Jools

Really it is, or rather was, a beautiful morning here. It’s gone a bit cloudy and gloomy now but an hour and a half ago at 6:30am it was lovely.

I decided to take the dog for a walk, just along the lane and either up or down the hill, the dog usually decides when we get to the end The sun was poking it’s way through the clouds and there was a gentle breeze, other than that the only sounds we could here were the birds. Blue tits and great tits fluttering around, the tiny wren darting about, a pair of mallards flying past, a buzzard, now that made me jump a it swooped out of the tree by the pond! There were pheasant in the field, a hare ran along the lane and into a field and then I spied out of the corner of my eye a young deer. It didn’t see me and I was able to stand and watch it for a few minutes. We wandered on a little more, the dog decided to go up the hill today, and a red squirrel ran right out in front of us, over the road and up a tree. The dog was quite excited by this, good job she was on her lead really.On the walk back to the house the deer was still in the field but it spotted me this time but it just stood and watched as I walked past.

I know some people think that I’m mad getting up early on my day off but I know that I get to see things that will be hiding later once all the noise of the farm gets going and people using the lane to get to work scare the creatures away.

In other news the wonderful Tree Woman is coming to stay She arrives tomorrow, we will collect her from the airport and drive her back up here. Then maybe she’ll get to see some of the amazing things I saw this morning during her time here. We have a few places in mind to take TW, if she wants to go of course, and I called into the tourist information place to get some leaflets of different places she might be interested in. We’ll be sure to take her to some of the places the tourists don’t know about too, nice quiet spots where you hardly see a soul. I’m sure I’ll tell you all about it when the time comes

The crazy lady Cyanure says I have to tell you six not important things about myself, hmmm, that’s not easy is it? I mean what may not seem important to me may be important to someone else and vice versa

Well I’ll give it a go….

1. I like making lists of things and they have to be neat. I like my shopping list to be in order if possible and I don’t like crossings out and other folks adding to my list without me knowing about it….oh I sound like some sort of freak Also I have list for things to pack for holidays, presents to buy, cards to make etc.

2. Although I like making lists I am not a very organised person, I am bad at putting things back where they belong at home.

3. At work I hate it if my workspace is untidy and I do everything in an organised way ( I really am a freak!)

4. This morning I am having strawberry yogurt for breakfast and perhaps some toast and marmalade a little later.

5. I prefer wholemeal brown bread to white bread in UK but when I go to Europe I like most types of bread, it’s much nicer than the stuff in UK shops.

6. I like bumble bees and can spot at least 6 different types in my garden.

Well there you have it, six not important things about me, maybe you learnt something about me that you didn’t know before?

Hey look I’m back, gosh it’s been a while hasn’t it?

I hope you’ve all been well? Me? I’ve been great until yesterday when I had a migraine. I know there are plenty of folk out there who get them and we all suffer in different ways too. It’s hard to explain to someone who doesn’t get migraine what it’s really like though. Often they just think that you’re just exaggerating a headache but as we sufferers know migraine is not just a headache.

Sometimes I don’t even get the headache just nausea and visual disturbance, sometimes I just get the headache, different to a ‘normal’ headache but I can’t describe it well. Sort of a contracting and relaxing dull throb over the whole skull rather than a thumping headache….does that make sense? I know what I mean though. Often if I can vomit then that means I am just about recovered and other times if I take my medication quickly enough I can avoid that misery.

For a few days I hadn’t been feeling my usual self, I was a bit lethargic and fuzzy headed and felt nauseous much of the time, I just couldn’t put my finger on the problem though. Yesterday I went to work still feeling “off” but after an hour I realised that I couldn’t see properly. I rumaged through my bag but I had no migraine tablets with me, I asked a colleague who takes the same tablets (don’t worry they’re over the counter meds) but he had none left either. My only choice was to come home where I knew I had a good supply. I tried to explain to my boss but he couldn’t seem to understand that I needed to go stright away. In the end I got my bag and left without any further explanation.

An hour after taking the tablets, which I did as soon as I got through the front door, it was like someone flicked a switch and the visual disturbance stopped. It’s a weird feeling, you’re pleased it’s gone but you half expect it to come back. Yesterday I had the dancing grey squigglies, a bit like when you are out on a hot day and you see heat haze in the distance. That starts at the edge of my vision and works it’s way from one eye right over the other and then I’m ok. Luckily the tablets got rid of it so I didn’t have to cope with it ll day.

Often sleep is the best thing but I just didn’t feel comfortable, I guess feeling nauseous doesn’t help when you try to lie down. I’m still not sure what triggered the migraine, although I guess it could be stress related. It’s been an odd few days at work, quite tense due to an argument where I stood up for myself for a change instead of being a pushover like I usually am. So maybe that was the cause I don’t know, the main thing is I feel fine this morning, and it’s my day off too