Time for a cuppa?

So... I reckon a couple of months has done me some good, and I might just be about ready to join the human race again. If I show signs of anti-social behaviour, or I start running round wearing nothing but spaghetti, let me know to tone it down a bit, huh?

Although I've not been blogging, there are a few people who have stopped by regularly, or even frequently. And though I haven't responded, I have appreciated. I want to say a special thanks to Akelamalu, who must be the most amazingly patient person in the world. I also want to give more general thanks to all the rest of my blogging friends for stopping by and checking up on me now and then. Each time I've seen a message, I've smiled and thought of you fondly.





I haven't only been licking open wounds. I've been readjusting...in my own way. After a month of crying and just missing Julia, I went to the doctor. I said that this was wrong and that was wrong, and maybe my thyroid could be checked at the same time. I've has an autoimmune thyroiditis (Hashimoto's Disease, I believe it's more commonly called) condition for several years now, and I wanted to rule out the possibility my medication was responsible for my sleep problems and irritable mood. I suspected it might be stress, but wanted to be sure.
Turns out my thyroid levels have (strangely) increased. I was expecting it to have gone the other way as more of my thryroid stopped working! Yay! That's one good thing, and it could also explain some of the symptoms I'd been having since Christmas. And it would also explain the inability to take a close up photo due to shaky hands! They're checking it again in November before reducing the medication, but it's nice to know my body's doing something right, even if I haven't had a hand in it! :-)






The other thing we talked about was councelling and anti-depressants. I considered the councelling carefully. Sometimes it really is good to talk, but I haven't felt it the right time yet. Anti-depressants? This I thought about a lot, but I really didn't like the idea. I decided to take my health - both mental and physical - into my own hands. So, instead of sitting there being tearful, I've been working on myself, bringing some control back into my life. I'm eating better, drinking more water, have taken up yoga.





And for my mind I decided to finish my book, and have been adding to it, and editing it with a pace that's been gruelling but satisfying. I really want to do the NaNoWriMo in November this year, alongside everyone else.
Then, in my tiny little cottage, the problem of which has always been the lack of storage and space, I've spent the last week alternating writing with building an inbuilt wardrobe in the boys' bedroom. Sooooo satisfying. There's now a place to hang clothes, his tv/ xbox has its own area, and there are shelves... actual shelves!!! By the time the kids come back from their holiday with their dad on Friday, I should have it finished and painted (I hope).
Since my car's in the garage being sorted, I can't go anywhere, so I'll have to be here anyway, so in a minute I'm getting back to it...




Come next week, term time starts again, and I know I'm going to be exhausted for a couple of weeks as we get back into the swing of things. This term is always the busiest, with rarely a moment to finish a cup of tea in the middle of the day, let alone to sit for five minutes. There's be trays of practical equipment and stacks of books to carry round; and we, the technicians, will become psychics (ooo, that reminds me... something to tell you on that score, but not now... there's a cupboard to finish!) and read the minds of teachers, other technicians, substitute teachers and the school beurocracy. We become super-heroes during the day, and exhausted parents in the evening. But it's a good and varied job (long holidays, for a start...if only we got paid for them!!)




So, with a couple of days left, I've decided to focus on the things I need to do (I asked myself a question, with mortality on my mind, 'What have I done with my life, and what do I want to do?' The first answer to jump to mind was to finish my book.) and come back to blogging next week.




So, I look forward to coming visiting again then. Until then, be well, be happy and don't be too good! I'm missing you all, but there are things I need to get sorted before I can return... but I'll enjoy seeing you all again so much more with renewed spirits!! Until then, I shall just post a couple of pictures here and there. See you soon!! :-)