Much Improved

Today was a better day.

It’s amazing what a difference a shower and some fresh, clean clothes can make!

I was out of bed by 9am, spent time in the sunshine morning, noon and afternoon, cooked myself a poached egg on toast for breakfast and stayed up until 3pm when I returned to bed.

My head is much clearer. Less sneezing. Dry nose. Light coughing. My sense of smell has returned, as has my appetite.

I’m definitely on the up and up.

Just in time for the important tennis matches.

I’m currently watching Alcaraz vs Medvedev. Later I’ll watch Djokovic vs Musetti.

Obviously, I have nothing newsworthy

Adoring Husband and BGWLBH went for a drive out to Farm Gate this afternoon and came home overloaded with fresh fruit, vegetables, eggs and honey.

We go through approximately 2 dozen eggs per week and 1kg of honey each month.

Anyway, time to focus on the tennis.

Nite all.

Wasted Days & Wasted Nights

It’s not been a pleasant week.

I began to feel ill on Monday afternoon and even though the colloidal silver quickly healed my sore throat, I have still suffered with a runny nose, sneezing, a slight cough, a fuzzy head and lethargy.

I have stayed in bed for the entire week and will probably remain in bed tomorrow (Friday).

The sunshine got my attention for 30 minutes this morning and 20 minutes this afternoon. I hope these small doses of vitamin D help my healing.

On Monday, BGWLBH and I have our first whale watching trip booked so I simply MUST be well by then!

Both BGWLBH and Adoring Husband drove into The Bay (separately) today. BGWLBH bought me a gift …

It’s a State of Origin chair rug. It’s so soft and snug and cozy. I love it! Best gift ever!

I made myself a flu bomb (hot water, fresh ginger, fresh garlic, Manuka honey, cayenne pepper and eucalyptus oil) this morning.

At lunch I made a pineapple, orange, strawberry and passionfruit smoothie.

AH heated up my chicken broth for dinner and served it with toast.

I will attempt to watch some tennis tonight. I’ve missed so much this week but I REALLY want to see Djokovic play on Friday night. He was lucky that De Minaur withdrew due to injury and he is now straight into the semi finals.

Might make myself an anti-inflammatea and snuggle under my new fluffy chair rug for the tennis.

Nite all.

Big Fat Blah

I slept through most of the tennis last night.

I watched De Minaur win but fell asleep before the beginning of the Djokovic match.

When I woke up, I attempted to sign into STAN to watch the tennis but I couldn’t connect to the internet! The only way I could watch it was to connect with my iPad to my phone’s hotspot. So frustrating!

I only got to watch the last set and a half. Thankfully Djokovic won.

I have been quite unwell all day.

I have a cold/flu thingy. Lots of sneezing, runny nose, sometimes blocked nose, an annoying niggling cough, heavy eyes and lethargy.

So no meditation for me today.

Lots of sleep. Lots of filtered water. Colloidal silver (which has fixed my sore throat). Lots of rest.

Tomorrow I’ll focus on bone broth, fresh juices and a flu bomb or two - hot water, lemon juice, fresh ginger, fresh garlic, honey, eucalyptus oil and cayenne pepper.

It’s time for me to cut my sugar again. I eat a LOT of sugar these days and quite obviously, my body and immune system is getting weaker. I have been sick 4 or 5 times this year, which is very unlike me. I need to start showing myself some love and focus on strengthening my health.

I am currently watching a young New Zealand qualifier play her quarter final match at Wimbledon. It’s the first time any female from NZ has reached the quarter finals. This is the first time I’ve seen her play and she’s a tough little player. Her name is Lulu Sun and she’s ranked 123 in the world. Definitely one to watch.

Alcaraz plays tonight and so does Sinner.

I won’t be watching. I need to get my sleep and be well rested to watch De Minaur play Djokovic tomorrow night!

Adoring Husband has been checking in on me during the day and brought me some tea and toast at lunch time.

He heated up some mushroom soup for my dinner but my body rejected it 2.5 hours later. Ugh 😩 

Harley’s mum had 11 puppies today!

Isn’t she clever?

I did some ZEN colouring in …

If you believe this, you need your head read …

Nite all.

Bless Me

Got a sore throat and a runny nose.

Could be from lack of sleep and being run down (bloody tennis) or maybe I found somebody’s germs - like Adoring Husband’s - who has been coughing and blowing his nose ever since he returned from surgery!

I didn’t stay up watching tennis last night but I did see the beginning of the Alcaraz match before I fell asleep.

I didn’t sleep soundly and I struggled to get comfortable in the middle of the night. I slept with the fan on so I must have been starting to get sick last night, running a bit of a temperature! Makes sense.

This morning I got up after 9am and took Harley out to play before making my own breakfast and sitting down to watch my recorded shows.

I received a message from The Gypsy booking in a ZOOM call for 11.30am and that took three hours of the afternoon. She’s unable to hang around after meditation on Tuesday so we had a catch up over ZOOM.

If I’m still feeling sickly in the morning, I may have to miss meditation anyway!

I am currently watching Alex De Minaur play the Frenchman, Arthur Fils at Wimbledon. De Minaur won the first set but is losing the second set 2-0.

Djokovic plays at 2am so it’s going to be a long night for me.

I had cauliflower and broccoli soup for dinner. AH cooked lemon chicken with vegetables for he and BGWLBH.

