Tagged: thisisjusttosay

26
Jun
2022

SUMMER SLUG

Having a pinched nerve in my neck is the weirdest sensation. If I tilt my head back slightly, my right hand fills with pins and needles. The moment I bend my head forward, it disappears…mostly. I have the faintest sensation of needles in my knuckles even afterwards. If I don’t tilt my head forward, the pins and needles intensify until my elbow and even the front of my shoulder are tingling. When I googled “pinched nerve”, one medical website says they will often go away by themselves, normally after 4-6 weeks, but it’s already been at least that. Another medical...

25
Jun
2022

SUMMER APPARENTLY TURNS ME UPSIDE DOWN

Geez louise, my last post was in MAY. How do I manage to go this long without writing when my intentions have paved the way to hell and back, they’re so good. Part of the issue is my ongoing, renewed struggle with the pinched nerve in my neck, which began again with a vengeance about a month ago. Just sitting at the computer causes it to pinch, which causes my entire right arm to go tingly and numb all the way down to my fingertrips. It pinches when I tilt my head back, even just slightly. 🙁 GAH. Last time...

03
Apr
2022

WEEKEND ROUNDUP

Everyone has a broken butt story, it turns out. I don’t know how many times this past week, after explaining what happened to me last week, I heard similar stories from whoever I was talking to: they fell down stairs, mostly, and all of them said it took forever to heal. GAH. It’s been a week plus a couple of days and I still can’t sit comfortably or walk for long. I didn’t walk all week, and today when Martin and I went out, I had to cut our walk short because halfway around the village, it was getting really...

07
Mar
2022

WHAT I HAVE TO SHOW FOR THE LAST 2 WEEKS

I’ve completely lost the motivation to write here, which is weird considering that I think about it all the time. Why doesn’t that translate to sitting down and writing something? I have no idea but I’m not going to spend any time beating myself up about it. It is what it is. No posts equals no comments but since posts don’t garner comments either, it’s a moot point. The last post I wrote was on February 21st. Here’s a list of things that have happened since then: took a day off and spent it in Copenhagen with Debbie and Camilla,...

13
Feb
2022

COVID NO-VID

There’s COVID in the house, but even so, it’s hard to tell. Last week, after Anders got back from his ski trip with Karin (she stayed up north at a different ski resort with her girlfriend), his friend & colleague who had been skiing with him called on Wednesday morning to tell Anders that he wasn’t feeling well, had gone to get a PCR fast-result test and was positive. So, Anders came home from work at 10, and then at lunchtime HE went to get a PCR fast-result test. Later that afternoon, they called with the results: positive. EEEE Two...

21
Jan
2022

ME AGAIN

Why can’t I seem to remember about this blog until the weekend? I am completely consumed by work during the week, apparently. It’s not like I have a lot to talk about, right now, as I’m back to working from home full time, but I don’t want to lose the habit. Is writing once a week enough for me? I guess it’s better than nothing! Karin finally caught the covid. She was up in Sälen skiing last week and she and one of her friends tested positive while they were there. We heard that they were having to shut down...

06
Jan
2022

CLEAR SKIES, CLEAR MIND

It’s the start of a long weekend, after only 3 days of work following Christmas vacation. Feels pretty decadent, especially considering how long I slept in this morning. I woke up at 7, and was very sneezy and stuffed-up, and at 8 I gave up and read in bed for awhile, before falling back asleep. I think it was my body telling me I needed the extra rest because I felt much better after I got up. Anders (who has been sick all last week) just got the results back from his PCR test: negative, so at least whatever he...

01
Jan
2022

RABBITS RABBITS RABBITS

The first day of a new year. I haven’t even been outside, but that’s fine. We didn’t get home until after 2 am last night, and I slept hard, waking around 9:30, though I didn’t get up right away. When I did, I got a lot of little things done before settling down on the sofa to read. Martin is at work, and Anders had to drive back to Mats & Annelott’s this afternoon because he forgot his phone at their house last night. Hard to believe that tomorrow is my last day of vacation (even if next week is...

06
Nov
2021

DOING NOTHING

Sometimes you really need downtime. This weekend we have no plans, and today showed it. As a person who thrives on checking things off to-do lists, not doing anything is really hard for me, and often impossible, because of course, I can’t do NOTHING for two days, even if it is a weekend with no plans. So, even if I manage to sleep in until after 9 (which requires waking up at 6 to go to the bathroom, and 7 again because my internal clock is apparently set to get up for work regardless, and finally falling back asleep, and...

11
Sep
2021

JUST A FEW THINGS, AFTER A FEW WEEKS

Oy! That’s what you get, I suppose, when you get back to work and regular routines. Suddenly, 2 weeks have whipped by and you haven’t written a thing. I’ve been busy, both with work and stuff at home, and a lot of work for the AIC, as well, as we’re in the beginning of the season, starting to plan the first in-person events in over a year, and preparing for the Annual meeting and board elections. I’ve been busy contacting members, finding out who is planning to continue and deactivating those who have left or don’t want to renew, as...

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