "downunder" mod:)

If only we could bottle our weather and ship it to each other. You could send some hot to me and I could send some to you Ivy! Then we'd both be happy!

For Monday:
*work 9-6, hopefully don't get stuck in lots of traffic
*maybe run an errand on lunch break (depending on what is close to work)
*pick up Vit D and B12 prescriptions at Walmart

I'm going to 4 different locations this week, plus the regional office downtown for fit testing (you have to get fitted for masks to be worn with TB patients when you work in a hospital/medical facility). None are as far away as where I went Thurs and Friday, so the week should go smoothly.

I got my first paycheck Friday and was super excited, and celebrated by meeting a couple girl friends for margaritas and mexican dinner! I actually have $ left after paying a couple bills and mortgage!!!!!

I didn't go shopping with Dad today cuz I felt crappy still, so I'll probably fit that in Thursday or next weekend.

I also need to stop a couple places to pick up gifts for sister and nephews...I have 3 weeks for it though, so I'll probably wait...

I had to go out in the car today :( Was dreading it but needs must!! The car slipped and slid all the way out of the village and eventually I got onto a main road and things were ok. Talk about a skating rink. Don't want to do that again in a hurry although come Wed will have to to see GP re son's blood test results(cancelled last week). Feel so tense now so I guess for me a couple of paracetemol and an early night :)

Quite a good day and actually a little bit productive. My mum is out all day today, so in her absence I decided to take a bit of stuff down to the dump. I wasn't even sure if I could get the chair into the back, but with various manoeuverings I got it in there, along with two printers, an old lamp base and one or two other bits and bobs. At some point my dad came out and started helping me. We drove to the dump, me driving. It felt a bit odd because - ever since passing my test - I've been tending to avoid driving with my dad for some reason. I feel utterly comfortable with my mum as a passenger now, but not my dad. That said, it was okay today, although I drove a bit more slowly than I would have done otherwise <_<. Mind, not my dad has any right to criticise others for driving too fast, but I won't go down that... road.

Afterwards, we drove into Berkhamstead. I got my mum a nice Christmas card. Went into Waitrose and got a few things, including mince pie ice cream. Then we decided to get a takeaway pizza. I won't detail the tedious saga which led to us distinctly failing to order pizza, but suffice to say - pizza-less - we had to decide what to get next. That took long enough. I didn't really much feel like Chinese, my dad didn't want to go all the way into Berko again. My dad seemed to fancy an Indian, so in the end we went for that. And actually, I'm really glad we did now >_>. I got a chicken garlic murg, my dad a chicken pasanda. We dispensed with the usual sundries, such as nan bread and poppadams, but were peeved to be refused gulab jam (an Indian sponge pudding so sweet, your teeth practically fall out while you are looking at it) on the grounds that they didn't serve it as a takeaway. Well, they did a few months ago, but I couldn't be arsed arguing =/

I really enjoyed my dish. It wasn't as garlicky as I'd feared; in fact they could have ramped up the garlic a bit more as far as I was concerned - love garlic. But the sauce was gorgeous and the chicken decent quality, which is unusual for an Indian restaurant. For dessert, I caned a third of the tub of mince pie ice cream. It would be absolutely gorgeous served as an adjunct to a warmed-up mince pie, but it was pretty tasty on its own. Well, I haven't eaten so much for a long time: I won't go to bed hungry tonight. And I surprisingly don't feel too bad yet.

*checks temp* Er... 37.7C? Man, I usually feel worse at 37.2 than I do right now :/ ... Last ate and drink at least an hour ago, so it isn't that. Oh well, if it goes any higher I'll probably get the chills... :-/

PS: Sorry for the long post, folks. I get a bit carried away with wanting to describe things sometimes :-/

Thanks, Nanners :p

Indian food is lovely. If you ever get the chance to try it, then do. If you like spices, then you should like Indian food. It's not all hot either. There's plenty of dishes you can get which are mild or have no heat at all. The dish I got tonight was pretty mild - until I bit into a chilli >_>. Personally I didn't mind that - love the heat kick. But I didn't want to get a curry which was ultra mega hot, such as a vindaloo with extra chillies or something.

I did have a few uncomfortable hours, but I'm feeling better if not entirely back to normal. The fever reached 37.8C but slowly climbed back down after that. No problems with going to the toilet: been 3x already. (Though the first time wasn't the curry, I don't think - too soon.)

I'm glad to hear you've finally been, Nanners. It must be such a huge relief: I absolutely hate being constipated, but I do have to say the relief when you do finally go (properly) is immense. It's one of the best feelings there is. I'd still rather not be constipated, though...

Enjoy spoiling your grandson :p ... I don't think it's wrong to give him extra if he's getting less than your other grandchildren. Pretty sure I'd do the same.

Now I have to decide whether I can face writing an email at 3:30am... Really just want to log off, tbh. But I promised the email today and well... It's already technically tomorrow :-/ ... Think I'll send a quick email, promising a longer one tomorrow. But I really will have to do it...

PS: Ended up writing a full reply after all. 3am is not a good time to have an energy surge, but I decided to roll with it. I have so few moments of energy that I should always, always strike while the iron is hot, otherwise I just end up regretting it. Goodnight, folks :p

Post Edited (NiceCupOfTea) : 12/6/2010 9:05:55 PM (GMT-7)