Friday 20th May
Well, I went back to bed this morning at just gone 6, but still tossed and turned a bit. Next thing I knew BB was putting a cup of tea down next to me at 9.30! I managed to drag myself out of bed, get dressed and make it out of the house and up to the Little Chef for some breakfast. BB had already taken the dogs to the groomers so it was just a case of waiting for the phone call to say that Georgie could be picked up....Dont laugh, but although the dogs go together, they come home separately....why???...because Georgie gets done first (the Yorkie) and because she then has to sit and wait for Billy (the Shih T Zu) to be done she gets so stressed out that she hyperventilates and gets in too such a state that the first time it happened they thought she was having an asthma attack!!!
Managed to get the food down before the call saying she was done. The food was ok, but I couldn't taste a thing. On the way back my stomach just went crazy so BB had to drop me off at home. I wont subject you to the yukky details but basically I've now fot a really bad stomach upset. So what with that and the flu type symptoms, im feeling pretty low :o(
I spent the rest of the day dozing off in chairs, visiting the loo and sneezing and coughing. Still popping the Lemsip Capsules in the hopes that they are working and I'd feel even worse if I wasn't taking them! LOL I did manage to get some of Weebly's books sorted, journalling and doing release notes etc......
Spent the evening sat in front of the TV just waiting for bedtime LOL. BB has now gone to get DS1 from a club and release some books on the way home for me. We had a call from DS1's mate saying that he's really drunk and in a state, so there was me thinking I might actually be able to go to bed....yeah right.....gotta wait up now to see what the damage is. I wouldn't mind, I gotta be up at 7 to take tigzz to Hastings for a fitting for her Bridesmaids outfit!!!!!!!
Why is my life just soooo bloody crappy!!!!! LOL
Thursday 19th May
BigBoss took the kids to school for me this morning, so I did manage to have a lay in until 8.30, which was nice. I spent most of the day popping Lemsip Max Strength Capsules and feeling pretty sorry for myself lol. The builders have finished now so the plan was to get some DIY stuff done. BB went down B & Q to get the necessities and then we spent virtually the whole day sitting on our butts, talking, relaxing and generally not bothering to do anything. My appetite still isn't back, but I did manage to eat some oat cakes with cream cheese about 3pm.
I left at 5pm for the journey up to Northants for a BC meet and Angel of Mercy call by Weebly (or should that be by Weebly's DH) to pick up some books to distribute dan sowf. I got there at 7, the journey was a pig! I thought I was spose to be on a motorway, not in a car park!!!!
After Weebly's DH had loaded my boot with what Weeb's estimates to be 200 books, we made our way to the local Pub which is now an OBCZ. Spent the next 2 hours having a very nice chat with Weebly & kikatinkan (a really nice bloke from Ireland who's fairly new to BC). After speaking to us I think he'll now go away and never come back lol.....nah, we just warned him about how addictive BC is......
Left at 10pm, got home at 11.30, went to bed at midnight and here I am now, quarter to 6 am and I still haven't had any sleep :o( I'm a bit of an insomniac on the quiet but the problem last night, or should I say this morning, was every time I lay down...cough, cough, cough.... sit up and I'm fine :o( So after going through that till 3am I decided it wasn't worth the agro and came back downstairs. I feel tired, but not as much as I thought I would. I've tried laying down on the sofa a couple of times but that's not working either because now I'm absolutely starving.
Some of the BCUKers are starting a diet on Monday (me included) and everyone's going on about pigging out over the next few days. I've been on an unintentional diet since Monday :o(
Think I'll wait til BB & the kids get up now, then it's take the dogs to have their hair cut and then I think I'll drag BB to a cafe for brekkie, then come home and crash for a couple of hours......
Wednesday 18th May
Today has been a real crappy day :o( I'm really suffering now with a blocked up nose, sore throat and basically feeling like shit!!!! Couldn't take meself off to bed though as the builders were here again today. Been popping Lemsip Max Strength Capsules, but it doesn't seem to have done any good :o(
Spent most of the day confined to the kitchen with the cats and dogs and BigBoss on the phone to work. I hate being cooped up in one room, today I thought I was loosing it so I'm glad that's it now and all the work is done!
