It is heading towards 1 a.m. I have not slept yet and have been tossing and turning all night, too hot and too wound up from the steroids. I will have to put the cooler duvet back on tomorrow now it's warmed up a bit again.
Today I was in touch with my "fey" side. Down the years, I have experienced a sort of premonition, prior knowledge, 2nd sight, call it what you will. I might suddenly know I am going to receive a letter from a certain person. Or the phone would ring and I would know who was phoning, and sometimes what they were going to say. This morning I suddenly thought that I hadn't heard from the Hospital to make an appointment to have my Signoidoscopy (when I was in Hospital last summer, they said I would need to have this check). Anyway, a few hours later my phone rang and guess what, it was the Hospital, to make the appointment . . . I go in 10 days time and am NOT looking forward to it. This especially as it's the day before Tam and I are going on an afternoon's Bunch Dyeing course. So, I will have a nearly 100 mile round trip to Hereford and back, and the same again in the opposite direction on the next day. Let's hope I have caught up on my sleep before that.
Today I had planned to go to Carmarthen as I have found I can return the new shoes that don't fit directly to the shop, and then replace them with some that do. I was going to see my other friend Pam and then go on to Patchwork. I think the lack of sleep is going to impact on that plan, and there is a frosty start to the day, and no rain until the afternoon. I could have done with rain in the morning as I have a problem with my washer jets on the car and am waiting for replacements to come in so they can be fitted. So, I may have to put the trip back a day or so.
Not a great deal achieved yesterday. I went to help friend Pam who lives near me. She phoned just as I was going to have a nap! I was glad to have been able to help her anyway.
Then I tried to reinvent the tasteless lamb and beans meal from the night before as the topping for a pizza, thinking cheese would give it more oomph, but no, it had to be forced down, and was just as tasteless. This virus seems to have affected my taste buds and I have to be careful using my usual go to, a tin of chopped tomatoes, as the tomato flavour has been horribly strong. I made minestrone soup last week - that didn't taste right either and had to be chucked. The rest of the meat & beans will also be chuckerooli'd. I hate to waste food but truly it was yuk.
I was too tired to sew yesterday. I went to Llandod in the morning to get some fresh veg and chicken breasts. I am trying to eat less meat and that was the only thing I was low on in the freezer. I got a courgette and a red pepper to go into a pizza topping I have always enjoyed in the past (tinned tomatoes included) so will knock that together later in the week. One of the chicken breasts will go into a stir fry tomorrow night - I got two nice crisp Pak Choi's, one to use and one to freeze. Some grated courgette and finely chopped red pepper will go in too. I passed on the Tesco beanshoots as they are always fusty and inedible.
Right, I shall sit down with a book for a while, waiting for elusive sleep to come and keep me company.
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I was still wide awake at 3 a.m. I feel ghastly this morning and Am Going Nowhere Today, I can tell you. Here is the photo of the nifty trowel for Gill. I think this is the best piece of gardening kit I've got!
We had a very hard frost last night. So hard it froze the cat flap shut. I don't think I will be out with the new trowel today! What I should do is finish my letter to my Dutch penpal, and it would make sense as I need to be sitting for a while yet, is to carry on copying my family tree onto the long pre-printed paper chart. That is a good January job, and enjoyable too. I am pretty certain I have something like half a dozen churches I visited last year which never got written up. I will investigate.
My poor body needs some tlc, having been dragged so low with this virus, and then battered with medications to sort it out. I got some reduced Strawberries yesterday. They are good for gut and soul. No appetite yet though.
