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tomorrow I’m eating a vegetable (that isn’t a potato)

02 Wednesday Apr 2025

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What a week. A whole seven days of being so sick I’ve barely been able to eat. By the time I got to Sunday I was feeling very weak and decided I had to start force-feeding myself or I wasn’t going to get better. This is my entire food intake since last Thursday (last proper meal).

Friday – piece of toast with honey (unfinished)
Saturday – bowl of shredded wheat cereal (unfinished)
Sunday – cooked ham on toast
Monday – cooked ham on toast
Tuesday – grilled cheese sandwich (brunch), bowl of mashed potatoes (early dinner)
Wednesday – scrambled egg sandwich (brunch), air-fried potatoes with melted cheese (early dinner)

Well okay, aside from this I drank a bottle of lemonade over Friday-Saturday and there were a couple of late night yoghurts (can’t remember exactly when). And I kept drinking water. So at least I was staying hydrated.

Anyhow, tomorrow I am determined to have a vegetable! I mean one that isn’t a potato. Because this food aversion has just been weird. I feel a bit better than over the weekend but still feeling far from okay, even with the meds I got on Monday. But at least today and yesterday I’ve been able to stay vertical most of the day and didn’t go to bed at 6.30 pm. Progress!

sick… again!

31 Monday Mar 2025

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What started last week as a sore throat seemed to be another of “those things” going around. I’d had almost identical symptoms last December just before Christmas. Both then and now repeated Covid-Flu tests have come back negative so I didn’t think too much about it. Turns out I should have been staying home! I was out for a rather glorious lunch at Restaurante Limón on Thursday, invited by the PR at five-star Don Ramón Hotel, and felt okay when I got there. But by the time lunch was over I was feeling decidedly not okay and, after getting home, it was all I could to do shower and put myself to bed. And well, I’ve been there ever since. Other than a trip to emergency today.

It was truly bizarre going from having such mild symptoms to becoming bedridden within a couple of hours. The scariest symptom is that since Saturday my vision started going wonky, but really they are all very worrying and unpleasant (I brought a written list of them with me to the hospital). Anyhow, I have a an assortment of meds now, so hopefully they will have the desired effect.

the no-blue blues

28 Friday Mar 2025

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After weeks of non-stop rain it’s finally gorgeous Blue sandal-wearing weather and I’m stuck at home in bed with… something. Covid-Flu tests have so far come back negative. So all I can do is enjoy the blue vicariously (well, or look out the window). This pic was taken while hobbling home on Monday on my way for a pedi. Dammit, was totally going to wear sandals today. Anyhow, more later. Being vertical isn’t really much of an option at the moment.

new hepa!

27 Thursday Mar 2025

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A couple of weeks ago my hepa purifier started acting wonky. At first it was just stopping randomly, and would go again if I pressed the start button, but this also set off the other buttons blinking away. Eventually it just stopped. So I checked here on my handy every day blog (most boring blog in the world!) and saw I’d bought it in July 2023 and it was still on warranty.

I found a Levoit service email online and wrote to them, not expecting much after all the hassle I got trying to replace the air fryer (which they never did). But to my surprise I got a reply the next day asking me to take a video of it “not working” when I pressed the start button, a copy of the invoice and a photo of the product ID number. I dutifully sent that off straight away and the next day got another email saying they had approved the replacement but they required a photo of the supply cord cut in half, to ensure it wouldn’t be used in the future. Um, okay.

Anyhow, a new hepa should be on its way soon, though apparently the guarantee on this one will only last until the end date of the original. Better than nothing!

sandal ready!

24 Monday Mar 2025

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I believe this is the first time I’ve ever been fully prepared for sandal weather! Usually it’s a quick slapdash pedi as I’m heading out the door when the temperature suddenly goes up to 25º. But after so much RAIN these past couple of months I’ve been keeping my eye on the weekly forecast more than usual (mostly to see when I can hang up the laundry) and noticed that this weekend it will indeed be 25º and sunny. So today I popped in at my neighbourhood pedicure place and they said they could take me right away. After a quick trip home (almost next door) to change into sandals and pick up the fresh bottle of my favourite polish that I bought last week, I was back and an hour later I had happy toes. 🙂

I remember last summer I was feeling a bit guilty getting “regular” pedis (think it ended up being three over the season), especially with not working much and being skint. But I’ve decided that a little self care is worth it, and that I’m worth it too. Cannot wait until the weekend. The azahar is still out too. Heaven.