It's an early night for me tonight 'cos I'm wiped out, swollen, in pain and my head is full of cotton wool, so I'm heading off to beddy-byes now and hope that I wake up feeling a bit (OK, a lot) more human in the morning.
I'll see you all in about 10 hours time (as long as I can haul myself out of bed)
Nite nite orl.
My lunch today was like most Monday's - leftovers from the vegetarian Sunday roast. I had 2 servings of a vegetarian family roast, 3 hassleback roast potatoes cooked in vegetable oil, broccoli and runner beans washed down with a 500ml glass of water today and now I'm totally stuffed.
Here's today's lunch photo:
A couple of hours late getting this photo of my breakfast up. I finished off the pack of fruit loaf and smothered it in 'Buttery' spread then finished it off with the rest of the 500ml glass of water I started before my carer arrived.
Here's today's breakfast photo:
I've woken up feeling even more exhausted than when I went to bed last night, so today will be a fun day for me then.
I've taken my first blood pressure reading of the new week, run the daily virus scan while I was popping my morning pills and I've decided to have a clean drinks day today of just water.
Gotta remember to bring the rubbish and recycling containers back in when they've been emptied (hopefully) this morning (but it's been lunchtime collections a few times) and that it's leftovers for lunch today. Gotta try and remember to ask my carer to help me to change the bedding for potentially the last time before December so I hope it's a carer that doesn't mind doing it otherwise it'll be 2 months since it was last changed before it's changed again.
I've also gotta remember to weigh myself after I've had my breakfast and log it into the FitBit app so that I can see if I've hopefully put on weight in preparation for next week... keep your fingers crossed that I have!
This first blog post is getting a bit long, so I'm gonna publish it and hopefully get my first to-do list of the week up before my carer arrives.
BBS
I've popped my last two pills of the week and I'm absolutely cream-crackered so I'm gonna head straight on up to bed.
I'll see you all in the morning.
Nite nite orl.
Merry Meet
I reckon you're maybe getting an idea of just how bad my memory is by now, right?
You maybe also know that I've re-taken Loki as one of my Deities.
It was a weird couple of weeks to start with immediately after I welcomed Him back into my life - He kept messing with electrical things like the lights going off or coming on and His favourite was turning the living room light on soon after I went to bed but I didn't find out until the next morning. My radio and podcasts and laptop kept pausing for a few seconds even though they were plugged in and turned on. I asked him to cut it out 'cos it was sending my electricity usage through the roof when he left the downstairs lights on all night et voila.
I recently bargained with him and basically said that if he behaved the rest of the time, I'd let him prank me with the lights and techology and stuff each Friday the 13th.
He's agreed and kept his side of the agreement so far and I want to keep mine too... I can almost guarantee that I'll forget on our first one and freak out when technology pauses or lights are on when I wake up on Friday 13th or there's a mini power cut or my podcasts/radio pauses or my internet connection disappears or anything like that, so can someone be at the ready to reassure me that it's just Loki enjoying the day that I've agreed to him being a prankster please?
If I suddenly disappear or don't reply to emails and you think I'll be freaking out, can you send me a quick email or SMS reminding me that it's just Loki and it's only for 24 hours please?
Friday 13th is a lucky day for Pagans 'cos there are 13 Sabbats/Esbats each year and I think (but can't be sure) Friday is to Pagans what Sunday is to Christians so push 'em together and you've got a very positive day in the Pagan religion.
Basically, it'll take a while, but I don't want my new relationship with Loki to be one-sided but I don't trust my cruddy memory.
I've rambled on for long enough, I just had to ask while I remembered is all.
Merry Part
Until we Merry Meet again
The last photo of the week is of my breakfast which was 3 slices (1.5 servings) of a fruit loaf with plenty of 'Buttery' spread and a 500ml glass of water.
Here's today's breakfast photo:
Well I've woken up feeling incredibly itchy so I'm really hoping that I won't scratch myself raw today.
I've taken my blood pressure, popped my morning pills and the last virus scan is almost finished while I wait for my last carer of the week.
Gotta remember to collect up and take out the rubbish and recycling and refill my dosette box today - you watch me forget though!
The last virus scan of the week has just finished and this blog post is getting a bit long, so I'm gonna shut up and attempt to get today's to-do list put together and up before my last carer of the week arrives.
