I don't know where we're going, but we know where we are? (Part whatever)

Gremlinertia

Sweatin after shopping and running for the bus. May need to exercise a smidgen more than the zero I'm doing now 🙄

thomil

Thank you so much, it really means a lot to me. I guess I'm just sick and tired of being used as a human doormat by the fates...

Either way, the show must go on. The important thing is that I'm alive. Everything else is negotiable.

Oh, and I just pulled some freshly baked pains au chocolat out of the oven. together with the coffee, the smell is just amazing over here right now!

@Witchie My throat is fine. My arms and legs look like I slept in a bed of stinging nettles though. I've stopped taking my antibiotics as a precaution and have my GP lined up first thing tomorrow. I've also got a "go bag" ready in case I do need to get to a hospital or call an ambulance. One good thing about dealing with cancer in my family is that you know your emergency preparations. You know, silver linings and all that.

@Addmagnet Thanks for the offer, but I want to be sure my body is doing what it's supposed to to before I socialize again. I agree on a Cork Wherer's meet-up in general though. Preferably sometime within the first two weeks of a month so that I still have some money to spend 😜 Oh, and yes, I see what you did with that wonderful espress-ion 😉

Christ I'm not in the mood for this **** this morning.

One day I'll fly away.... 🕊️🕊️

Witchie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119636018#Comment_119636018

No, no gigs at the moment, well until 7th of October. My youngest got me a ticket to Hot House Flowers in Drogheda. Should be a bit of craic.

@thomil am glad it's just a rash but watch yourself on case. Glad you are going back to the docs.

Going to go join my sons for lunch in the kitchen now. We have all been working away in our rooms all morning.😁

Graces7

Deep in the funeral and aftermath and the displays of the various armed forces. My English patriotism.. rare for me but it is an awesome and utterly poignant time. I saw the Coronation..

Just awesome. abed as worn out.... But at ease. Watching the BBC nonstop ..

thomil please take care of YOU. (((HUGS)))

SuperBowserWorld

Zzzzz

Oh God.

Think someone said coffee.

Gremlinertia

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119637920#Comment_119637920

Coffee incoming Bowser 😉

Still in work uuuuugggghhhh

SuperBowserWorld

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119637929#Comment_119637929

Going to go out for a fancy coffee 😊 Need to clear my head and have been at my desk since 7:30. Work is so depressing. Trying to do 5 things at once. Can't think.

SuperBowserWorld

So, latte and mint crisp. 😊

It was far from lattes I was raised. 🤣

thomil

Deskside here, spinning about a trillion plates at once.

Got a call after lunch from the specialist I was referred to last week. She looked at my case, including the photos and basically just told me to get my a**e into A&E tomorrow morning, so I'm doing my job, the laundry and clearing up the apartment at the same time. Anyone got a few extra arms I can borrow? 🐙

Leg End Reject

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119638358#Comment_119638358

Don't try to do everything, you're being sent to A & E for a reason. Work and housework won't run away so tackle them when you're better.

SuperBowserWorld

Hope you get a good outcome tomorrow @thomil

I don't know your circumstances. But when the **** hits the fan best to drop back to the basics. Good sleep, food, lots of water, no mental stress, light exercise if you can.

Also, if you pretend to be ok when you are not, people will heap stuff on top of you. So take the time you need if you can.

Sardonicat

Jaysus, Thomil! Take it easy, please! Good luck tomorrow at A & E.

I haven't mentioned it on Boards til now, but Grumpy's been back in hospital since last Tuesday. Doing better now. I'm allowed in to see him everyday which makes it easier for me to cope with.

Leg End Reject

Today felt like a week and 4 more weeks to go to Friday.

Leg End Reject

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119638541#Comment_119638541

I hope it's not too serious.

Sardonicat

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119638574#Comment_119638574

Electrolytes out of synch, same as last time but without Covid this time round.Hopefully I can get him out before he has a chance to develop an infection or has a fall. Staff on the ward he's on are fantastic. He's getting excellent care and starting physio in the gym tomorrow, so looking good 👍

SuperBowserWorld

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119638556#Comment_119638556

Yep, that's me.

I think when you get older you turn into a child again. Just can't handle adult stuff anymore and you need lots of sleep.

But, Monday is a funny day. Hard day! Week picks up on Tuesday and Wednesday and then by Thursday evening I'm wrecked again. I switch into holiday mode on Friday and crash on Saturday.

And this is with regular sleep, exercise, no alcohol.

I have this on my to-do list:

- sort out Todo list

😝

Sardonicat

@SuperBowserWorld I have found if I have a lot in my mind I'm more tired. If you are ruminating and stressed your head isn't getting rest even if your body is and its very draining. Sometimes an activity thst completely takes your mind away from what's been occupying it is just as rejuvenating as a sleep.

SuperBowserWorld

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119639063#Comment_119639063

Thanks for reminding me of that. Yep, very important.

thomil

@Leg End Reject @SuperBowserWorld Don't worry, I wasn't going to go crazy. However, the cleaning and laundry would have been due today anyway, simply because, well, I like having pants when I need to go out in public 🙃 And bins are due tomorrow anyway, so it was a good chance to get that sorted as well.

Also, apart from the fact that my leg looks a bit iffy, I'm not really affected too much by this infection. All the attention is basically about containing and killing it. I live alone, so I need to do all my own shopping and even that works fine, I'm just completely exhausted afterwards. But I don't need an infection to feel that after my weekly shop...

Anyway, table side, contemplating a late dinner. Just bread and some cheese and cold cuts. The way it was common back home.

@Sardonicat Keeping all my fingers crossed for your dad. Hope that he gets back out soon. Also, make sure to look after yourself 🙂

Leg End Reject

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119639005#Comment_119639005

Are you suggesting I'm old?

🤣🤣

SuperBowserWorld

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119639154#Comment_119639154

Ooops, should have said "when I get older" ...

😀

cj maxx

Sitting up , like a weirdo, for 12 am and tomorrow’s Wordle 🥵

Witchie

Using Alexa to play Trivial Pursuits with my sons and my youngest is whopping our asses.

SuperBowserWorld

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119639442#Comment_119639442

41 minutes to go.

cj maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119639782#Comment_119639782

fluked it .

Graces7

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119636535#Comment_119636535

So sorry things are bad with thee..

Here I am amid a nasty relapse of the CFS/ME so just up to feed the cats and myself and a short potter to the gate. "This too shall pass" is a comforting phrase from a very experienced writer...

"go bags" are one of life's essentials.. I learned that the hard way when I was "medically evacuated" off the island in our amazing red and white bird way back. Without a "go bag"...Now it is a permanent feature.

Stay safe!

Gremlinertia

Up up and a-ouch

Witchie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119640023#Comment_119640023

I was chuffed coz got it in 3 but even happier with my quordle.