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Breaking radio silence
Mar. 11th, 2009 12:52 pmJust popping in quickly for an update: work is still busy and sciatica is still being a right bugger, so comfortable time in front of the internet is still a bit scarce. I'm reading my friends list intermittently, so if there's something you'd specifically like me to see, please leave a comment.
I'm getting really quite fed up with being in pain at the moment. In a lot of ways it could be a whole lot worse - I'm still getting to work, the side effects of the pain medication are not unmanageable and I am getting better - but this last week has included a bit of backwards progress and I'm really starting to miss things like being able to stand up for more than ten minutes in one go (without making some really startling grimaces, anyway) and having a social life. Ho hum. An Expedition (relatively speaking) is planned for Saturday, but I'll have to see how I feel.
In the mean time I am taking it easy and watching huge amounts of repeats of Time Team, which seems to be a perfect match for my ability to concentrate during the exercises my physiotherapist has given me - there's enough of a narrative and enough interesting things to distract me, but it really doesn't matter if I stop watching for a bit to concentrate on what my muscles are doing, unlike programmes with an actual plot. God Bless Archaeology.
On a significantly more positive note, Tesco are doing a 3-month free trial of their lovefilm.com service if you put in a code from moneysavingexpert.com, so I now have three months of free things to do in the evening. I'd be very grateful for any recommendations of (a)things on DVD that you really enjoy, (b)things on DVD that are vaguely entertaining but are better for being free, or (c)things on DVD that are lightweight and easy to follow (e.g. Die Hard).
I'm getting really quite fed up with being in pain at the moment. In a lot of ways it could be a whole lot worse - I'm still getting to work, the side effects of the pain medication are not unmanageable and I am getting better - but this last week has included a bit of backwards progress and I'm really starting to miss things like being able to stand up for more than ten minutes in one go (without making some really startling grimaces, anyway) and having a social life. Ho hum. An Expedition (relatively speaking) is planned for Saturday, but I'll have to see how I feel.
In the mean time I am taking it easy and watching huge amounts of repeats of Time Team, which seems to be a perfect match for my ability to concentrate during the exercises my physiotherapist has given me - there's enough of a narrative and enough interesting things to distract me, but it really doesn't matter if I stop watching for a bit to concentrate on what my muscles are doing, unlike programmes with an actual plot. God Bless Archaeology.
On a significantly more positive note, Tesco are doing a 3-month free trial of their lovefilm.com service if you put in a code from moneysavingexpert.com, so I now have three months of free things to do in the evening. I'd be very grateful for any recommendations of (a)things on DVD that you really enjoy, (b)things on DVD that are vaguely entertaining but are better for being free, or (c)things on DVD that are lightweight and easy to follow (e.g. Die Hard).
