Day 208: Crappiness Kicked in Again

 

Mum had her Dr appointment; my daughter took her. I stayed home with the rest of the sickies.  Turns out my flu is influenza A, apparently there is a difference. It could have been worse. I could have had covid. I do also have the middle ear infection to go with my influenza A... I'm just lucky like that, I guess.

I hope because all my shots are up to date that I don't have it for too long. or it isn't a really bad bout. the cold part I can handle. It's the coughing that nearly kills me. Hurts worse that a broken rib to cough.

Day 207: Little/Big Jobs

 

Today my neighbour fixed my fence where my ex-son-in-law knocked it down when he got his truck bogged. he also took all the crap out of the yard for me. He's taking it to the tip for me. At least the yard looks a hell of a lot tidier now... I owe the guy and his family a freaking awesomely cooked BBQ.

Today my daughter is sick as well. So, the BBQ will have to wait until we are all better. I don't want to make the neighbours sick as well.

I'm watching some ghost hunting shows on TV. mainly because I don't really have to concentrate on them too much. That and Hurricane really seems to enjoy watching them with me. Better than watching the wrestling she wanted me to watch. she can watch that one with her mother.

Mum also busted her leg open with her own fingernail we bandaided it all up, but will have to take her to the dr tomorrow.

Day 206: Definitely The Flu

 

I have a headache from hell... everything hurts. Think I might also have an inner ear infection happening as well. Monsoon is sick as well. So, she is in bed with me.

My list making has been out on hold until my head can actually hold a thought without feeling like it is going to explode. the next few days will be short and sweet.

If I can handle it; I might even attempt to watch the Hobbit/ The Lord of the Rings while I'm sick.

Day 205: Sick as Hell Again...

 

I feel like I want to stay curled up in bed all day. Sadly, I have a shit-ton to get done and no time to rest. I have the damn flu. If I start seeing crows, I'm gonna hunker down and hide away for the duration. I've seen The Stand and I know how this shit show ends.

I might work on a schedule to try and get the yard work done. and a list of things we'll need to buy to get the job done. 

I'm giving myself until December 31st to get the house organised... We are getting rid of a lot and getting some new stuff to make life easier. Eventually I'll get the rest of the household on board. A lot of the stuff has been donated to family or the op-shop. The rest has gone to the tip, because it was complete and utter trash.

But in saying all that I really do feel like crap, and I just want to crawl back into bed.

Day 204: Rearranging The Pantry

 

Today, Monsoon and I decided to rearrange the kitchen pantry. We only have a small one, and it just wasn't working for me. At least now I can easily find what I need in there. 

I think tomorrow I'll have to add two shelves to the plate pantry as thar's the other kitchen cupboard that isn't working for me. If I add two it will be much better use of the space that's in there. I might even add one to under the kitchen sink, to make better use of that space.

I also washed... but only because I bought some more school uniforms from the op-shop, and I want to wash them in our laundry liquid before the kids wear them. Hurricane has reactions to some other laundry liquids and soaps. Better to be safe than sorry.

I get to go down and pick up my care form the mechanics today.

Day 203: Car Service #2

 

Well, today is my second attempt at getting my car serviced... It needs a few things done... It's going to cost around $1,500 this time around. I have to get a few things replaced... one being the steering rods/arms whatever the hell they are called. I won't be able to pick it up until tomorrow.

I picked up the paint and knobs so that I can paint the ugly chest of drawers to keep the kids uniforms in... this will hopefully get done this weekend (depending on the weather)

Other than that; I tweaked my job list... I now know exactly what we still have to do around the house.

Day 202: 1st Jiu-Jitsu Class

 

Hurricane and Graceful went to their first Jiu-Jitsu lesson today, and they loved it... their stepbrother B went as well... so they all had fun. I looked after Monsoon, because she's too young to join in and do anything.

I also did 3 bouts of whipper snipping and washed 1 load of clothes... I also folded any dry washing so my daughter could put it away.

I'm not feeling the best today, but I still had to get my jobs for today. I know I'll be taking advantage of my pain killers today