Hello and welcome to Fun Fact Friday where I share facts about myself that aren’t linked to my cerebral palsy.
It’s been a while since I did one of these. Because I suck, but I thought I’d let you know that I’ve bought Christmas cards and another present today. I’m still no where near ready for the big day. Though. I like to be almost done by now.
How about you?
I feel a bit guilty because today’s blog post isn’t really disability-related. I guess it’s going to be one of those general life update-y thingys where I end up telling you all what’s going on in Nicland and probably asking for advice.
These last couple of months have been mega busy, and busy is great. I’m the kind of person who measures whether I’ve had a good or bad day by just how much or how little I’m managed to get done. Not to blow my own trumpet, but I think I’m generally quite good at keeping myself motivated because of this.
I mean, believe it or not, I’ve been writing this blog on a pretty regular basis for about 2 and a half years now, and I realised a few weeks ago that I’ve also been regularly uploading YouTube videos for a year too. Throw in the fact that I’m currently taking part in National Novel Writing Month and aiming to write 50,000 words of a novel in the thirty days of November, I should be so happy I have so many things to be getting on with that I should be bouncing.
Yet, I’m not.
These past few days I’ve wanted to stay snuggled up in the warmth of my bed, binge-watching Netflix until I lose all track of time. I don’t feel like I’ve been posting on here and I feel bad about that. Sometimes I really can’t stand the thought of sitting at my desk to work.
Sometimes I work in bed instead, but it’s not a habit I really want to get into.
I think some of it may be down to the changing seasons. It’s getting darker earlier and cold and my pajamas as some of the warmest clothes I own, The fact that the summer weather is giving strong winds, and the snow and ice we’ll probably be be getting soon, is making it harder to go out isn’t helping either.
I’ve barely started my Christmas shopping and i usually like to have it all done by the December rush.
Do you struggle to stay motivated during this time of the year? What do you do?
I’ve certainly been feeling a lot tighter in just about all of my muscles lately. My legs and back are the main culprits, but my neck is not especially happy at the moment either.
Part of it I think is the cold, and the other big factor could be that I haven’t been leaving the house as much of late either. This means less walking and more time sitting hunched over a laptop, and trying to remember to break my days up by good long sitting to stretch out my legs and also give my back a different kind of support.
More and more of my days will probably be like this over the next few months as winter gets closer and closer and brings with it the ice and snow and cold and all those other things I love so very much.
(I came to the conclusion a long time ago that snow if one of the most physically disabling things out there for me.)
I’ll probably spend more and more time cuddling a wheat bag, both to help me keep warm and to try and keep my body a bit happy with me, and I think it’s getting to the time of year now where I’m going to need to use more than one at a time.
Thankfully, I’m not the only one who uses them in my house so we have a pretty large collection of them in all different shapes and sizes, so I think I’m going to go and heat two up; one for my back and one for my legs.
My neck would probably appreciate one too if I’m being honest, but then I think I might get a bit too hot.
Hi guys, I just uploaded a new video to my YouTube channel about wearing slippers with cerebral palsy.
You can watch it by clicking here.
It’s definitely getting colder in the UK now and I am most definitely feeling the difference. On days where I’ve still been wearing dresses, I’ve also had my socks on over the top because my feet often feel the cold more than anywhere else.
That said, my legs always feel it too, especially the upper half above the knee, (which, as it happens, is probably the place I get the most pain when I’m on my period too.)
For the last couple of days I’ve either been sat with a blanket over them or with a wheatbag on my knee to try keep warm.
Today, I’m noticing it more than ever because it felt like the cold had worked its way right down into my bones this morning. The wheatbag approach didn’t really help, but a hot shower did so I can’t complain.
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