This morning I woke up at 1.30am and couldn’t get back to sleep. The ache of my knee was horrible. I just wanted to bend it, or sleep on my side, or anything. So as you can tell, I was a bit sooky at that time of the morning.
And once again, hero Mat comes to the rescue. He wakes up and realises I am sitting up rubbing my knee. Without a complaint, he went and got my painkillers for me, made sure I had everything I needed, then went back to sleep. I took a painkiller and attempted to read rss feeds on my phone but before too long the drugs had kicked in and my head started drooping. I put the phone away and settled down to sleep for another few hours.
Today was also an important day work wise. We were trying to get a beta software version built so we could release it to some customers for testing over the Christmas break. My particular role was to make sure the release notes were done, and test the install once built. Let me assure you, they were both extremely hard tasks to do with a fuzzy head.
About mid-morning after release note writing, I excused myself from the staff meeting and had a sleep instead. My head was spinning, I felt a little nauseous, not good. I slept for an hour or so, and felt so much better afterwards.
That’s pretty much how the day went. Work, get tired, nap. Work, get tired, nap. I have also found it’s easier for me to get flustered with work – I can only focus on one thing at a time. It might be environmental though, working from a couch doesn’t really encourage productivity. I’m sure it will pass when I return to the office in the new year.
Today I really suffered from boredom as well. You can only really sit in the same spot on the couch for so long. I passed the time by stirring Mat and sleeping, but really struggled when I was working. Motivation wasn’t there, and I just wanted to see something different than our living room. My prayers were answered when my mate Adam rang to see if Mat and I were interested in coming round and chilling at their house.
Mat hadn’t driven a manual since doing his shoulder, as it was his left that he had injured – his gear shifting arm. But since we wanted to go to Adam and Chere’s, we would need transportation and he decided to give it a try. He was able to change gears, and although it hurt in the beginning his arm seemed to free up more and more. It was still aching when we got home later though, so we immediately put some ice on it.
So tomorrow, being a weekend and no work to do, will be a challenge in finding exciting things to do to keep myself occupied. My sister’s mate came through with a suggestion I should finish rating all my music in iTunes, which Is a killer idea!! Stay tuned for my announcement when I finally do it (600 songs to go so probably within *checks watch* 8 hours?? Yes that’s how bored I am!).
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