Back to work after 3 months off with a variety of health problems but most notably a slipped disc that is crushing my spinal cord. Surgery in 3 weeks but if I don't go back today I get a pay cut so back I go! Could be worse, working from home at least
I'm of that age where it seems a lot of people I know are dying. So I made a decision last week to try and improve my quality of life and applied to reduce my working hours. Application approved and actioned within two days so today... I had the first of my non-working days.
Still need to figure out how best to use this time. Had a nice walk today, that's a fair start. Rest of the week will be work as normal.
That's amazing! Well done for going through with it and kudos to your workplace. I'm sure it'll be weird at first but let us know how it goes!
There might be a few charities around you which do coffee meetups, organised walks, gardening together, etc. I heard u3a is good for trying or learning random different things. You could even go for long weekends to different parts of the UK or Europe to see lots of new places. You could do charity work.
I live in Liverpool but I'm down south at my mum's, and it's not much better here. Feels chilly in the mornings. I was down on the South coast at the weekend and it was much better there, they really do get all the good weather compared to the rest of the country. It's just a shame it's full of boring people.
This "morning chat" post went up 5 hours ago. I finally dragged myself out of bed half an hour ago. This says it all about how my week has started off.
On the bright side, accidentally getting eleven hours straight sleep has done wonders for my energy levels. Feeling ready to punch the rest of the day right in the face!
I can't remember the last time I slept eleven hours in a row, you must feel amazing. I actually waited an hour before posting this thread as I was too busy trying to get child #2 to sleep at just after 5am (and watching Agents of Shield)
Definitely wasn't on purpose but I guess it was needed! Of course, the whole "no kids" thing definitely helps in that situation. RIP to your chances of any real rest at all for basically ever.
Got up today and could not be arsed so stuck in 3 days holiday. I just can’t stop thinking about the new Dungeon Crawler Carl book that’s getting delivered today. Can’t fucking wait!
Finally got some Wimbledon tickets after years of trying. So looks like rain on Wednesday for our day, and we have an outside court not a fancy roofed one. Oh well, will see how much of a refund we get if it rains too much to stop play. Should still be a good day out though regardless.
Dropped the car off for an oil change (when did they get so expensive?) and getting a nice 15 minute walk from the garage to work. A bit chilly though, which was unexpected.
My wrist continues to be painful after a week so going to try to get to the minor injuries unit tonight.
Hope it's nothing bad! If it ends up just being a mild sprain or something that needs rest, get yourself one of those cheap wrist splint things with the metal in them. Made a huge difference when I had a similar thing.
Today I'm spagbolling while listen to Iron Maiden.
Not much federating with Lemmy on kbin, I can only see 4 comments on this thread. The mysteries of the Fediverse!
It's all being a bit weird today. Posting this from my own instance but not much has been synced yet. Lemmy.world seems to be groaning under the pressure of loads of new users.