I haven't felt like food but managed to eat egg on toast for lunch and have a couple of spoonfuls of rice for dinner.
DS1 refused point blank to go to school today so I didn't get the laptop. I really miss it now and I'm determined to get one. I've put it on my 43things list lol
I've actually spent most of the day Book Crossing lol. Sorting out the boxes of books that I brought home from the BOSH bash last night (thanks Molyneux). I've now got in my dining room, a box of books for Acanthium32 (as she needs some more books to wild release), a box for jacinta_in_Kent (as she will hopefully be setting up an OBCZ in Tonbridge), 2 boxes for LyzzyBee (up in Birmingham for her OBCZ & a special project she's doing), a large box for Weebly (books from other BCers so that her OBCZ stock will be a bit more interesting) and a box for BigBoss to take into work so that everyone there can have a rummage! Trouble is, I really need shot of the PDQ as I'm hoping to get an Agent round next week to value the house. They'll probably all need to go into the garage (but they'll be ok in there). Just gotta remember what box is what lol....will have to write on them! Will be picking up some more books from Weebly tomorrow so I'll be able to add to the boxes and then take a box down to Leeds Castle for the Kent BCers Meet Up. I'm sure everyone will take something home with them....I'll make em! lol
Well, I spose I better get to bed, although I know I'm gunna have trouble sleeping as I'm soooo fed up with only being able to breath out of my mouth :o( haven't read anything again today so I might try to in a minute......
Tuesday 17th May
Yesterday when I met up with jacinta she gave me the book "Simplify Your Life" as I'm the first person on this ring. I had a pretty rough night last night and couldn't sleep (blocked up runny nose lol) so I managed to read the whole book. I was a little disappointed though, but there were quite a few tips that I'm gunna adopt.....
1. Reduce The Clutter In Your Life: They say to throw out anything you haven't used for a year, but I'm gunna go one better and not only through out stuff I don't use, but stuff I don't like as well.
2. Buy In Bulk: I've been promising to do this for years. It saves money and time!
3. Move To A Smaller House: Well, as I'm gunna be doing this anyway, it was nice to read that it will actually benefit me by making me more ruthless with clutter.
4. Build A Simple Wardrobe: Ahhhhh...now this is a good idea. I really do have too many clothes.
5. Turn Off The TV: Now this is gunna be hard but I'm gunna really try.
6. Take A Vacation At Home: I've always been a big fan of doing this and what with moving, I don't think we'll have chance to get away anywhere this year so we'll spend the time relaxing and doing the odd bit of DIY or gardening.
7. Get Out Of Debt: This is gunna be a long term goal I think!
8. Simplify Your Eating Habits: Cut out the junk food and eat more fruit and vegetables. Simple, wholesome food.
9. Make Water Your Drink Of Choice: My kids drink water all the time (because I refuse to buy squash as they will get through a bottle in a day), but I drink a lot of coke, tea and coffee. This I think is very achievable.
10. Keep A Journal: Well, here it is!
11. Review Your Life Regularly: I spose it's quite easy to slip back into your old ways....
Well, not brilliant, only 11 things out of 100.....but still a lot for me to concentrate on. I'll add some of these to my 43things list.
I spent most of the day shivering (think I've def got flu) and making cups of tea for the builders. Did manage to nab the laptop again so I didn't feel that cut off.
Left at 5pm to make my way to the BOSH bash in Reading at The Great Expectations. Missed my turning for the M4 (as usual) and arrived just before 7pm. WistfulDragon was already there and we were shortly joined by bonjella (at her first meet up). Final turnout was; me, Wistful, bonjella, SwanOfKennet, Molyneux, rahar109, KleptoKitty, chelseagirl, zb, hapireada & jenatleisure (who brought with her a Birfdee pressie for me of chocolate & bubble bath....what a lovely surprise!!!!!)
