Sneezy (240/365)

[white_hart]

For some reason my hayfever appears to have gone into overdrive the last couple of days. (That or I just forgot to take an antihistamine yesterday morning, I suppose). It has been a really bad year for it; I'm sure that normally I'm pretty much over it by this time of year.

I'm also at the "feeling even tireder" stage of attempting to rest and catch up on sleep now I'm on holiday.

It's also struck me that when I'm back to working five days a week my Friday swims will be out, and fitting the things I want to do (swimming and sewing, and I'd really like to get back into walking more with T as well) into my weekends as well as just taking the time to recover from the weeks is going to be really difficult. (Last winter, I managed swimming and slow sewing, but no walking. Pre-pandemic, I walked, but didn't swim or sew.)

After my post about the menopause last week, I bought and started reading Dr Jen Gunter's The Menopause Manifesto. I'm slightly wishing I hadn't because I'm not sure knowing about all the possible health problems that occur after menopause is doing me any good at all, and I'm now worrying about whether I should be doing more exercise, and how on earth I could fit it in if I should.

Comments

[adaeze]

Please forgive me if I'm stating the obvious, but have you done a covid test?

[white_hart]

I did an LFD on Thursday morning, which was negative, but I am pretty sure this is just hayfever as it's exactly the same as I've had all summer, just a bit more so.

[alithea]

The hayfever season is definitely longer this year, I've had to take my antihistimines all month and I'm normally fine by August too (I've had negative LFD tests repeatedly too).

I hope you get some good rest this week

[white_hart]

Yes, I know lots of other people have had worse hayfever than normal this year.

[girlyswot]

If you aren’t working from home, could you do sewing sometimes in the evenings, just for an hour or two? Swimming is harder because of shorter days.

[white_hart]

I have thought about that, but honestly after work I'm usually too tired to do anything constructive. (Even basic sock-knitting is often more than I can manage.)