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day 8, late morning again
Jul. 31st, 2022 10:54 amYesterday my headache slowly receded, but the lassitude was strong all day; there were points where I was just laying and staring off into space. A little improved after dinner, possibly helped by the joy of my first handful of cherry tomatoes being ripe (and they are delicious) (I have eaten them all), enough that I did a bit of hand sewing while watching TV. Went to bed around 10, I think; thank goodness for another cool night that allowed windows to be open. Still woke up about 4 or 5 times coughing.
This morning is much the same: lassitude, sinus pressure, occasional coughing. I feel like I'm dragging about four negative levels: I'm largely not uncomfortable (at least, not with sudafed), but everything up to and including thinking just seems so laborious, and my brain is in a fluffy cloud of cotton. I can think, but there's a barrier between it and any action.
I did go out before the sun was high and, moving very slowly, watered the garden patch; which needed doing and also made me feel fulfilled.
Pennsic is still an open question. I'm not as concerned about "while I'm there", because you can be as chill as you like; you don't have to do the Bataan Death March of Fun that has been my standard of living - there are those who basically read and nap all day with occasional brief forays out into the larger world for shopping or amusement. And indeed, by and large I tend to be in better health when I'm there[1]; it is often a cure for whatever ails me, much like going to the shore. But, setup and takedown and, oh, the six hour drive are very real and very large spoon consumers. Some of these can be ameliorated; I can break the drive into two parts, and Beth has kindly offered to let me shack up with her until Josh arrives, and so on; but a) is that enough, and b) will it retard my further recovery.
My current thinking is to see how I weather tomorrow, when I am Back On The Job, and possibly do some packing tomorrow evening. If I can't cope with a day of sitting on the computer dealing out judgments, and I can't cope with aimlessly wandering around the house putting things in piles, then I need to either bag Pennsic entirely or at the very least push back my departure further.
[1] yes, aside from serial foot injuries and sunburn, shut up
This morning is much the same: lassitude, sinus pressure, occasional coughing. I feel like I'm dragging about four negative levels: I'm largely not uncomfortable (at least, not with sudafed), but everything up to and including thinking just seems so laborious, and my brain is in a fluffy cloud of cotton. I can think, but there's a barrier between it and any action.
I did go out before the sun was high and, moving very slowly, watered the garden patch; which needed doing and also made me feel fulfilled.
Pennsic is still an open question. I'm not as concerned about "while I'm there", because you can be as chill as you like; you don't have to do the Bataan Death March of Fun that has been my standard of living - there are those who basically read and nap all day with occasional brief forays out into the larger world for shopping or amusement. And indeed, by and large I tend to be in better health when I'm there[1]; it is often a cure for whatever ails me, much like going to the shore. But, setup and takedown and, oh, the six hour drive are very real and very large spoon consumers. Some of these can be ameliorated; I can break the drive into two parts, and Beth has kindly offered to let me shack up with her until Josh arrives, and so on; but a) is that enough, and b) will it retard my further recovery.
My current thinking is to see how I weather tomorrow, when I am Back On The Job, and possibly do some packing tomorrow evening. If I can't cope with a day of sitting on the computer dealing out judgments, and I can't cope with aimlessly wandering around the house putting things in piles, then I need to either bag Pennsic entirely or at the very least push back my departure further.
[1] yes, aside from serial foot injuries and sunburn, shut up
