Keeping track (The king cried: 'Comfort of my soul, what chance)

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Did I tidy my room? YES! It could be a lot tidier, though. The book cases need a serious overhaul. My project for this week then.

Did I go to bed early last night? NO! I stayed up very late talking to Pol online. I'm very tired of a certain style of argument we keep on having, so we're sorting out how it happens so as to make it not happen. We'll go to Relate at some point around the 15th, I think. We're both fine today, but it still needs sorting out.

Did I take my nighttime anti-migraine pills? YES!

Did I do my dawn walk? NO! I woke up at about 9am.

What's the weather like? Wet and windy. It's really foul out, cold too. I've had a lovely time being curled up with a hot water bottle and a little dish of chocolates (from Aldi, but still delicious).

Did I wash and get dressed in nice clothes? NO! I was in pyjamas all day. At the point after breakfast when I would have got dressed, I had a nap instead.

Did I do relaxation after breakfast? YES! It turned into a nap.

Did I go out somewhere else too? NO! Quite the opposite. :0)

Did I cook? YES! Chicken en croute with basil, peppers and garlic, served with roasted Mediterranean vegetables. Nom. Porridge with tropical fruit, but this time sans cinnamon, for breakfast.

Did I take my post-breakfast anti-migraine pills? YES! I also gave Moth her before-breakfast pro-kidney pill.

Did I do anything energetic? I didn't have to wrestle Moth that much this morning, although she wasn't impressed. I wiped the kitchen sides and the hob, and that's about all, really.

Did I use my brain? YES! I finally sat down with A Broken Flute and made notes. I find myself very much not wanting to know, about any of it. Skim reading about people's misfortunes is apparently fine, but actually taking notes on who, remembering the names and the places, my brain rebels against. I get the horrible feeling that perhaps other people suffering is 'fun' and learning about real people being hurt is not as 'fun' and that's why I skim books like this, but avoid in depth study. Ugh. I fight against disliking myself for irrational reasons, but this is a trait I think I ought to dislike, and deal with. People did not, do not suffer and die so I can have fun reading about them.

Happy things: Moth's on her heated blanket, purring very loudly. I really should get Arwen something nice for Yule, she's made mine and Moth's lives happier with that single gift. I had really nice food and did the whole curling up warm while the weather rages outside thing. I am about to play Pharoah, after sitting reading Longshot. I watched a programme about Roman technology and it was ace. I snuggled up with Pol on the sofa. Random has been fixing her car and is all lit up by it, even when soggy and cold.

HEALTH

Did I take painkillers? YES! Tramadol last night, cocodamol last night.

Did I have a migraine? YES! I finally succumbed to it this morning and stopped trying to work through it, as I have for the past few days. I feel much, much better after my long nap. There's a sort of sweet taste in my mouth I associate with wellbeing - pain is bitter and minty (like oil of peppermint) and drives out the sweet taste. If I don't brush my teeth, then my mouth is sour like anyone else's, naturally.

Do I feel MEish? NO! Not after the nap. I must *really* have needed it.

How are my sinuses? Cruddy. Not as bad as they have been.

Did I sleep well? YES! Last night I slept from about 2am to about 9am, then I had a few more hours in the afternoon, of disturbed and dreamful but still useful sleep.

PLANS

Sunday is now Hieroglyphs day because I am doing OU stuff all week.

I will move wood around if I am physically up for it. The rain will keep the spiders under cover, which is what I very much want to have happen.

I will sort out one shelf of books. I can do that without getting all overwhelmed and aaaaaaargh about it, probably. Throw out the ones I no longer want, move in the ones that should be there.

Make some sort of cabbage, apple and sweet potato Thing. There's no bacon, which just seems *wrong*, but I will cope!