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Sep. 15th, 2020 09:35 pmI've been getting more migraines the last four months than I consider normal for me. I suspect that most of them are perimenopause related. During the years when I took oral contraceptives, I had vastly more migraines with one pretty much any time I got less than eight hours of sleep (I didn't realize that the contraceptives were a problem until after Cordelia was born when I went back on them and suddenly had migraines again). I've also had issues with menstrual migraines for about 35 years; those generally hit the first or second day of my period but will occasionally ambush me the day before.
The big series of migraines in August were all in the week before a period (which lasted 18 days). The period before that was in April. The one before that was in October. I'm definitely hoping for August's being the last one forever.
Cordelia auditioned for Skyline Blues, her school's competitive choir. We don't know that they'll have any face to face rehearsals or performances at all this school year, but it's pretty clear that they won't have any in 2020. The director would like to, I think, but she also understands that it would be irresponsible and dangerous.
( Cordelia, testing, and college applications )
I had a bunch of blood tests done last Wednesday. Scott was going in for a fasting blood draw and a couple of vaccinations, so I went with him and did my own fasting blood draw. I wasn't in time to schedule a flu shot, though.
My A1c is down a little bit. It's gone from 6.3 to 6.1. I have no explanation for that change except that I slept better when Cordelia stopped needing to get up for school. My diet has gotten more restricted in terms of vegetable intake (there's almost nothing I can digest safely) but hasn't otherwise altered. I'm exercising less.
( Starting the 2020/2021 school year )
Scott is kind of buried in cider season overtime at present. He had to call in to take Cordelia to the ACT on Saturday as he (and everyone else) was scheduled to work both Saturday and Sunday. He might get a day this upcoming weekend, but he also might not. If he hadn't called in, by Friday, he'd have worked twelve days straight. They worked Labor Day and the Saturday of Labor Day weekend.
Scott found out from the guy who took over the scheduler job that they actually did set up some guidelines for prioritizing orders and for which customers merit upsetting previously locked in scheduling and which don't. Unfortunately, the parent company's requests are always allowed to do it, and those folks seem to think that bottles materialize instantly, upon request. Scott's company doesn't have any way to store product, so they can't stockpile anything. That means that a Friday order for Monday delivery requires weekend work.
( Writing projects and such )
The big series of migraines in August were all in the week before a period (which lasted 18 days). The period before that was in April. The one before that was in October. I'm definitely hoping for August's being the last one forever.
Cordelia auditioned for Skyline Blues, her school's competitive choir. We don't know that they'll have any face to face rehearsals or performances at all this school year, but it's pretty clear that they won't have any in 2020. The director would like to, I think, but she also understands that it would be irresponsible and dangerous.
( Cordelia, testing, and college applications )
I had a bunch of blood tests done last Wednesday. Scott was going in for a fasting blood draw and a couple of vaccinations, so I went with him and did my own fasting blood draw. I wasn't in time to schedule a flu shot, though.
My A1c is down a little bit. It's gone from 6.3 to 6.1. I have no explanation for that change except that I slept better when Cordelia stopped needing to get up for school. My diet has gotten more restricted in terms of vegetable intake (there's almost nothing I can digest safely) but hasn't otherwise altered. I'm exercising less.
( Starting the 2020/2021 school year )
Scott is kind of buried in cider season overtime at present. He had to call in to take Cordelia to the ACT on Saturday as he (and everyone else) was scheduled to work both Saturday and Sunday. He might get a day this upcoming weekend, but he also might not. If he hadn't called in, by Friday, he'd have worked twelve days straight. They worked Labor Day and the Saturday of Labor Day weekend.
Scott found out from the guy who took over the scheduler job that they actually did set up some guidelines for prioritizing orders and for which customers merit upsetting previously locked in scheduling and which don't. Unfortunately, the parent company's requests are always allowed to do it, and those folks seem to think that bottles materialize instantly, upon request. Scott's company doesn't have any way to store product, so they can't stockpile anything. That means that a Friday order for Monday delivery requires weekend work.
( Writing projects and such )
