A New Frustration

I made it into work yesterday, but didn't last long. I was 'quarantined' during my weekly staff meeting, meaning I had to sit at the far end of the table. After just a couple of hours I felt worse than ever, and made the decision to go home.

I got up this morning to try again, but felt sicker than yesterday. I am really getting frustrated. I want to be back at work. I am sick and tired of being confined to the house. I want to eat properly, and not feel sick every time I eat. I want to get outdoors and get fresh air. I want to get back to Curves and dancing. But what can I do, but ride it out, and hope I recover soon.

Bugged

I am eternally grateful last week is far behind me. It wasn't a good week, it wasn't a bad week, it was a frustrating week. Just little things at work and home compacting to the point where I longed for Friday afternoon, and didn't think I was going to out of the week alive. On top of that I had one of the worst sleeps I can remember, which probably didn't help with dealing with frustration.

The weekend was good, but almost too busy. And now I am home sick. I woke up at 3:00 a.m. yesterday morning with a tummy ache and feeling nauseous. So I stayed home yesterday. I felt a bit better when I woke up this morning, but after getting ready for work I started feeling sick again, and regretted eating breakfast. So I made the decision to stay home again today.

Of all the days this week to be home sick, yesterday and today couldn't be worse. I had a couple of projects that needed to be wrapped up today, so I am very grateful to my co-workers who are tying up some loose ends for me while I'm home trying to get better. On the other hand, I know they're grateful I'm home and not spreading my stomach bug around work.

Crapuary

I don’t like January: it’s cold, wet, grey, dull. It’s really any adjective you can find to describe blah. This is always the time of year when I just look and feel like crap. The last reserves of vitamin D have dried up; the summer tan is a faint memory; and SADS has set in.

At the end of every summer I tell myself I am not returning to the tanning beds the next year; but I always do. Why? It’s hard to imagine feeling crappy and looking pasty white when you are sun-kissed and feeling good as the summer months draw to a close. Then I look in the mirror at this time of year, realise I need some sun, and then further realise that sun and warmth are still months away.

But, I really want to avoid the fake n’ bake this year – perhaps this is another one of those New Year’s resolutions I don’t make – and take advantage of any sunny day thrown my way from here on in. Of course that is a real luxury at this time of year. The forecast for this weekend, however, looks promising. It’s supposed to be sunny and about 9 or 10 degrees (Celsius), which is beautiful weather for January; so I’ve decided any sunny weekend to get outdoors. It could be going for a walk or hike by myself, with Colin, or with friends. This weekend it could even be warm enough for a game of tennis; anything that gets me outdoors into the sun, and soaking up that precious vitamin D.

One More Day

All this snow finally paid off. Thanks to last night's surprise snowfall (we were told to expect rain), the school remained closed today. That meant one more day of vacation. I was woken up at 6:15 a.m. to be told this, but I'm not really complaining. I eventually fell back asleep and rolled out of bed at 9:30 - late for me.

I'm pretty sure it will be back to work tomorrow, as it does look like the rains are coming, and the temperature is going up.

Hello 2009 - Addendum

I don't usually make New Year's resolutions, but this year I have two:

1) Write a least 45 blog entries in 2009. 2008's total was 44.
2) Finish my puzzle I have been working on since September.

Hello 2009

Here we go - the first blog entry of the new year.

We woke up New 's Year day in Victoria and headed to Shawnigan Lake. We were late leaving because we were told there was a tonne of snow up there, so we had to make a decision. We decided to go. The Malahat wasn't too bad, and even the main roads around Shawnigan were fairly clear.

We had a few stops to make in Victoria before heading up to Shawnigan. Not really knowing Victoria all that well, we put my TomTom (gps) to good use. It was great except for some bizarre reason it wouldn't locate Duke Point. It kept telling us to turn around and head back to Swartz Bay to get home.

Apart from our Island getaway, 2009 has been pretty quiet thus far. I decided to go to Curves Friday morning, and fell twice trying to get there. The funny thing was, I was walking behind an elderly man hoping that he didn't take a spill...

My first fall wasn't too bad. The second one did a bit more damage, which I didn't start feeling the effects of until yesterday. I bruised my ulnar, and pulled a ligament in my shoulder. That was the final straw for me with this weather. It's bad enough I haven't be able to drive - well, you can drive, but parking is more than impossible. And Friday showed me you can't even walk. And yesterday Mother Nature added salt to the wound - it snowed again! I think this was the fifth time in two weeks. I don't know, I'm starting to lose count.

Yesterday we had a few people over. We watched the world juniors: Canada vs. Russia. An amazing game of hockey. I think junior hockey is actually better than NHL hockey. But I don't go to all that many Giants games. I really should though. The tickets are affordable, and there's nothing like watching hockey in the Coliseum. After the hockey game we broke out the board games.

I can't believe I go back to work tomorrow. I feel like I've been on vacation for a long time, but it has flown by so fast. I think a lot of it has to do with being trapped. I haven't been able to just get up and go and do things, thanks to this lovely weather.

I am desperate for Spring, and we're only two weeks into Winter.