It is time to share some more blog posts with you after a beautiful weekend here in the SE of the UK. Hubby would probably moan as of course with a little bit of sunshine the garden begins to grow and he has had to mow the lawn…again!! The younger members of the PainPals house have been enjoying the sun and the Queen’s 92nd birthday in different ways.
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The student engineer is edging closer and closer to the finishing line of his course, and one major piece to complete is the final year group project. From the cursing coming from his room, I think that I can safely say that the quadcopter they have been re programming has not performed or given them the data that they hoped for. Whilst our student engineer is happy to write up a detailed report (how detailed – remember his middle name is lastminute.com!) explaining why the flying machine failed to perform, the other student engineers keep appearing on our doorstep from London wanting to try something new. He is not impressed – but the beautiful park that is on our doorstep played host to these young engineers playing in the sun on Saturday – time that could have been spent revising for final exams, I am told!!
The politics student disappeared up to London on Friday and told me he was off to Hyde Park. Naive mum here didn’t realise that there was a big gathering including lots of students in Hyde Park called 420 Day – Support for Cannabis – “but you talk about use of medical marijuana for chronic pain & MS, Mum!!”. I am told that his friends were playing football and sunbathing, and that “there were loads of people and no trouble”. He has returned to uni today with a slightly pinker neck and lots of reminders about what might happen if he mixes his migraine and anxiety drugs with other substances, including alcohol!!
Finally the lovely girl is busy preparing for her art exam tomorrow – panic has set in over the weekend and she is working on her final sketchbook, the glue gun is working in overdrive and various household items are being smashed to add to her final piece! A trip to the local part also helped with some more photographs to add to the Fragments theme, which she is has interpreted as mould and decay…..hmmm, attractive. Actually the trial pieces she has prepared look pretty good….but I will be happy to get my lounge back!
Yours truly actually managed a night out, having had a light induced migraine since Friday. I went with my mum to see the wonderful “Remembering Fred” starring Jeanette Manrara and Aljaz Skorjanec from the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing. Lovely night which I will write about again – but I actually felt like me! I put on clothes that due to drug induced weight gain I hadn’t worn for a while, I put on some slap, looked in the mirror…and there I was! The person that I remember, not the pasty worn out trout I have become used to seeing. Eldest son commented after I had used the lovely girl’s concealer under my eyes that I did look different – “I’m used to seeing you look really tired!” – not you look nice, Mum! But with a bit of concealer and a slash of red lippie, you would never have known just how anaemic I am or that the weight loss probably hasn’t been for particularly healthy reasons (gastroparesis & gut problems).
On to the matter in hand and sharing some fab blog posts that I have read this week. From a yoga class with a resilience theme to a beautiful poem to some useful blogging lessons, there is a huge variety. I must issue a mascara warning with both Sheryl from A Chronic Voice’s post and Brutal Honesty Blogger’s post about remembering family. Time to make that cuppa, put the phone on silent, sit back and enjoy!
https://clockworkclouds.wordpress.com/2018/04/16/appreciating-uncertainty/
https://bysarahwhiley.wordpress.com/2018/04/19/nothin-but-tracks/
http://www.healthyeatingexperts.com/i-tried-a-3-day-detox-for-the-first-time-heres-what-happened/
https://kellyontherun.com/2018/04/20/helpful-hints-for-the-newly-diagnosed/
https://www.chronicmom.com/2018/04/people-in-pain-want-alternatives-to-opioids.html/
https://www.beecontentyoga.com/february-class-theme-resilience/
https://whoamumma.com.au/2018/04/19/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-chronic-pain-sufferer/
https://www.achronicvoice.com/2018/04/15/death-broken-heart/
https://brutalhonestyblogger.wordpress.com/2018/04/23/remembering-family-23-4-18/
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Have a great week,
Claire x
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All the best to her for the art exam – She’s obviously been putting in so much effort, and it’ll all be worth it.
It’s wonderful to read you managed to get out & have a good time, too; I think occasions like that can be so rare that we have to grab them with both hands. I read about that Cannabis gathering in London but knew nothing about it until seeing photos of people smoking weed on the grass… Surely that’s prime picking for the police, but it’s good to hear there was no trouble.
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