It is Sunday night, and I am still in recovery mode from this past week. I had a short day working from home on Friday since I had to take my dad to a Dr appt, then I had a chiro appt. Still stiff along the left side, and now a little on the right (neck & shoulder). Work stress is really getting to me, so it's good I had a fun outlet Friday evening. Yes, I went climbing again.
It is nice to have a venue change every now and then, different routes and different people to watch climb. This one guy, Aki, did a few hard lead routes, one of which crossed the ceiling of the lead route cave. Wow. I only got to see him finish it since I was on my way up a top rope route just outside of the cave. And there was a little kid that was working on what I think was a 5.8 or 5.9 route. I'm still sticking to the white routes, which Serena tells me are about 5.5 or 5.6. There's one route I call the 'Batman route' because the first time I attempted it, last week, it reminded me of the Batman TV show, when Batman and Robin would be scaling the side of a building - the wall slants back, so at times I feel like I am trying to ascend it, much like Batman, because of the awkward way I end up hanging off the wall at that angle. Once again, I wasn't able to get too far up this route. No worries though, another day, another time. Anyway, Serena is in Australia for the next two weeks, so not sure if I'll be climbing at all, esp since this week is Thanksgiving. Not sure if the guys will be going or not on Tuesday. My bro' and nephews are here for the holidays, and some of them are interested in trying out rock climbing, so we may go to the rock gym and let them give it a go. And if I don't get a climbing day in before she gets back, then maybe I can finally get a much needed manicure - climbing really thrashes my nails. Can't believe I just wrote that, but it is true.
Saturday it rained, and rained, and rained. I made it to the last photography class for this session. This class was on filters. I keep on thinking about getting a polarizing filter. I had one, but returned it because I thought having two filters was over kill since I had just purchased my NEX-5. I kick myself now, but I'll get another one, eventually. I also managed to get an afternoon nap in, then a pedicure.
Sunday, did the normal pilates and things workout. I was exhausted and had a bit of a headache when I got home. Didn't feel as bad as I did last weekend when I went straight from pilates to climbing, but still ended up napping for an hour or so when I got home, in both cases.
Since I didn't find out until Friday that my brother was arriving, for the holiday, today (Sunday), I didn't have time to ask if I could switch my vacation days from Friday-Thursday to Monday (tomorrow)-Friday. So, unfortunately I have to work Monday-Wednesday this week. Not a problem though since I've got a lot of work to do on my two projects and a few side things I'd like to get done as well. I also have to submit my 'accomplishments' for the year to my boss by November 30th. I don't think she'll find much merit in 'conquering thyroid cancer', so I need to accomplish a few more things by Wednesday, before I go on vacation. So much to do, so little time.
I've been on my lower Levoxyl dosage for over a week now, but I don't think my body will see the difference until a few more weeks from now. I'm not even sure if it would have kicked in by the time I have my next blood draw on Dec 3. I do know that I have been tired lately, but still can't rule out my environment (bad weather, PMS) as part of the way I feel. So, to be continued....
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