BBS
I dunno why I'm so wiped out 'cos my FitBit says that I was asleep for almost 10 hours... maybe that's why I'm so tired - I slept too much instead of not enough?
I've popped my last three pills of the day and finished the bottle of gummies at last, so I'm gonna shut down and head to bed now.
Can someone remind me to put the rubbish and recycling outside tomorrow pretty please? It'll be the last time till after NaNo has finished so it needs to be done tomorrow for the last time in potentially 5 weeks.
I'll see you all in the morning.
Nite nite orl.
I've just made my lunch of a box of 6 mince pies and got my 500ml glass ready for the water, all before my carer arrived again, so she can't say she even helped and sit straight down using her phone for the entire 18 minute visit, same as usual instead.
Here's today's lunch photo:
I decided to crack open the next loaf of fruit bread and smother it in 'Buttery' spread and wash it all down with a glass of water again this morning.
Here's today's breakfast photo:
I'll make this first blog post reasonably short 'cos I wanna get today's to-do list up before my carer arrives and that could be in the next 20 minutes.
Can someone remind me to have a bath after lunch please?
I've already taken my blood pressure and run the daily virus scan, taken my morning pills and treated myself to an early morning creamy hot choccie, so I'm all ready to face the morning now.
Time to get this first blog post of the day published and my day's to-do list put together now that there's only 17 minutes to go.
BBIAB (I hope)
I know it's early, even for me, but I'm absolutely wiped out so I've popped my last two pills of the day and I'm heading to bed now.
I'll see you all in the morning.
Nite nite orl.
If you've read any of my other, more recent, book reviews, you'll already know that I start them all off in the same way - by saying that every book I read and review starts off with the full surgery load of stars and that I'm always hopeful that they'll all be there by the time I close the back cover. You'll also know that I'm not shy about removing stars but that I always give my reasons for doing it within the review.
Let's get this book opened and start reading shall we?
What a way to start the book - no spoilers, don't worry, but your first impression of the accused is totally wrong lol
Wowsers! I really wasn't expecting what I read in the first chapter but it was so well written that I think I understand the accused just a little bit more now.
Chapter 2 is another goodie and still deserving of every one of those 5 stars.
What an end to chapter 2 and it's great that things worked out so well for him!
Chapter 3 was short(-ish) and upbeat, leaving me with a smile on my lips and my mood slightly lighter.
All I can say about chapter 4 is eeeewwwww!!! lol
Chapter 5 was like a warm hug from a good friend that you hadn't seen for years... no spoilers, but chapter 5 would be good to read after a long, stressful day I reckon.
The last couple of chapters were the equivalent of the same good friend going "fancy a hot choccie and a catch up? The chocolate cake should be ready soon..."
Very much a 5 star book and a must read if you need some light relief and a warm hug around your heart.
Today's lunch will be, when my carer gets here, 6 iced mince pies and a 500ml glass of water, which I made (other than filling the glass with water again) at 10.47am which is about an hour before my carer usually arrives, so she can't claim credit for making it again, but I bet she will!
Here's today's lunch photo:
Today's breakfast was pretty much the same as yesterday's - I finished off the fruit loaf with the last three slices and used 'Buttery' spread then washed it all down with a 500ml glass of water.
Here's today's breakfast photo:
Well, so far today I've taken my first blood pressure reading of the day, run the daily virus scan while I popped my morning pills and used the last setting on the new milk frother with almond milk this time. It hasn't affected me so I can obviously have soya, coconut and almond milks safely, but there was still barely any heat at all... maybe that's how it's supposed to be??
I'm charging up my watch while I wait for my first carer of the day and I've gotta remember that my prescriptions are due to be delivered this morning and that it's more fruit bread and Buttery spread for breakfast then iced mince pies for lunch.
Time to get my day's to-do list up and ready before my carer turns up.
BBS
I'm absolutely poopey-dooped so I've popped my last 3 pills of the day slightly early and I'm heading straight to beddy-byes.
My prescription is being delivered "tomorrow morning" apparently and I'm not up to doing much else, so I'm hopefully going to bed on time today, which is a miracle in itself.
I'll see you all in the morning.
Nite nite orl.