Cherry takes the reins

Sun_Addict

Fabulous thank you. I think I ought to learn at least a tiny bit of Greek. 

Cherryfudge

Sun_Addict said:

Fabulous thank you. I think I ought to learn at least a tiny bit of Greek. 

Not by any chance planning a holiday, are you? Greek would be so interesting to learn but I need to give my Italian a chance first.

Sun_Addict

Cherryfudge said:

Sun_Addict said:

Fabulous thank you. I think I ought to learn at least a tiny bit of Greek. 

Not by any chance planning a holiday, are you? Greek would be so interesting to learn but I need to give my Italian a chance first.

Our next holiday is April but that’s Lanzarote. The past two years we’ve been to Greece in the summer so possibly. I’ve done a couple of initial lessons, it’s not exactly easy with it being a different alphabet to learn as well as language but I’ll persevere. 

Cherryfudge

That was an 'eventful' shift: I ended up in Urgent Care but thankfully that was mostly precautionary and I managed to get in before the New Year's madness. A thorough bang on the head means rest and painkillers but it doesn't look as though any lasting damage was done. I'm no longer doing the shift tomorrow but should be back on Monday.

So ends an interesting year, a year with so many losses. Here's hoping for good things in 2023.

Happy New Year, all!

Sun_Addict

Oh no 🙁 Glad you’re ok. Happy New Year surely 2023 has got to be better 🤞

Cherryfudge

I'm taking it quietly today: having fallen asleep at 8.30 last night I was up again before midnight until about three! However, I was able to use that time to rebalance my food and fluid intake (depleted due to yesterday's unexpected time at work and A&E), read a story (JK Rowling's 'The Ickabog'), do some Suduko, play on the computer and do some research on concussion, so I don't feel it was time wasted.

It turns out the fatigue and nausea are common with concussion and I need to ride it out gently for a while. Very interesting what goes on while the brain heals itself. Equally amazing is the fact my rotator cuff problem has righted itself - what timing! I haven't tried it with any force but I have absolutely 100% movement back. This happened before with a similar injury on the other shoulder and I'm not complaining: it's as though everything just clicked back into place.

I'm not planning any shopping today, and checking the bank statements/paying off CC can wait till tomorrow, but there are a lot of new year's resolutions type books on Kindle offers so I may or may not succumb there.

This year I've not formulated any NY resolutions: I really didn't feel awake enough yesterday and hadn't been organised enough to plan beforehand. There will definitely be something about learning to use my sewing machine (again) but I'm not sure what else. Time to look back at 2022's and see how I did.  

Cherryfudge

Quiet day achieved and nothing spent either. We went for a (quiet) walk in the afternoon and enjoyed the daylight, stopping for a browse in the bookshop. Very little was open but we'd not expected anything - I mean, half past three on a Sunday New Year's Day?

I've called in sick for tomorrow (still a bit light headed) and don't have another shift till Thursday. It means I miss out on two double payments, but brain health is important. Other than that it's been doodling around on the internet, wondering what new year's resolutions to make and and trying to fit in my five a day. This last is a very approximate measure as I didn't weigh anything but here goes: a banana and some blueberries in the middle of the night, some mixed veg in yet another turkey pie (half portion), Christmas cake (half portion, fruit-wise, at a guess), sweet potatoes and then found some of last summer's melon in the freezer which tasted like a summer day.

Seasidegal58

Belated Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year to you and your family Cherry. 

Sorry to read of your concussion but you sound like you've been taking care of yourself in the right way - a good decision to take the day off sick today. 

Cherryfudge

Seasidegal58 said:

Belated Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year to you and your family Cherry. 

Sorry to read of your concussion but you sound like you've been taking care of yourself in the right way - a good decision to take the day off sick today. 

Thank you! I think it was the right thing to do, and I'm feeling much better now.

I resisted an invitation to go walking with J and L but DH went. It's been sunny and cold, and they went up on the moors and round the reservoir. I gather they did some steep parts, and DH was reminded how very fit those two are!

J popped in afterwards for the key to my sister's house, which they're borrowing for a couple of days, then she drove DH to his volunteering and I had the place to myself for a couple of hours. I don't think I got much done but eventually went to buy vegetables and walked home with DH. I found a few bargains, so a couple of pounds saved. Tonight's tea was cold turkey pie, baked potatoes and veg. The resolution to eat my five a day still stands (sweet potato, mixed veg in pie plus a bit of cauliflower, also carrots, onion and sweetcorn. I plan to have a banana for supper.

I also found a soft toy I started to knit back in the summer for DGD, so I've finished the body part this evening and not have the interesting/fiddly bits to do. I seem to remember I didn't have all the right colours in stash so I might soon be checking the charity shops for part-balls of yarn. Along with the knitting I found a notebook with some of the inventory of last year's Fashion on the Ration coupons, which I want to finish tallying.

Will edit later with finances.

Later edit: Spending (housekeeping) £5.94

So nice to have a sunny day.

Cherryfudge

CC payment made: just over £500 spent in the run up to Christmas, mostly gifts and food of course as this card isn't used for bills. Good job I had extra in my pay packet thanks to October/November extra shifts that I claimed late, as that help things balance out.

I lost something over £300 in extra pay with having the last couple of days off, grr. However I needed to look after my health.