Spring Things #1

THURSDAY

I can never see a freebie go by without at least looking to see if it interests me. It seems that vaccine side effects are no different as during last night (2am) I decided I was going to try them out! A crippling headache, muscle aches that were everywhere except the arm that got the jag, nausea, dizzyness, slight fever. I took a couple of co-codamol and that dealt with the fever, headache and muscle aches within an hour to at least let me get to sleep last night. This morning I had the headache until I took another two tablets, and a slightly sore arm. The loss of appetite has kicked in during this afternoon and fatigue has hit me like a ton of bricks. I was in my bed at 8pm tonight.

 

I was certainly doing as little as possible today, just sitting at the computer and watching some cricket. I did manage to do a reduced version of my exercises until I ran out of energy but I'd rather do at least a bit each day just to keep in a routine. I tried doing a bit of reading but between fatigue and the book being slow and dull, that didn't last long!

FRIDAY

Had a nice long lie but I am still really knackered today. Gritted my teeth to get through my full  daily exercises which I really didn't want to do but I'm glad I did. I'm not any more tired than I already was. Appetite is a bit down but enough to eat more than yesterday so no worries there. Arm mildly sore but nothing to be that bothered about and the other symptoms are gone which is good. I'd rather have an uncomfortable night like that once than a few weeks of Covid, that's for sure. Getting the vaccine was really worth it. Now my dad and I need to wait for the second doses. Today he is feeling up to getting a bit of varnishing done on the fence we got put in in 2019 and kept meaning to get round to! He's doing the bit beside the bushes where the spiders live as I won't go near the bloody thing!

 

Today I got another delivery of a Game of Thrones T Shirt and I'm pleased to find that it fits perfectly. It is based on some fan art and I have my eyes on another few from the same company now that I've checked how their sizing goes. How cool is this wolf!!!

 

SATURDAY

Didn't sleep great last night so got up early to check the bins which did nothing to cheer me up. Had the mass excitement of doing my half hour of exercise and it looks like that could be the highlight of my day. It was always going to be tough playing the champions elect Rangers at Ibrox and lost 3-0 by the end which was disappointing. Our nearest rival won today so next week we must win our game with Hamilton or draw and hope St Johnstone don't win to confirm our first top six finish in this league. I hope the Football Gods are with us next week...

 

On the brighter side I tried to cheer myself up with a couple of nice horror novellas about psycho killer clown guys on a rampage, which was a decent read, and a bullying victim getting brutal revenge on the former school bully. That was a pretty satisfying read as I felt no sympathy for the bully at all. 

 

SUNDAY

Gah, so much for getting out today to get some painting done. Yes it was raining overnight so the fence was too wet to deal with. It then decided to rain late this afternoon as well which puts paid to any plans for getting anything done tomorrow either. The weather forecast cheerfully tells us that the UK will get gale force winds, heavy rain and snow on higher ground all this week. Lovely.

Started reading another horror book tonight so I haven't lost the mood for them yet!

MONDAY

I so did not want to get out of my bed this morning after another restless night. The only two reasons I got up were because I'm expecting a couple of dvds in the post, and to get my exercise routine done before my dad gets up. It's a sad day when you feel you have to leave the warmth and comfort of your bed to do exercise!!! I'm a bit knackered now so I think I might have pushed a bit too far today. Well as Captain Freedom says in The Running Man 'No Pain No Gain!'