We played trivia for an hour and watched Dream Home before bed time.

Now I have to figure out how to stay awake all night 😝

I’m yawning my head off as I type this 🥴

Nite all.

Sleep Deprived

My alarm woke me at 2am but the Djokovic/Popyrin match didn’t start until about 2.30am and finished at about 6am.

Djokovic won in four sets. Popyrin played well.

I slept from then until about 8am.

At 9am I got up and made BGWLBH’s breakfast, played with Harley for half an hour and then I returned to bed with my bacon and egg sandwich and cup of tea.

I stayed in bed all day, dozing on and off, journalling, watching the football in the afternoon and trying to motivate myself to get up to cook dinner.

Crispy skin chicken with a spicy orange sauce, potato and sweet potato garlic mash, green beans and fresh peas for dinner. I had half an orange.

It rained a lot today.

In the last week, we’ve had 60+ mm of rain which is a nice number and has turned everything green.

I don’t think I’ll be staying up to watch tennis tonight. I might see the beginning of the Alcaraz match but I want to save myself for the next Djokovic match and Di Minaur should be playing on the same night as well.

Unfortunately, I’ll have to get up for meditation on Tuesday morning … I’ll see how I go.

Time to sleep now.

Nite all.

Very Tired

I tried to sleep early last night because I needed to wake up at 6am to be ready at 7am for another trip into The Bay.

I struggled to get to sleep and I’m pretty sure it was close to 1am when I finally dozed off.

It was tough getting out of bed but I managed it.

We stopped at Zaraffa’s drive through for coffee, but I wasn’t fussed with it. It was very weak, flavourless coffee and neither of us have any inclination to return.

Kmart got my attention this morning and I bought some little outfits for Hazel and some arty gifts for BGWLBH. I also spent some time in QBD bookstore and purchased something that I desperately needed (NOT) - three new journals.

From Stocklands, I walked to Pialba Square, which wasn’t as far as I thought. Being a cool day and most of the way down hill, it was quite a pleasant walk.

I browsed through BIG W, the lady’s boutique, Rivers and Choice. I needed to put lotto on and when I checked my tickets from last week, I had won $69! Wahoo!

It was after lunch by the time BGWLBH was finished with the hairdressers. Almost 4 hours! She has a LOT of thick hair.

We arrived home in time to watch the football and it is “fend for yourself” night for dinner so I didn’t have to worry about cooking. I threw some chicken wings in the oven for myself and the others fended for themselves.

Djokovic plays the Aussie, Popyrin at 2am in the morning so I’m going to set my alarm and try to sleep until then.

I found some pics of Harley as a little puppy…

How cute was he!? Still is 😍

Nite all.

New Glass

The glazier arrived bright and early this morning and did a marvellous job of replacing the glass in the sliding door.

I had to wake Adoring Husband because he’d gone back to bed and had fallen asleep!

We asked the young guy to give us a quote to install sliding doors where the roller door of the double garage is, but the quote hasn’t come through yet. We’ve been meaning to get this done for two years but our finances seem to get unexpectedly redirected whenever we get close.

After he’d left, BGWLBH and I drove into The Bay where we picked up some keys and locks from the locksmith for AH and went to the supermarket, the butcher and fresh fruitnveg place at Eli Waters. We got fresh juice from Su Jus which was more delicious than usual.

At home, I unpacked our goodies, played with Harley and cooked Duck a l’orange with sweet potato and potato mash, green beans and caramelised pear.

Yummy!

We played some trivia before the football started. I think it’s only the second time this season that I’ve tipped the first game correctly! I was flipping channels between the tennis where De Minaur was playing and the footy where the Eels played Bunnies. Bunnies won, as did De Minaur.

Right now, I am sitting up in bed watching Djokovic play the young Brit, Fearnley.

Fearnley is only young and not very experienced but he’s putting on a good show against Djokovic. I think he is one to watch for the future.

There’s another Aussie playing right now and I’m watching the scores on my iPad. Popyrin is playing the Argentinian, Etheverry. They have one set each.

It might be a late one for me tonight.

It’s almost midnight. I’m off to cheer Djokovic on.

Nite all.

Too Old

Yes, I am getting too old for this “staying awake all night watching tennis” nonsense!

On the days after I’ve stayed awake watching tennis, am incapable of functioning as a grown adult.

Basically, I am rather zombified and my decision making skills are considerably dulled.

Today, however, I was shocked into an awakened state when Adoring Husband threw up a rock with the lawn mower and smashed the glass in the fixed panel of the sliding door into my art space …

Luckily, and for the hefty price of $820, Jack’s Glass in the Bay are able to fix it tomorrow morning at 8.30am. I will share my review in tomorrow’s blog post.

AH had spent the morning in The Bay (for the 4th day in a row) and I spent the morning in a state of zombification.

It’s going to be an exhausting month because Wimbledon finishes on 14th July and the Olympics commence on 26th July!

For dinner, AH cooked chicken thigh fillets on the barbecue and served them with salad and chips done in the air fryer.

I’m enjoying my nights off from the kitchen.

We all played trivia for an hour and AH headed off to bed early.

I am in bed watching the tennis but won’t be staying up late tonight. It’s already 11pm but I need to catch up on some sleep. I’ll save myself for the Djokovic matches, the De Minaur matches and any other Aussies that squeeze their way through to the later rounds.

It’s been raining too - at Wimbledon AND here!

Nite all.