Well, I've woken up feeling like I haven't slept again, but that's pretty normal for me.
My blood pressure was slightly low for me again this morning, I've swallowed my 9 morning pills with my first glass of water of the day and remembered to set off the monthly virus scan, so time to go and weigh myself after I've put today's to-do list together now, then finish off reading the book then bring my rubbish and recycling in when it's been collected I reckon.
TTFN
It's been a very long, hot, painful, tiring, stressful day today, but my kitchen sink is finally fixed, I went to the medical appointment and I've had my two rewards and my last two pills of the day, so it's beddy-byes time for me now.
Plan for tomorrow is to bring my two deliveries in and read one of the series of books in my TBR pile... I'm not planning on moving far from the sofa tomorrow!
I'll see you all in the morning.
Nite nite orl
...making a start on planning out my NaNo25 novel - only 5 chapters so far, but that's 5 chapters more than I had at lunchtime!
Tomorrow is gonna be a busy day because of my groceries and two deliveries, but now that I've made a start on the planning, I can plan chapters between each time the door goes and if either/both of the deliveries are past my normal bedtime then I'll be able to make use of the time with more planning instead of paranoia/psychosis potentially starting.
Today has been a good day and I'm ready for continuing it tomorrow in between the bedlam.
Loki is already making plans for tomorrow too lol
I've had a busy day today and I've been thrown into a great-so-far book, so I've taken my last two pills of the week and I'm heading off to beddy-byes now.
Will I be able to re-start my laps tomorrow? You'll find out when I do 😉
I'll see you all in the morning.
Nite nite orl.
I worked out why I was struggling so much by bedtime yesterday - I did 2 lots of afternoon laps only about 3 hours apart instead of doing one! I'm in a great deal of pain, stiff as a board, my head is filled with soggy cotton wool and my memory is shot, so it's gonna be a bad day today, but I've got no-one to blame but myself.
It's a good job I put the reminders about phoning the pharmacy and reading the book in yesterday's final post 'cos I'd completely forgotten about both of them!
I've taken my morning pills with my morning glass of water and run the daily virus scan which was still reassuringly clear, so I'm good to go until my carer gets here now.
Time to put today's to-do list together now I reckon.
BBIAB
...today is gonna be a pop-drinking day as opposed to endless mugs of tea and coffee.
Why?
Because I've got about 12 litres of pop to get through in the kitchen and I don't wanna make myself a hot drink then get so caught up in the book I'm reading and reviewing atm that it goes cold. Today is gonna be a pop-y-ish day methinks, just for a change, and it'll hopefully be the last day that I'm cold too with any luck... I hope the central heating warms the house up rapidly and cheaply!
I've woken up this morning feeling more cream-crackered than when I went to bed last night and I've got a head/eye ache brewing too.
I've popped my morning pills with my morning glass of water and I'm just waiting for my anti-virus programme to load up so that I can run the daily virus scan, then I'll keep reading while I wait for my carer. I've got a delivery due with the post this morning so I'll be able to see what's in the snack box and hopefully be able to have more than a mug of soup and occasional packet of crisps for lunch!
The virus scan is running now and this blog post is getting a bit long, so I'm gonna post it and start putting today's to-do list together.
BFN
How's things in your part of the world this morning?
I'm doing OK... woke up at 3am and couldn't get back to sleep so gave up at 4am and came downstairs.
I've got a decaff coffee on the go and I've already had my glass of water and morning pills.
Gotta try and remember to find someone to take Steve's place as my technical guru in the new year. They've gotta be fluent in HTML, javascript, databases, PHP, VB and C# at the bare minimum but knowing how to explain things in Word or Excel or Windows and if they can explain what I need to look for when buying a new laptop then that's an added bonus.
I posted to Facebook last night, asking for me-friendly recipes that my carers can make in the 10 minutes that I have with them, so hopefully I'll be able to add a few things to my grocery order now that I've taken the stamps off.
My daily virus scan was reassuringly totally clear, so that's a positive way to start the day.