We did a bit of a pub crawl and went up to the Retreat where we left some books in the OBCZ.
Was loads of fun in the car park with BCers acting like vulture in Molyneux's boot. I came home with 3 boxes of books plus some stragglers that were left over from the meet. I'll be doing the BC Relay over the next 2 weeks (distributing books). Finally got home at just after midnight (as the M25 was down to 1 lane and then they had closed the junction I needed to come off so I had to go further on and turn round).
I didnt actually read at all today :o( I just fell in bed as i was absolutely shattered!
Monday 16th May
Well, the builders arrived bright and breezy..... Too bright & breezy for my liking, but still, I guess it's not their house they're recking is it! lol The prospect of spending the whole day shut in the kitchen with the dogs and cats was getting me down, until I came up with the brain wave!!!! Asking DS1 if I could borrow his laptop for the day!!!! So my panic attack subsided when I got it up and running on the kitchen table. Wasn't too bad a day, BigBoss came home at lunchtime to relieve my boredom (and make me lunch) and the builders packed up at 3.15. The whole house is covered in dust, but at least its getting done.
I met up with jacinta2000 or should that be jacinta_in _Kent (she's recently changed her BC name) in Tonbridge at 4.30 for a spot of grub and a drink in the local pub. Released 4 books while I was there and picked up a couple of books from her. One of which is the ring "Simplify Your Life" so I'm looking forward to getting started on that! Jacinta tried to approach the Manager of the Humphrey Bean about having an OBCZ there. We decided (when the Manager seemed to develop the persona of the Invisible Man) that she would go back again another day armed with lots of info for him to look at, rather than take our word for it if he'd never heard of Book Crossing.
I got home about 8, but on the way I started to feel a bit ill. By the time I got home I was sneezing like a goodun. I've now got a sore throat, runny nose and itchy eyes. All I can think it can be is that the builders had the front door open all day today and it wasn't exactly warm now was it :o( I've dosed meself up as there is no way I wanna miss the BOSH bash tomorrow night (haven't had a chance to wear my T Shirt there yet) so I'm hoping that when I get up tomorrow I'll feel a bit better. Gunna sit down now and start this book, just hope it works as I need "simplifying" ;o)
Sunday 15th May
Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday to meeeeee
Happy Birthday to me!
Ooooooo....I'm 37 today. I dragged BigBoss out of bed this morning at about half 7 LOL. I cant help it, I'm a big kid at heart. Opened all me pressies (got some earrings, a ring, a journal, a necklace, one of those terracotta money boxes that you have to smash when they're full and a bunch of flowers). Opened my cards and then it was, right, ok....now what....... LOL
Spent the rest of the day cleaning the house (well, by the time we'd got motivated we only had time to do the top 2 floors) as I've got builders coming tomorrow to do some work. Got the treadmill out of DS1's room and managed to get it down 2 flights of stairs. BigBoss had to take the stabilisers off to get it down. It was standing in the middle of the hallway and I said to him "am I ok to open it without those leg things on it?"...."yeah" he said..... I wanted to take some pics of it as I intended to sell it on eBay. I started to open it (its one of those heavy duty ones that folds for storage) and the next thing I knew I was flat on the floor feeling all dizzy and sick. Turns out you cant open it without the stabilisers as it falls over on top of you LOL. This thing is huge! Folded up it stands about 6 foot (I'm 5"2). I sat on the floor in tears for 10 minutes trying to calm down. I have a huge bump on my head and even now I feel a bit groggy! BigBoss kept pointing out to me how lucky I was and that it could of been soooo much worse...... Great Birthday eh? LOL. Trouble is, not only did it do me some damage, but i seem to have broken it :o( So now i wont be able to sell it!
I finished releasing all my Birthday books this evening. So that's 37 books released within the last 24 hours. It was hard work but tigzz came with us tonight to help. So she did all the jumping out of the car at bus stops LOL
The only disappointment to the day........ NO BOOKS!!!!! :o( BigBoss said he didn't get me any because I've got enough..... How dare he make that decision for me ;o)
