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Monday
- Physio moved from my arm to my back. Apparently everything works perfectly and my sitting posture is perfect (and so it should be after all the chiro and effort of the past few years) but my standing posture is offset left, possible there's a slight difference in my legs. I should definitely not get a job which requires long periods of standing, conveniently I have one which mostly involves sitting :-)
Still doesn't explain the remaining sciatica symptoms....
- Took the day slowly, there was nothing really urgent. In the evening motivation struck and I have started a new personal project. Now things just have to stay quiet enough that I get more time to work on that.
- Enforced downtime in the evening by watching RED (on the TV, via the computer .... arrrr). Very enjoyable silly action movie.
- Compulsively checked my work email beofre bed to find one that completely undid the movies good work :( when will I learn?
Tuesday
- car in for warrant, water-pump recall and two new tyres (which were borderline last warrant so I had budgeted for them). They might have held out another 6 months but I'd rather have new tyres going into winter. They've done 7 1/2 years.
The other two (on the driving wheels) were replaced 18 months ago.
- Found chocolates and a note in the mailbox from an (unnecessarily) apologetic party-goer who apparently threw up in the garden Friday night. His name wasn't on my list, but the thought is appreciated.
- The kitchen sink decided it wasn't going to empty after I washed the dishes so I had to turn my hand to some amateur plumbing. After dismantling everything I could above the floorboards I ventured under the house to take a look.
Mere minutes after getting down there the days aftershock came rumbling though. They sound a bit different from down there, and they feel a bit different when you're lying on the ground as well. It was a nervous moment but nothing more.
The drain blockage was eventually resolved by
a) re-widening the pipe outlet which had been crushed close at some point (soft lead pipe) to let some gunk out, and
b) running the garden hose in through the kitchen window, under the bench and all the way down the drainpipe to punch through the blockage then flush out the pipe.
This did however chew through a bunch of time I'd meant to spend on other things. Additionally the entire day of work went on short-notice scrappy jobs without even starting the main projects I planned to get done.
Wednesday
- Work went better, getting to the point I had hoped to be at the end of Tuesday. Tomorrow [touch wood] I might finish the last significant outstanding job and be able to take a "day off" on Friday.
- I planned to do the weeding after lunch (in the sun) but which was finally done just as it set, as gardening therapy after a frustrating last couple of hours.
- Cooked a pudding tonight. Don't think it quite worked.
- Writing this in the lounge to kill time before the the "80's movie songs" hour on C4, more enforced downtime away from the computer desk/office.
- Physio moved from my arm to my back. Apparently everything works perfectly and my sitting posture is perfect (and so it should be after all the chiro and effort of the past few years) but my standing posture is offset left, possible there's a slight difference in my legs. I should definitely not get a job which requires long periods of standing, conveniently I have one which mostly involves sitting :-)
Still doesn't explain the remaining sciatica symptoms....
- Took the day slowly, there was nothing really urgent. In the evening motivation struck and I have started a new personal project. Now things just have to stay quiet enough that I get more time to work on that.
- Enforced downtime in the evening by watching RED (on the TV, via the computer .... arrrr). Very enjoyable silly action movie.
- Compulsively checked my work email beofre bed to find one that completely undid the movies good work :( when will I learn?
Tuesday
- car in for warrant, water-pump recall and two new tyres (which were borderline last warrant so I had budgeted for them). They might have held out another 6 months but I'd rather have new tyres going into winter. They've done 7 1/2 years.
The other two (on the driving wheels) were replaced 18 months ago.
- Found chocolates and a note in the mailbox from an (unnecessarily) apologetic party-goer who apparently threw up in the garden Friday night. His name wasn't on my list, but the thought is appreciated.
- The kitchen sink decided it wasn't going to empty after I washed the dishes so I had to turn my hand to some amateur plumbing. After dismantling everything I could above the floorboards I ventured under the house to take a look.
Mere minutes after getting down there the days aftershock came rumbling though. They sound a bit different from down there, and they feel a bit different when you're lying on the ground as well. It was a nervous moment but nothing more.
The drain blockage was eventually resolved by
a) re-widening the pipe outlet which had been crushed close at some point (soft lead pipe) to let some gunk out, and
b) running the garden hose in through the kitchen window, under the bench and all the way down the drainpipe to punch through the blockage then flush out the pipe.
This did however chew through a bunch of time I'd meant to spend on other things. Additionally the entire day of work went on short-notice scrappy jobs without even starting the main projects I planned to get done.
Wednesday
- Work went better, getting to the point I had hoped to be at the end of Tuesday. Tomorrow [touch wood] I might finish the last significant outstanding job and be able to take a "day off" on Friday.
- I planned to do the weeding after lunch (in the sun) but which was finally done just as it set, as gardening therapy after a frustrating last couple of hours.
- Cooked a pudding tonight. Don't think it quite worked.
- Writing this in the lounge to kill time before the the "80's movie songs" hour on C4, more enforced downtime away from the computer desk/office.
