Oh my aching ... ache

[hrj]

So would I feel this washed out if I hadn't done all the prep work on the various woodstove parts to be re-blacked? I would I feel this way anyway? While I was working away with the wire brushes (and had the good sense to go out and pick up a couple of wire brush attachments for my power drill) I was actually feeling rather good and with average energy. Now ... whoomp. Can I, in good conscience, call in sick again tomorrow if I'm still feeling sub-par when I wasn't exactly acting sick today? (Well, ok, I was acting sort-of sick. It wasn't until I took the cold tablets around noon that I felt like I could cope with the world.) But on the other hand, past experience has shown that when I go back to work on the very first day that I'm feeling marginally competent, it ends up doubling my eventual overall recovery time. So no matter what I spent my time on today, basic principles say I should take tomorrow off to complete the recovery -- and that I would have needed to no matter what. But on the third hand, if I take tomorrow off, I'm going to spend at least a couple hours of that time painting the woodstove parts, rather than spending it all resting and recuperating, which might end up extending my overall complete recovery time anyway. And, truth to tell, the thing that's aching the most at the moment is my right elbow, which is directly due to spending a couple hours working the power drill. The right elbow is reminding me that it only needs the slightest excuse to become arthritic and I should just watch my step.

The living room has its first coat of paint. The patterned-gathering count is 32/72 rows for the first panel. (Haven't done today's quota yet which will bring me up to half done on the first panel -- actually three-quarters done by number of stitches due to the decreases.) I was supposed to go off and see Happy Feet with scotica yesterday, but we postponed due to me being sick. Even if I'd been feeling like I could have enjoyed being social, and even though she's technically at a non-immuno-compromised point in the chemo cycle, better safe than sorry. (ID note: for those following along on the program, scotica is the entity formerly referred to as "SK". Oh, and that is officially Dr. scotica now. Yay.)

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[dame-cordelia.livejournal.com]

Would scotia like some new-ish headgear? I've got a bag of hats that need a home. I could bring the stuff with me if you will be at the feast Saturday.

[hrj.livejournal.com]

(Note that I fixed the typo in the lj reference.) I think she's pretty much inundated with mundane headgear (although we need to figure out something for 12th night -- but then, we need to figure out medieval headgear for her on general principle).