Fed up to the back teeth
Yes, I'm fed up to the back teeth (or would be if I still had any!) with my aching mouth and being banned from exercise. It's not that I'm impatient but...
I'm sure my face didn't swell this much last time I had wisdom teeth out. (And before anyone mentions it, I'm well aware it was me that was moaning the other day about hypochondriacs!)Still, I suppose not being able to exercise (I think I would probably be able to now but my husband will have a fit if I don't wait for the swelling and aching to go down) does leave me more time to work on my short story submission for this month's resources. It feels kind of strange to be submitting a story not poetry, but this is the first completely new short story I've written for a long while and I've really enjoyed it.
I guess I ought to go and post my God classic rejections too, as I did say I would, if the entry numbers didn't go up significantly. (There were still only 15 entries when I looked earlier, so come on anyone who hasn't yet posted, there's still over 12 hours to go!) If I'm lucky, I might even get a chance then to read some of the other blogs or dip into my latest poetry journals. Oh, it is nice when one child's at school and the other with his grandma!
By the way, I almost forgot to mention that I might be buzzing later. We think we've got a wasp's nest in the top of our lounge bay window. Both me and my four year old have been stung so far, so someone's coming out today to get hopefully get rid of it for us. Wish us luck!
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you poor thing! It's awful to just be stuck not doing the things that you're used to doing, but as you say, it gives you more time, and when you have time you can try new things too. Have you ever done Yoga Nidra? It's a meditation technique that takes about half an hour and really calms your frustration...
Enjoy all your reading and writing!
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10/10/07 @ 10:39 
· http://www.milltech-systems.co.uk I might try and find out more about Yoga Nidra. Does it involve stretches? Or breathing?
I used to do a short mantra meditation every evening, but I've lapsed of late. I need to get the discipline going again, really. My problem is the kids get up so early, there's no time in the morning and by the evening I'm usually shattered. I've even been known to fall asleep while supposedly meditating!
Wasps have now been dealt with, hurrah!
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11/10/07 @ 01:07 · http://www.milltech-systems.co.uk I wish I could. Chips, chocolate. Yummy!
Unfortunately, I really do need to exercise. Since having my second son I have put on over three stone (probably near four!). That includes 15kg (about 2.5 stone?) in a year. Being diabetic, I've been given strict warnings and orders that I either lose it myself or they'll put me on tablets to help me lose it. So far I've managed to shift 4kg over the past 6 weeks (since my elder son went to school. No surprise that I've also come off the tablets for postnatal depression since my elder son started school. I would never have guessed how much difference it would make having one child at home most of the time compared to two!). It's not's not going too badly. I just have to keep it going long-term!
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11/10/07 @ 09:31 · http://www.writelink.co.uk/blogs/marilyn Nearly a year after having my first child, someone asked when my baby was due. I had postnatal depression after the first child, too, but managed to ditch the pills when she was only a few months old. If I'd had 2 to contend with, things would've been different I'm sure. There's nearly an eight-year gap between my two - it took me that long to get over the first!
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