beesknees: (codsworth)

Oh no, the computer I really need to reformat crashed on me again, and this time firefox has forgotten my open tabs. They're gone, they're gone, so many thousand-chapter fics I now no longer know where I left off 2 - 64,378 days ago...also, ironically, a few “how to possibly fix the boot-up issue you’re having if you’ll just get around to trying” pages.

Yup, I have got to stop using dozens of internet tabs as my mental pocketbook.

In better thoughts, I’m already starting to feel better, five days into the whatever-this-is-that-isn’t-Goop-yoga-babble (basically the anti-candida regimen, except we minimise some things like coffee, corn, potatoes, and cheese rather than entirely cutting them out). Always resign myself to a miserable 1-2 weeks at the start, except it hasn’t been that bad since the first time we did it, and that was like, yikes, 14 years ago – so, excepting preggo and nursing years, this is like the 9th time we’ve done this? Anyway my body’s apparently now just like, *eyeroll* this shit again, and shifts digestive gears after a few days. I’m a lot less hungry, sleeping better, generally calmer…the antihistamine side effects also seem to have eased off.

I kind of question why it always takes the threat of apocalyptic London spring/summer/fall allergies to roll me into a familiar regimen that makes my body and brain much easier to get on with. Then I’m like, oh right. Ice cream exists. Eh…worth it!

beesknees: (sanguine)
First vaccination shot received this morning; so far, I'm just feeling sore in that arm. It wasn't even a painful needle, really. It was pretty efficient, given how many people they were running through - I'm assuming that the issue of having to thaw and then very quickly use the doses has an impact there? Kind of felt like there were too many people in narrow, poorly ventilated hallways, but the workers had the routine down.

Marginally upsetting, how the lobby and ground floor of our usual health central has been roughly converted with temporary walls and signs guiding now to blocked hallways or empty spaces. Looks too much and too little like the space where I went in preggo, with babies, getting blood taken, all that routine stuff that signposts...sheesh, 9 years in a neighborhood? A lifetime of disaster movies and tv gave that change a low-grade sense of oh noes throughout. It's just this step, right now.

There were old folk there, but few really elderly. Others closer to my age...looked up the current schedule by groups and I guess I'm Group 6, 16-64 with chronic health conditions, Feb - March...so it wasn't a mistake I was called in. Still feel bad to be so far ahead in the queue, when I can work from home, and people who have to be on site and public transportation will be without any reduced risk until May, June, July...

Ah well. On the somewhat more cheerful side, I've been amused to get this just as we changed to the anti-allergy diet and was going to feel most of the potential side effects anyway. Multitasking!

beesknees: Fallout 76 OC, "Juspeczyk" (fallout 76 juspeczyk)

Had an asthma review earlier this week where the nurse suggested I start taking daily antihistamines now in order to minimise my spring/summer allergies starting in a month or so. And I was all, sure! Why not! I’ve done this before but stopped for I don’t know why, couldn’t have been important!

Started on Friday, and woke up Saturday tired, anxious, and generally in a bitch of a mood. Oh, right…that’s why I stopped. Sigh.

Going to experiment with when in the evening before I can take these (since their effectiveness and, potentially, side effects peak in 8-10 hours) and sleep through the worst of the bad-brain effect, or quarantine it to the morning at least. Partner advises (since he takes one every evening) that I might adjust in a few days or a week and no longer be so affected…cross fingers there. I tend to be one of the poor SOBs who get the rarer or more extreme reactions, so we’ll see.

Either way, it’s motivation to start our pre-spring allergy…diet? Detox? I hate all the words that could describe cutting out foods that make allergies worse – primarily booze and sugar, ie anything ending in -ose…should also quit caffeine but *clutches coffee mug* this is my emotional support bitter bean juice officer. Anyway, that starts Monday. We’ll be miserable for a week and feel awesome after the second. Sigh. Yay.

beesknees: (contemplation)
Been in a cranky funk the last few days. Probably just cold snowy weather, lockdown craziness, and quitting the booze again. That's not actually as dramatic an announcement as it sounds; regularly drinking a beer or two in the evening is just too many empty calories when I'm boredom-baking and not able to exercise much.

My brain's compass point has just drifted back to negative directions; I'm worried about the pipes, the kids, my job contract, even things that aren't problems yet like the weather shifting back to warm and the estate returning to perpetual-noise-antisocial mode. For all I rolled my eyes at CBT, at least those habits are kicking in - altho I doubt my counsellor would have entirely approved of "Calm yer tits, girl, you're being extra for no damn reason" as a proper cycle breakdown. Eh, if it helps, it helps.

Had a break here due to a sudden loud-ass snap and stink of ozone; turns out partner's power supply unit in his computer's gone out dramatically, no saving it. Argh...one more line item on this month's lean budget. Ah well.

At least I finally finished this dress after working on it in bits for weeks. Will take photos at some point - it's simple, fits fine, not in love with the neckline but eh. For a summer dress it'll do! Back to skirts, I think, planning a couple short half-circle ones, also for summer. Low-key annoyed at sewing blogs and tutorials that really often assume only wee twee girls are reading - like this tool, which gives me and my 38-inch waist:

"Hi there! It looks like your chosen skirt will not fit onto either the standard 45" or 60" width fabric. How about going for a shorter length or less full skirt?"

rather than "Here's how to cut your fabric in panels rather than on the fold!"

*eyeroll*

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