Rish told me to run for 8 minutes… so I ran for 10 :) I think I earned my sticker today ;)

I did a paltry 6 yesterday. I was to build back up to 30… think I can manage it in the next 3 weeks? Not completely sure, all I can do is push myself…

(let’s just ignore the re-swelling of the glands and that I’m a little bit croaky after my final group today…)

:)

And drink excessive amounts of caffeine?? *giggles*

I received a box of 6 bottles of Powerade a couple of weeks back… The idea being that since I was taking up jogging maybe I’d drink it, feel it helps me etc…. Problem is, even though I can see the idea behind it, I just can’t see to drink full-sugared drinks much anymore. Guilt? I’d rather save the calories for something fun. Like chocolate.

So, lucky Rish got himself 6 bottles of powerade. Two of the caffeinated energy edge, two isotonic and two recovery (with protein)

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I don’t know my blood type.

This revelation was such a shock to my Japanese tutor in last week’s class. We were continuing with basic conversation things, and got to horoscopes, and then to “blood type” and personality based aorund this.

I tried to give blood once, and passed out. It was hoped that I would find out my blood type then, but since that was a failure, I haven’t gone back.

This morning I went for the blood tests reccommended by my doctor when I was sick the other week…. skipped breakfast, because fasting was required for one of the tests, and proceeded to black out… didn’t fall off the chair, it just all went black. I could still hear the nurse saying to me “just one more” as she took the blood for the fifth tube… just one more I repeated back as it went black…

I made it though, drank a foul-tasting Coles orange popper…. and then drove to work.

So, one of my favourite things in the whole wide world is to have a really hot shower. Just for the sake of the feeling of the hot water. But of course there’s the whole guilt about global warming and water restrictions thing going on there. I’m killing the planet while turning my skin that nice shade of pink… ahh well, makes the day feel that much better…

Especially since I can home early due to stomach pains and that not-quite-vomiting feeling…

So glad I cooked last night - I have a yummy low-fat frittata from the CSIRO cookbook in the fridge waiting for me to chop into it, heat up a slice and nibble on. The sick feeling has mostly gone, hopefully an overdose (for me) of eggs won’t upset things… there’s greek yoghurt in it, so it has to be good for me! :p

mmm…

So, I had an up and down day which has left me quite drained.

Rose was writing a Social Story for a client about how his teacher sometimes will get sick and have to have time off work to get better, meaning that sometimes he will have a different teacher….

I need one for parents that says that sometimes the speech therapist will get sick and have to stay home, and there IS no subtitute speechie, so she’ll just have to try to catch up on everything when she gets back to work, which means she can’t have everything done yesterday…

*breathes*

Went back to work today… there’s still plenty of other people off work with various illnesses, poor things! Had a quiet morning - returning emails and phone calls from people who desparately want to see me. Nice to be popular?

Went for a review appointment at the doctor’s after lunch - I still have fat tonsils and swollen glands in my neck… but I’m getting there. Have to keep on taking my antibiotics of course, and once i’m done with those, next week I’m off to get a range of generic blood tests to see how healthy I really am. Iron, B12, blood counts etc. You know, make sure I’m not going to drop off. Or something like that. Mostly because I have been carrying around some level of sickness for most of the year (!) and just want to check that overall, I’m in reasonable health…

And yes, I bought a new webcam today…

Ooh Shiney! I love my scarf, it’s my happy-scarf. (still playing with the light levels and functions. yes, it has a mike, but hmmmm)

Anyway… I needed one before the end of July when Rish will still be away and I won’t, but I thought I’d pop in and get something today *smiles* so now I can be dorky on msn and skype :p

I love Muppet Treasure Island. I think I had it on video though, so it’s probably dead, and I haven’t seen it for years….

But, yes, going a little stir-crazy at home. Past the point of appreciating that I can relax and sleep in and take care of myself and starting to miss people-contact too much. That’s why I went to Japanese last night, loved being there, even though it was assaulting my vocal tract at every syllable.

I get to meet a friend for lunch though today - she’s down for an audiology conference (defected from speech path after finishing the degree!) So at least that means venturing out of the house for a little bit… even to scurry back after :) I reckon they probably get some good freebies at their conferences, there so much more money in hearing than speech!

