User talk:TheEileen/Apr 2009
April 2009
09 Apr 2009
Updated list and wiki. Some movement at every level with three posted projects. Yay. Things are about the same with DP. I've not got as much time for it as I used to but want to spend time but don't have time. And then I go and submit myself for the board. Part of me wants to do it because I think I can be helpful and part of me blanches at what amount of work I've let myself in for that might take even more time away from handson stuff.
Still, I think I'm getting back on track. typical spring weather, sunny - showery - overcast - clear. Things are blooming and gorgeous. I really love driving into work and seeing the masses of daffodils and hyacinths and other spring flowers. The tulips are just about ready to bloom. The cherry trees and apple trees that line the streets on my drive to work make coming and going a nice visual experience and I always try to actually enjoy and LOOK at them as I go and not take them for granted. The corollary is that I've got the allergy symptoms. Itchy eyes (such that I wanted to nearly claw my eyes out yesterday), stuffy nose or runny nose, stuffy head, hard to think, hard to sleep, the birds have started but I just get up and turn on the fan and go back to sleep. I've got this neck thing happening and as I sit up straight and type this post I can feel my left side beginning to hurt a LOT. There is something about having to hold my own arms up that is doing something on this side. I did something to it as I said in March and it has yet to really resolve. I managed to NOT sleep on my left side for the last week and that helped A LOT. So did my massage yesterday although that then let the other muscles complain about all the work they had to do. Still, interesting that this typing position really hurts so much. So, sorry, but I'm gonna stop then. I presume I don't have as good a posture when I foof or proof since I've no memory of *that* hurting. :wink:
16 Apr 2009
Updated the list yesterday and the wiki today. One project moved between stages and two posted. Nice. Things are still the same for me and time and DP.
Weather still typically spring. It was gloomy and rainy the weekend and Mon/Tue and started to clear up yesterday afternoon and today, Thursday, is very pretty and mostly sunny. Thus, I will no doubt be incapacitated by allergies in about three more hours. ha! The day I wanted to claw my eyes out, it turns out was the highest tree pollen count day this city had seen in 20 some-odd years. I have two odd headache points today - one over my right eye and one behind my left ear. The neck thing continues to slowly get better. If I can manage not to sleep on my left side at all, it gets better faster but sometimes my head hurts so much lying on my right side that I must turn to the left. I did so several times last night. The sleep was better but today isn't so fun with the neck. Also, it seems to strain my neck to type like this, words and such. When I'm mousing around and typing a few things one handed, where my arm rests on the armrest - not allowing my shoulder to carry the weight of my arm (or maybe it's the angle??) then I'm fine. It's annoying as two of my main tasks for myself this week were to write two big letters I need to. And I daren't. However, it does seem it was a good thing to take this week off from work. I hadn't realized typing all the time was part of what was making my neck worse until I didn't type like that for two days and then started again and could FEEL it coming on. As I do now. Bye!
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