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[the_rck]

My left Achille’s tendon has really been hurting the last few days. It’s been very nice outside, in the 50s and 60s, and I very much want to take a walk. I just know that I wouldn’t make it very far before the pain was too much, and then I wouldn’t be able to do anything the rest of the day. That’s not been an option all week and won’t be today, either. Tomorrow, I will almost certainly walk too much because Scott has the day off (it’s his birthday) and will want to do things.

All of the laundry has also made my hands hurt a lot. My right hand was angry enough to make sleeping difficult last night which is highly unusual. I slept badly last night, generally. I was too warm, and my sinuses complained a lot. When I’m upright, I feel fine and don’t think I have a cold at all, but when I lie down, suddenly, I feel like I have a bad cold. I can’t think of anything in the bed that I might be allergic to.

We had three friends over last night. We talked about a game Scott wants to run in the Firefly universe. I’m kind of generally eh on Firefly, but everyone else is really enthusiastic. The game system will be Cortex Plus which I don’t know a lot about. We only had one copy of the book last night, and I let other people look at it since it lives here and is mine any other time.

I only have to do two loads of laundry today. I’m kind of hoping that I can get all of the chores done quickly and then nap. It might happen. Maybe.


Wrap Scott’s presents (I’m not absolutely sure I can, given my hands, but I should try)
Strip our bed
Wash two loads of laundry
Tidy kitchen counters
Run dishwasher
Put away the laundry (mostly blankets) that’s in the living room
Make our bed
Various emails, PMs, etc.
Make a sandwich for Cordelia for lunch tomorrow
Call UHS
Call the school
Other things to be added as I remember them

Comments

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

Here's hoping you can get through your To Do list AND get a nap in.

[the_rck]

Thanks!

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

I know Cordelia is in a fragile state right now, but is there anything you can ask her to do? Maybe wrap the gifts? I know 13 is young, and given her issues, even younger, but if you can gently ask and remind her that it's an opportunity to learn to do something that might be worrying her, and also that giving you a bit of a break means you can spend more time doing fun stuff with the family, maybe that will give her some impetus and also something else to focus on.

Might be good if she can get out of her own head by focusing on others?

[the_rck]

Cordelia could probably wrap the presents. She just couldn't do it when her father wasn't at home. She'll be at school until 4:00 today, and her father will get home around then. He'll be home all day tomorrow. Tuesday and Wednesday, there were twenty minute windows between when Cordelia got home and when Scott was likely to.

For the laundry we've been doing, it's also a matter of time. The dryer takes 1.5 to 2.5 hours to dry a load that includes blankets. Fitting in five loads in a day only works if the dryer is running pretty constantly.

Cordelia put sheets on our bed Tuesday evening, but I don't like waiting to put the new sheets on because I can't try to nap until it's done. She put her own sheets on last night, too.

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

I'm glad she's helping out. I'm waiting on tenterhooks for my 3 year old to become useful. :)

Too bad the timing overlaps so much :(