Mike and his sister have taken Luke and his 2 cousins to Legoland today - its been really wet on and off so think they are probably drowned rats but as its Luke's favourite place on earth they will enjoy themselves (well, the kids will) ;0)
I did warn Luke to watch out for the pink lego in case it dragged him over to the dark side - he is very wary of anything pink. He calls his cousins the 'pinkinators' as they love it.

Not feeling great. think I've got another migraine coming. feel really tired and yawny but no sign of it yet. Got letter from cardiologist saying he'd be delighted to stuff a catheter into my heart and plug the hole for me so on waiting list (the 5 month waiting list.) wouldn't want to be sick, would you?

Found a fab online site for NZ history documents called the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre . I had a dream I was on a whaling ship off the South Island last night (who knew?) so thought I'd read more about it.

I've also been looking for another module to take towards my never ending Open University degree. I've got to get another 60 points at level 3 and I'll be done. I'm hoping that by Feb 09 I might be up to starting something. There is two 30 point courses I'd like to do: Infectious Diseases; and Senses (vision etc not common) so fingers crossed for a complete cure by Monday next.

This arrived in the post for me last week from a lovely etsy shop DragonFibers . Its called Free Range and is blue faced leicester roving

Luke has had a friend to stay overnight so they've had a great time doing boy stuff and turning the house upside down. Luckily the rain stopped long enough for them to renact StarWars on the trampoline.
Had a migraine last two days. grrrr. I've increased my anticonvulsants for the second time this week. I'm going for the kill or cure option this time. Good news is I have a neurology appt. on Sept 12th so fingers crossed.

Managed to buy something lovely for my Ravelry swap partner on the fabulous Etsy.
I bought this for me this week too from Chimera @ Etsy:





I've had to cancel my alpaca fleece purchase unfortunately. I had to buy a load of stuff for the cat at the vet so can't afford it now. But I'm sure I'll survive this setback lol.

Going to spend the day watching the Olympics and taking the hound out walking. Mike off all of next week so planning some day trips.

Feeling so much better today.
Have been doing some more crochet on Bender's shiny metal ass - about half way up his body now. I think I am the worlds slowest crocheter as well as the worlds slowest knitter. who knew I could be so doubly talented?


Mike been put through his paces in new job - 10 hour days in the classroom and then out at night. He is knackered but says job sounds like it will be really interesting. He will be back from Belgium tonight.

Luke and I are having a day at home today - he spent the day at Grandma's with his cousins again yesterday as I had a migraine. He went swimming, played lego and had a great day. Rosie got the legs walked off her again and is also knackered. I've just put the fire on for a while as it is cold and wet here today and she is snoring happily in front of it. No sign of an appearance by Mr Sparkles yet today. He is usually first on the scene when the fire goes on.

I'm taking part in a spinner's swap on Ravelry so need to crack on with my spinning offering soon just in case I get taken down by migraines closer to the sending date.

I heard from the lady about my baby alpace fleece - she has one from a little chap called Assam she is going to sell me. Here is a photo of him with his Mum Whitesox. Cute or what?


And I've also managed to acquire another half Mule fleece from a lovely lady on Ravelry so that should be dropping through the postbox any day. Mike is going to have a stroke when he sees all this fleece arrive.

well, I went to the Doctor on Friday. Just as well Mike was with me as I just cried. and cried. and cried. So she stopped the Lyrica (thank god, I've had a miserable month on that drug) and restarted me on Gabapentin which I was on before. Worked wonders for my herniated disc pain anyway. Had a couple of miserable days over the weekend but really starting to feel better now.
Mike went camping with his sister and her family, and Luke, his Mum and Rosie. They had torrential rain and Rosie has done nothing but sleep since she came home. I think they broke her with too much exercise. Poor dog.
Mike goes to Belgium tomorrow for training for his new job. He is still an ultrasound engineer but with cardiac catheters. He's threatening to close the hole in my heart on the kitchen table if they don't hurry up and give me a date.
Actually did a bit of spinning today which was lovely - some lovely shiny, deep green merino. and then I went back to bed for the afternoon. Story of my life.

Just stayed in bed today - my head still really hurts. Had very long, painful night.

Luke went to Grandma's with his cousin so I had no reason to get up. He had a lovely day - went swimming and other nice things. He is such a lovely little monkey. I am really proud of him (when I don't want to throttle him, that is!).

Mike's taking his racing bike to a track day tomorrow so Luke and I have a whole day together. We're planning lots of films and popcorn. Fingers crossed my head will be a bit less sore.

Still not able to spin, knit or crochet and can't even look at stuff on the internet as my eye strings are killing me (yes, thats a medical term - eye strings. They really really hurt when you turn your eyes when you have a migraine). So its just me and the BBC World Service for another night.

had the most awful migraine today. Luke home so had to stay up most of day as not fair for him to be alone all day - found some earplugs and wore sunglasses which helped. Its been a very long, long day. I havne't been able to spin or knit for days which is really frustrating.


I rang the hospital in Bath where I was referred to the neurologist about 8 weeks ago by my GP to find out where my appointment was only to be told they have no record of my referral. So I've had to chase my GP to get another referral. I know they sent the original as they told me they had done so. So its going to be months before I see the neurologist now.

And did I mention my head really really hurts, I can't stop being sick and I'm going to bed now Mike is home. Poor man has started a new job this week and has to come home to this. I did offer to get Luke a new Mummy today but he said he'd prefer to get the old one fixed. God love him.


Anyway I going to go to sleep - Rosies come up for a cuddle and has designated herself todays 'migraine cat' so can't keep her waiting

feeling really unwell the last few days. Really fatigued and just yuk. Don't know what to do about it really. Fed up with feeling like this. We are supposed to go camping this weekend with Mike's relations but really can't face it at the moment. Feel like a 90 year old today. Had Luke's cousins for the day. Managed to get them to the town Museum for an hour this morning and luckily Mike came home from work early so I could go to bed for a sleep - I was almost crying with fatigue when I saw him. I really really don't want to do this chronic illness business anymore.