Got a looong time before my morning carer turns up and I've gotta remember to weigh myself, log my weight into FitBit, download the spreadsheet then code and upload it to my homepage before I go for my jabs this morning. I've also gotta remember to pick up a yellow card before I leave the pharmacy so that I can report the side effects this time. Gotta bring the rubbish and recycling containers in too, as well as ask Marie to lift down the bowl for me. I'm seriously hoping that I won't need it, but I prefer to be safe than sorry.
This blog post is waaaay too long, so I'm gonna publish it then put my day's to-do list together while I wait for my carer. Might even stick my nose back into the book if there's time after I've done that.
TTFN
How are you all doing this morning?
I'm doing OK, but absolutely cream-crackered, thanks for asking.
I've already taken my morning pills so I've just gotta remember to have breakfast before my morning carer comes.
Hopefully there is less to do today 'cos I've done all the big things this week, so might put the Hoover over the floors later on.
I've just replaced the batteries and head on my electric toothbrush and it's all working OK, but I'm not sure if I've put the head on far enough... I guess I'll find out when I brush my teeth this morning lol
The virus scan found an advanced issue which it's now resolving and my VPN is working away, protecting me, so that's OK.
I'm gonna go and make my first caffeinated drink of the week when I've put my daily to-do list up... I think I deserve it lol Might even get a chance to escape into a fictional book world today... that hasn't happened for a looong time and I've got 10 of 'em to read and review so I'd best get cracking lol Can someone remind me to charge up my FitBit after my morning carer has been and gone pretty please?
BBIAB
I'm not having a good day, mentally, this morning so I'll be very reliant on the sweet goodness of chocolate to help me to cope.
I've taken my morning pills and I've got my first drinking chocolate of the day on the go. Can someone remind me to order the picture frame tomorrow morning so that I can get Steve's picture re-framed and back up in the hall pretty please?
Judging by yesterday I'll be doing a great deal of reading so that I can cope better with everything that is thrown at me like I did yesterday afternoon. I might invest in a book of short stories or use my Kindle Unlimited subscription to get more children's books to read... gotta make sure that all the other bills are covered first though.
This morning's carer has just been and gone and it was Mary again. She's considerably better than the first day now and I'm washed, teeth brushed, deodoranted and dressed now, so I think I've earnt a caffeinated coffee lol
Depending on how I feel between now and lunchtime, I may not need to read today, like I did yesterday... I'll see how I feel and take it from there. Might make a start on reading and reviewing my next book, but it won't be as a coping method this morning.
I've added a couple of cartons of treat-sized chocolates to the next two grocery shops so that'll help my mood too, assuming that they're in stock of course lol
I had two anti-track subscriptions for some reason and the individual one out at midnight so I thankfully logged in to make sure of how much it would cost to renew and cancelled the second subscription, so I'm sorted until September now then it's £105 for another years protection which is sooo worth it to me.
My daily virus scan was clear so now it's time to sort out my to-do list for today.
I worked out at 5am that I'll still be able to take part in NaNo this year as long as I keep only getting carers twice a day 'cos I'll be able to put in about 12 hours of writing a day, so I won't be able to beat my PB of 6 days any more, but that's OK 'cos my hygiene and health are more important than writing while I'm getting carers in now. I'll still aim for 5k words a day, but I won't feel guilty if I don't manage it 'cos so much has happened since NaNo22 that I won't be able to do it again. This year is finding something that works for me now that I'm alone and that's OK.
Time to put my daily to-do list together then go and make myself a coffee now I reckon.
BBIAB
Happy New Year 2023!
I've already taken my morning pills and completed the daily virus scan which was still clear, so now it's time for my breakfast I reckon.
The Freegler that I promised a couple of things to has finally replied after 5 days of silence saying that they'd pick the stuff up today so I've said 9.30am at the very latest - I bet they turn up just as I'm leaving the street with Marie lol They'll be getting a thumbs down and single star rating from me either way because it shouldn't take them 5 days to reply to an email about 2 things that they've said they want and then to decide at 11.45pm that they will come "tomorrow" - you know as much as me now!
