The Weird Week
The week between Xmas and New Years can be an odd one. Cleaning up from Xmas, figuring out where new things need to go. Finishing off leftovers. Etc.
Two weeks on the new drugs, and also dropped a decongestant that I've been taking for forever (20 years?) because it can raise BP. Other than the withdrawal from the decongestant (felt like a bad head cold, especially on day three), things have settled in. Of course there's a weird paranoia that comes with having had a TIA - is any odd sensation, which would not have raised an eyebrow prior to three weeks ago, related? They're not, of course, but that doesn't stop one from idly questioning each and every one. I'm more likely now to move out of a position that will give me pins-and-needles now than I was previously, if only to prove it's not my brain misfiring (as opposed to just cutting off nerves/blood supply). Whee! Bodies are such fun.
Picked up new glasses this afternoon, which was a whole other adventure in being more active than I have been. The new Echo frames are fantastic. The other regular frames I picked out back in August seem to be cursed. Second set of lenses, second set of "this isn't right"/headache inducing oddness. I have to go back next week for a pair of readers (prescription adjusted for close work - yay aging eyes), so I'm trying out the regular ones off and on, but I swear that VSP either did nothing with the lenses, or they just can't get the prescription right. Especially since the Echo frames are, as stated above, fantastic - no issues seeing out of the new lenses there. *shrug* Hopefully they'll be able to test the lenses and see what's going on there.
The in-laws came down for Xmas and we had fun playing card/board games and what not with them. And of course the usual Xmas stuff of gifts and stockings and what not. Fare was relatively simple, no big bird or beast, but the melting potatoes were a hit again.
We have another couple coming over for New Years eve, and I need to plan out dinner. They're mostly vegetarian, which is easy enough, but I did a risotto already for them pre-Xmas so I need to plan something else this time.
Two weeks on the new drugs, and also dropped a decongestant that I've been taking for forever (20 years?) because it can raise BP. Other than the withdrawal from the decongestant (felt like a bad head cold, especially on day three), things have settled in. Of course there's a weird paranoia that comes with having had a TIA - is any odd sensation, which would not have raised an eyebrow prior to three weeks ago, related? They're not, of course, but that doesn't stop one from idly questioning each and every one. I'm more likely now to move out of a position that will give me pins-and-needles now than I was previously, if only to prove it's not my brain misfiring (as opposed to just cutting off nerves/blood supply). Whee! Bodies are such fun.
Picked up new glasses this afternoon, which was a whole other adventure in being more active than I have been. The new Echo frames are fantastic. The other regular frames I picked out back in August seem to be cursed. Second set of lenses, second set of "this isn't right"/headache inducing oddness. I have to go back next week for a pair of readers (prescription adjusted for close work - yay aging eyes), so I'm trying out the regular ones off and on, but I swear that VSP either did nothing with the lenses, or they just can't get the prescription right. Especially since the Echo frames are, as stated above, fantastic - no issues seeing out of the new lenses there. *shrug* Hopefully they'll be able to test the lenses and see what's going on there.
The in-laws came down for Xmas and we had fun playing card/board games and what not with them. And of course the usual Xmas stuff of gifts and stockings and what not. Fare was relatively simple, no big bird or beast, but the melting potatoes were a hit again.
We have another couple coming over for New Years eve, and I need to plan out dinner. They're mostly vegetarian, which is easy enough, but I did a risotto already for them pre-Xmas so I need to plan something else this time.