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Apr 19 2013

Friday :)

Well I’ve had a different week. It’s been pretty ‘mundane’ but at least I’ve had chance to rest. And I mean proper rest. Not been able to do much of anything physically due to the sore knee. 

Yesterday I tried not taking any meds to see how the pain was. Even just pottering about the house, getting a drink and making my dinner ended up making it hurt by late afternoon, so I needed to take meds. I’m really not looking forward to going back to work as I know it is still going to hurt. Maybe a lot, maybe not. I don’t know… I am going to have to wait and see. 

I just hope that I can cope with it and work through another few weeks… I think this one is going to take me a while to physically get over it and yes, I have to be careful not to do it again. Although I can’t work out how I actually managed to go over on it in the first place. 😦 

Writing wise. Nada… I’ve had lots of time to think about it, but not do. My heads been so fuzzy on these pain meds I just haven’t been able to think enough to tackle anything. So I’m kinda depressed about that. I was hoping to have at least a chapter done by this week even without being in work. Not meant to be. So I’m a little behind. I need some more goals there for the next few weeks. 

Ep 5 of Best Friends is in editing still. 🙂 I know this is taking a little more time than the last few but this one is set in two different parts of the country so it’s to be expected. I can’t wait to see it though as the pics in the ice cream parlour look fantastic… 

Other projects are moving at a steady pace. I kinda feel like a plodding horse in that sense but it’s all good. Can’t rush anything. There would be no point. 

The weekend ahead is going to be much the same, apart from hubby will be here. I think we have to nip to liverpool tomorrow. I might actually try and drive for a bit. See how I cope. eek

I am going to tackle some edits tomorrow… I am, promise… lol

Sunday we’re supposed to have a friend coming to take a few of my fish. He’s wanted them since last year, not they’re bigger and fatter and temps are improving so he can pick which he likes the look of. 

I’m gutted in this respect. I like opening the tunnel flap and seeing them whoosh over to get their dinner. The more that go the less whoosing there is. And less faces to see. 😦 it’s sad but they are getting too big for their tank now, they need a nice new home. I’m very happy to let them go. 

Sanke is doing much better. All scrapes are clear… from both ponds. It’s been over 9 weeks now. 🙂 I’ve very pleased. 

There are however some increasing sets of problems being experienced by other koi keepers. We’re heading into spring now. The weather finally has started to get warmer and the parasites are out with a vengeance.  This is heart breaking because some are losing their prized fish. 😦 Not a good time of year really. I can only keep doing what i’m doing and try to offer my limited bits of advice or at least point them to someone who really can help them. 

Looking forward to a sunny nice weekend. Let’s hope it’s a nice one. Speak soon… 

 

Dawn x x 

Apr 13 2013

mmmmm

Well what can I say. The sun is out and I can’t do anything.

Paul has gone off to Banks Car Booty. Which I would have enjoyed but the pain in my knee just isn’t going. Yesterday had to be the worst, although in the morning the swelling had gone down, by the afternoon it was right back out there. Took all evening soaking it in pain killers and a special ‘patch’ for it to ease. I just wish it would go away. The throbbing is kinda okay. But the not sleeping and wobbliness isn’t nice. Every time I stand it feels like my leg is gonna give out and I’ll be in a heap on the floor. It’s scary. 

Writing wise…. well haven’t been able to concentrate to do any editing. So, I’ve been reading instead. This has given me plenty of time for relaxing…. a couch potato I am. I hate being a couch potato… it’s  making me feel like a blimp. 😦 So, not only am I in pain, my heads battering me to death too. Depressed is not the word. 

I always try not to worry over money. We can cope, its not going to be a brilliant month end with me having time off but I guess it had to happen at some point. My body is only human and things happen. I’ll deal with that as it crops up. 

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My fish is doing much better in the QT, he’s lively, his swelling has gone down. (hahah maybe I should get in there with them) and I totally believe he’s going to be right as rain in a few weeks. 🙂 Fingers crossed I’m going to be okay ‘this’ week. 

So more rest and recoup for me. In face I think I’ll head back to bed now. My eyes can’t focus. 

Have a great weekend all.  x x x

 

Speak soon. 

Apr 10 2013

Update….

There have been a good few too many things happening this last week. Mostly fish related stuff and then a few personal things. 

As usual, I will try and structure them all so that I can fill you in. 

 

Koi…. 

 

Catching one of the sick fish on Sat to help treat him. I made the decision to move him to the QT tank that we have. Currently it houses 30 of my ‘baby fish’ so I then also made an even bigger decision to move some of the babies to the big pond. This was an agonizing decision having had a parasite problem. 

 

So, I spent all day on Sat prepping. Taking scrapes of a few fish from both ponds. This was all clear so I just gave the sanke (the sick fish) a really good salt bath before I moved him. This would hopefully get rid of anything nasty still on him, and with a bit of luck help prevent any cross contamination if I missed anything. 

