all made up with nowhere to go

I woke up late today, and consequently feel like the day has already run away with me, but holy carp did I need to sleep last night. Not that I slept well, but I slept for longer than usual, so hopefully something evened out somewhere.

I just. My last three shifts at work (all long ones) have exhausted me. Luckily, the next three are all short, and none of them are morning starts \o/

I've got another week off coming up at the end of the month, and whoooo boy do I feel like I need it already.

In other news, I have been watching a lot of quilting and clothes making videos on youtube while not posting on here. And for the last four or so days, I've been binge watching someone who I used to subscribe to, but then recently unsubbed because I hadn't watched her in years (and I don't even know why). But then I started watching her clothes/costume making videos, which I hadn't seen before (because of the not watching her), and MAN I AM INSPIRED. Not that anything I make for myself will be anything like she makes (I mean, she likes dresses and skirts for starters, and I Do Not). But I'm inspired, and it's good! Not that I needed the inspo, but I guess it will help in the long run? IDK.

I don't know if I will resubscribe to her once I'm done bingeing, because her chaotic way of making videos was driving me up the wall. Though that may just have been because I was tired a f. WHO KNOWS. It mystery!

Other than that, me and my work friend took some more stuff to the tip last week, so I'm glad that's gone. I haven't managed any house stuff aside from that, as I've been at work more than at home. I did manage to reclaim a whole load of 100% wool yarn from crochet squares that my gran had made (the yarn was too unstable for them to stay in that format), so I am going to knit it into blocks and felt it!

And that's pretty much it for now! I think! Time to go and have some dinner!

So I have finally been to the doctor about my pain issues!

Aside from the migraines, I told him that I think the joint pain is fibromyalgia, mainly because I'd looked it up as one of the artists I follow on youtube mentioned having it, and I didn't know exactly what it was.

You know those times where you sit and look at something and go, "OHHH FUCK" in realisation?

Yeah. I have pretty much all of the symptoms as listed on the NHS website, which I dutifully wrote down, and took with me, so that I could tell him all of this and not sound like I was flailing.

He has prescribed me amitriptaline, which will also help with the migraines, and I have to let them know in four to six weeks how things are going.

I also like that he didn't argue with my self-diagnosis, either. I went in kind of expecting it, because I don't know the doctor in question (he is new to the practice, so I haven't seen him before). So that was nice!

And talking of NHS related stuff, I have a follow up appointment next week the week after next for the surgical procedure I mentioned back at the beginning of the year (this will presumably be to assess when and how it will happen, IDK. I have already had the assessment with a surgeon).

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In other news, there really isn't any! Work continues to happen, although perhaps things are looking up soon, but I don't want to put too much optimism into that just because I'm mildly sceptical about it.

I have four days off, which is nice - this is a week I tried to book off, which is why I was given the chunk of days, I think. I still need to talk to the person in charge of the rotas about holiday for next year, so I don't end up in this position again, though (my first actual holiday for this financial year is the first week in OCTOBER).

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That's all I've got for now. Time to go and see what I can have for dinner!