I've decided against doing JanNo this year 'cos of the funeral being almost exactly half way through it and I'm still in the depths of grief, so I'm really not in the right place to write. I started writing a sequel to one of my other novels after NaNo22 so I'll keep plodding on with that, then write Steve's biography for NaNo23 before returning to write children's novels for JanNo24 which is what I did when we lost Mitzi... writing is very much a coping mechanism for me.
The keypad on my laptop has decided to stop working now, which is the last thing I need right now, but hopefully it's connected to my VPN rather than anything that needs to be seen by a geek 'cos I haven't got one any more and can't afford to pay for one either!
I've gotta remember to put the rubbish and recycling out tomorrow instead of today 'cos it's being picked up on the 3rd which is Tuesday instead of the usual Monday collection, but everything is back to normal after that.
Time for breakfast now I reckon.
How's things for you this very early morning?
I was awake at 2.46am and couldn't get back to sleep, so here I am, with a drinking choccie and another looong day ahead of me.
I've taken a loaf of bread out of the freezer so that I can keep having bread and spread 'cos I've completely lost confidence in my cooking abilities now.
The daily virus scan is zipping through nice and quickly and I'm hoping to be able to write a bit more today 'cos I only managed one chapter yesterday and I might as well make use of being awake so early, right?
Gotta remember to do the honours with our washer/drier this morning... there's no water in the drum now, so hopefully I won't flood the kitchen too badly, but I'm really not looking forward to having to do it... I'm trying to see it in a positive way in that if I can do this alone then I can cope with most household problems alone. I'm trying not to get too confident in case it all goes wrong and it'll prove that I really am useless like I was with the cooking. I wanna try though, and there's only one way to do it. Wish me oodles of luck 'cos I'm gonna need all the help I can get lol
Time to take my pills as soon as I've finished my hot choccie I reckon.
I've eaten over my calorie count already today, thanks to a flapjack and a couple of slices of bread and very high calorie (because it's dairy free) spread, so I just need to keep having the bread and spread each day now, so that I don't lose any weight.
I remembered to start my weekly virus scan running this morning and didn't open my emails, so I've just gotta let that plod on then I can do the backups.
Nobody is going to see Steve today 'cos Marie has got her paid-for Christmas lunch today, so he'll be there all by himself all day. Andrew is going to see him with their mum tomorrow and he's got his mobile now, so hopefully he won't get too bored.
I've unplugged his surface and put it into a bag for him, so he'll be able to have that too next time I go in or if Andrew stops here before he goes to the hospital tomorrow.
Gonna go and make myself my first caffeinated drink of the week now so that my bladder has a chance to recover today and tomorrow before I go and see Steve again on Friday. Gotta do the washing up too lol Wanna indulge in writing more of my newest manuscript today and tomorrow too.
Have I already said that I've taken my morning pills? If not, then I have, but if I have then I blame it on my stupid memory.
TTFN
My carer was supposed to be having his jab today "but I'm windy and in pain so I'm gonna cancel or rearrange it" so he'll be bleating on about that all day and doesn't want any breakfast, will prolly be "in too much pain to have lunch" but then be miraculously fine again by tea-time when he'll want me to make his sandwiches for him but I'll be totally solids free for the second time this week and getting my calories purely from drinks again (assuming my carer still wants drinks of course, otherwise I'll be going without liquids too). It's happening so often that I'm starting to consider if his frequent pains really are genuine.
I'm gonna take my morning pills then crack on with the reading and reviewing while my daily virus scan is plodding its way through.
I hope I'm wrong, but my body seems to naturally wake up at about 5am no matter what time I went to bed. I only managed 7 hours and 59 minutes of sleep overnight and woke up at 4.55am and wouldn't let me go back to sleep so I came down and Steve was in his chair, snoring his head off so I've been caring for him ever since.
I'm determined to get my NaNo21 novel edited today, then my JanNo22 novel sorted tomorrow, then I can relax until I get my Covid booster sorted and recovered from.
I've already taken my morning pills and almost finished my first hot drink of the day. Gotta remember to refill my weekly pill box after I've taken my lunchtime pill, so that I don't get in a flap about it just as I'm about to go to bed or first thing tomorrow morning.
