Blog #self care - Ivor’s Daily Gallivant

Ivor’s Daily Gallivant Monday May 15, 2023 I’ve made a plan for the week. Today to Thursday fine weather is forecast so I’m going to get some work done in the garden. Thursday at 2.30 is my Weight Management internet session. On Friday it’s the Scrabble tournament with Andy and during the weekend I will probably go to Marcella. It looks like I’m going to have some money left over from my Pension this month and I would like to open a Savings Account or Cash ISA with it. Not wishing to waste good gardening weather I’ll leave dealing with the bank until the weather changes. Also, I’ve got some non-urgent medical issues to follow up that can be saved for bad weather days. At 3.30 this morning unable to sleep I got up and had a cup of tea, and a snack: making a note of it all in my Food and Exercise Diary for May 11 to 18. I eventually did get to sleep but was late getting up but managed to do today’s half hour in the garden. So far this is the second day in a row when I’ve worked in the garden, I’m on my way to establishing it as a habit.

Ivor’s Daily Gallivant Monday April 17 2023 Got up at about ten and I still haven’t shifted my cold so will skip lunch at October Books (but the good news is I’m on the mend). No matter I can do a little more towards my ongoing campaign to make my bungalow look like it’s inhabited by a civilised human being by doing half an hour hoovering. Which will bring me nicely up to lunchtime when I’ll finish off the corned beef in the fridge. As I wrote the above my mobile rang but I couldn’t find it immediately because it had fallen into my armchair. When I did it was the bank texting saying they wanted to help me make the most of my money (promoting their savings products was of course never in their thoughts) and a friend had tried to call me yesterday. I tried calling her on my landline without success and then sent a text message which with my cheap and cheerful mobile wasn’t easy. Then I realised I had been trying to phone and text the wrong number. So I phoned the correct number and got through. After our chat: It was now lunchtime so I had the second of the especially tasty Scotch eggs (which I’d bought in the reduced to clear section of the Co-op) with some pickle and a cup of tea.( Rather than having a corned beef sandwich as planned: even when I’m alone my anarchist spirit prevails) I picked up the rubbish which was on my living room floor so that I could do the hoovering then kitchen timer sounded indicating half an hour had passed so I dutifully downed tools and treated myself to a tea. Tomorrow I will be able to do some more. After tea I’ll do half an hour on my latest painting. Whilst doing the tidying I noticed a discarded painting in my spare bedroom and thought with some work it could be improved. (Also I ordered a portable chair from that prominent online retailer whose name never passes my lips.) The chair is for use on painting trips and waiting at bus stops. I Googled dealing with a cold and it suggested rest, fluids and fresh air. So I ran to the One Stop (which gave me exercise and fresh air), and bought a bottle of Robinsons Orange Juice and checked it is sugar free. I’m also a bit wheezy and thanks to another Google search found out that a hot steamy shower is recommended. Hopefully I’ll be in full health soon.

A day when I was still suffering from a cold. What I did about it and how it altered my routine.