…that song is hilarious :) *dissolves into giggles*

<3 Tim Curry!

(10:35:26 AM) Fiona: I’m happy phil
(10:35:31 AM) Fiona: I’m jsut not healthy
(10:35:36 AM) Fiona: hehe happy healthy harod
(10:35:39 AM) Fiona: hmm
(10:35:41 AM) Fiona: harold
(10:35:49 AM) Fiona: harod was a different thing
(10:36:18 AM) Oh what a beautiful day: hahahaha wasn’t he some king? or was that herod?
(10:36:26 AM) Fiona: all yes
(10:36:29 AM) Oh what a beautiful day: hehe so that means you’ll be extra happy when you’re healthy!!
(10:36:31 AM) Fiona: I’m great on my bible
(10:36:35 AM) Fiona: I SHOULD KNOW THAT
(10:36:52 AM) Fiona: it was in Jesus Christ Superstar. Or Joseph. Either way.
(10:37:01 AM) Fiona: The best bible ed for me was from musicals
(10:37:15 AM) Fiona: and from Saved and Dogma. I loved Dogma
(10:38:18 AM) Oh what a beautiful day: hahahaha good girl - dogma was fantastic :)

It’s easier to swallow today. Still feeling quite tired, but I think I must be getting healthier, since I can eat without crying - banana and brown sugar snadwhiches! mmms

Back from the doctor’s - they almost didn’t let me drive myself home, but I eventually got my own way - had a nice little fever burning along at 38.3 degrees.

I got a needle but not the planned one - I had booked in to get the last gardasil, but they didn’t have it (actually got called by the nurse on my mobile while I was in the waiting room to tell me not to come in later this afternoon as planned for it). Instead I got a nice large needle of anitibiotics in my butt, told not to go to work until at least Monday, had the arguement over whether I could drive myself home, and told that I shouldn’t be alone at night until I’m better in case I get a really bad fever, need to be taken to the hospital and have stuff drained out of my tonsils.

But on the “plus” side, it’s probably not glandular fever?

Just finishing tidying the house etc and getting my pirate costume together to head up to Sydney.

We’ve managed to arrange to meet up with a friend from High School which will be nice :)

I’m still not feeling 100% - when I went to bed last night I think the anitibiotic reacted with me and I felt like vomiting but.. not quite. So I just felt crap for awhile. Rish is getting me some cold and flu tablets too (real ones, with pseudoephedirine), because my nose has been running like a tap this morning. Don’t worry, I’m not combining too many medications - the anitbiotics are over, I’m now just taking dactarin for the oral thrush that I’ve gotten by stuffing my body around with anitibiotics. Yes, a new trouble to have. So much fun.

Back to it next week. I will be healthy, get to the gym each day, work each day, go to my Japanese class (had to miss the one on Thursday :( ) and just be a normal human being again.

But I have to be a pirate now. A pink one. Arrghhh :p

After feeling run down for most of last week, and pushing myself hard over the weekend (ie Dan’s farewell on Saturday night and the fun run on Sunday morning) it hit me Sunday afternoon. Turned out that the sore ear and then the tiredness, subsequent fever and chills would be Tonsillitis (sub acute, for sure, as the throat has come and gone over the past month or so, just waiting for me to hit a point where it would get me, and bring me down)

So two days off work, rest, antibiotics and general pain relief were prescribed. I’m not doing so well at the sleeping part, but I’m not doing much.

Though I got a call just before 11 today from work to ask if I was coming in. I’m SURE I said in the message I left yesterday morning that I’d be taking Monday and Tuesday off and should be in for Wednesday. Chances are that I did, and that they didn’t pay attention to that bit. It is possible that I didn’t get my message across as I had hoped, through my own fault, but knowing how well messages are taken ther sometimes, I won’t feel too bad about it. I just hoped I didn’t have anything on that people are going to be annoyed at me not coming to. argh.

Oh well, I can’t do much about that now. Just have to keep drinking my water.

PS: Does anyone know a simple way to set up post-by-email for wordpress? I start reading the codex and freak out. Surely someone has written a plugin by now to take the pain away?