I've drained my mug so I'm gonna go and get my breakfast now, then make a start on the editing until lunchtime, then make Steve's lunch, do the rubbish and recycling (almost forgot last week - woops!) and hopefully finish off the editing before I head to bed. Just remembered to start off my daily virus scan too - would have forgotten if I hadn't been choosing the labels for this post!!
So far this morning, I've:
My to-do list for today looks like this:
Time to crack on with the watering and my breakfast first I reckon.
BBS
The Green Man has saved me a job with the watering again this moring and I've already got through half a litre of pop from last night's take-away and two of my three servings of allowed weekly caffeine so far this morning.
My carer doesn't fancy any breakfast "just my Actimel thing" which I'm not happy about, but I'm not gonna force him 'cos it's his health that he's damaging so he'll have nobody to blame but himself if his health goes downhill rapidly and the doctors can't do anything to help him <shrug>
Our rubbish and recycling is due to be collected this morning, so I'd best take my morning pills, go for a wee, weigh myself to add it to the weekly log, download/code/upload my weekly FitBit spreadsheet all while I keep caring for my carer in that order.
Got an absolutely fantastic book to finish reading and reviewing today... if it hadn't been for the potentially naughty use of those brand names early on, it would have been a solid 5 stars throughout, but my sense of fair play to previous books means that it's a 4-starer.
The daily virus scan was reassuringly clear again and it protects me the whole time my computer is on, along with a VPN and firewall.
Just had the reminder come up for my pills, so I'd best publish this, take 'em and get started on my daily to-do list.
BBIAB!
...that instead of waiting for the end of the chapter and potentially forgetting to do it and killing them, I'd go out and give the seedlings their drink now, then I can safely spend the afternoon reading and continuing to review this book.
It's a beautiful day out there, so I've left the back door open which is bound to seriously affect my hayfever, but it'll also help to freshen the house a bit more too.
One of the Freegle things has just been picked up and I've let everyone know that it's no longer available, but I've got a niggling feeling that something similar but different is happening tomorrow - I just can't remember what it is! It's not the cooker 'cos that was yesterday, it's not the Freegle thing 'cos that was today, it's not the virus scan 'cos that's a regular thing... so what on Earth is it?? It's not a regular thing (like the Freegle thing isn't) and I'm pretty sure it involves both of us (like the cooker yesterday) but my mind is totally blank about what it actually is and I'm pretty sure it's something that we both needed to remember, but we're both as lost as each other!
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OMG! Where has the day gone?!
I wrote this an hour ago and obviously forgot to publish it and now I've just taken my last two pills of the day!
I'm gonna read one more chapter of this book then head to bed for an early night I reckon.
I really am gonna publish this now, so that I don't forget again lol
How are you all doing this morning?
I remembered (with the help of the reminder on my phone) that it was the monthly virus scan this morning, so that's zipping away and is at 27% already after less than an hour. I've taken my pills and Steve's decided that we're having cookies (left over from yesterday's Subway tea) for breakfast this morning, so I just got us both juice for breakfast. I need to remember to take the majority of the juices off tomorrow's grocery order 'cos we've still got 3 packs of 4 juices still in the fridge somehow lol
OK, that's the groceries adjusted and me weighed (I've put on exactly 1kg so that's fine by me 'cos I'm still within the range I want to be in - I can still put on 900g or lose 2.1kg and I'll still be happy), so time to put the weekly spreadsheet on my site then I'll be starting the editing of one manuscript in particular 'cos I've already got an agent and publisher lined up for this particular manuscript, so wanna whip it into shape before I query them with it.
The rubbish and recycling are due to be collected today, so I've gotta be ready to go when they reverse down the street too, so that I can bring our box and bags in again, like the council have said we should but we're one of the only houses that actually does it lol
It's omelette for lunch today, so I'm hoping it doesn't spit too much otherwise I'll refuse to do it again lol
I've got the photo of my breakfast so I'm gonna put that and the spreadsheet up so that I don't keep forgetting lol