 

Then I tricked the babies into a feeding frenzy and stuck my koi sock in to scoop up who I could sift through. Three big ones then went into the main pond with their rather large parents. Shock for them and I moved the sick sanke into the QT tank. He didn’t seem too happy at first. But today I am very impressed with his recovery and I have high hopes that he will be okay. 

 

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Writing wise. 

 

Wow, what a whirlwind of a few weeks this has been. Since I joined scribophile I’ve made some great new friends. I’ve written a whole new chapter for TSK and I’ve worked like mad to get my own standard up… I am going to be working with E.J again soon and I hope this will still improve everything. I’m actually well into Chapter 10 now on the edits and this is brilliant news. 

 

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Yeah, been a sucky week. I don’t for the life of me know how I managed to do it. But I injured my knee yesterday. Getting out of the van at work funny. Or in standing on something curb. I don’t know, but it cracked backwards at an odd angle. Causing intense pain and well the result, even after going to the chemist for pain relief wasn’t good yesterday. The doc seems to think I’ve pulled the ligaments in the right side of my knee. Last night the pain was just awful and I barely slept at all. Today, the pain and the swelling is even worse. Although with resting it, it has gone down some this afternoon. 

 

Work, well I don’t think they’re very happy. I feel as guilty as hell, because I know how they operate as a small company. But, I’m stuck. I can’t drive. It just isn’t fair on me, or the van. I couldn’t change gear by the end of my round yesterday and crunched the gears twice. I never, ever do that. 

I must also admit one of the worst things is, living where I work. Even in the Doc’s I bumped into one of my customers. 🙂 I think he felt sorry for me though, bless him. And yeah, well docs hurt you when they push and prod you in places already sore… enough said. 

 

So rest it is, for a couple of days and see how I feel. I did have a knee brace, can’t for the life of me find it. Think I leant it out, so I’ve ordered one in at the local chemist. I hate, not doing anything… so I guess I shall just have to read : ( 

eeek…. I do hate being like this. I am just hoping there is no lasting damage. The doc already said I might need to go back in for another key hole peek at my knee. Last time they said that…. I as in surgery for three hours and then wasn’t allowed to even walk for 8 weeks after! don’t want to go through that ever, ever again. 

 

😦 

Mar 30 2013

Sat….

General 🙂

 

Today I have to wait in for the sky man. Our dish broke so it needs fixing properly. 🙂 So having done all my running about yesterday I have the full day to edit, read, and relax. We’re also going out later to my dads. Which will be nice. 

 

I’ve not posted too much this week because I’ve felt personally drained. And it’s just been one of those really bad weeks which I’d sooner forget about. 

 

There is no chance of me getting the 12th off work for my Uncles funeral. So I also have to deal with that. One of the biggest problems in working for a small firm is there is no cover. Shame, really. Just fingers crossed I can turn this crappy blip around and get back to something normal. Sleep and food just went right out the window. 😦 

 

A break is a nice thing though and with the other half having lots of overtime I’ve finally been able to get some of the things we’ve been lacking of over the last month. With some luck this is a good sign and it looks like he might be working full time again soon. 

 

I don’t begrudge him anything. He’s worked so hard in all the years I’ve known him. But when a job becomes more than a job and something you are just doing because you’re forced too it really is time to move. Fate has played some pretty crappy jokes on us in the last 4 years. It’s also given us a good couple of ‘get’ out clauses too and I think that they were for the best. 

 

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Koi

 

Well temps have been so low recently my heater is going ten fold on the main pond to attempt to keep it warm. I don’t think this winter is doing any of our koi any favours. 

 

We’ve also turned the heater back on the baby tank to see if the ‘cooking’ episode was indeed a one off. It seems to be working as normal now. ummmm I’m puzzled by this even more so with recent ‘things’ going on around here. But, lets leave that, at that. 

 

I did treat the baby tank with blanket weed killer yesterday. Holmeswood have lots of new products in. Which I’ll try… 🙂 So I have no doubt that it’s dying off now. At least the babies will have free movment in few days. It’s like 6ft long in there… and I have no doubts it will block everything up again, so will have to keep an eye on it. 

 

They had some lovely new koi in the shop… A cracking little Tancho Doitsu something… and he’s also got some big Hajiro 🙂 They’re amazing. And they look just like my nisai 🙂 hopefully mine will get much bigger soon. I want them to grow more. They’ll be going in the big pond in the next month. 

 

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Writing. 

 

Waiting on some reviews to come in at the end of this month. Then I can think about things and move forward. Editing is going well to be fair. I’m pleased with my own progress either way. So onwards with the day. 

 

Have a good one. And speak soon. 

 

Dawn 

Mar 24 2013

Awesome weekend :)

Such a busy weekend. But a good one. 

 

Although I haven’t moved so much off the couch. I’ve been editing like crazy. I’ve read through three different chapters for crit as I owe them out. And I’ve read a script for another friend. 🙂 

 

All in all, fab amount of work. I’m please. 

 

In other news the snow has kept us from doing much outside. The ponds are cooler than I’d like. Main pond dropped to 10d even with the heating. And the baby tank dropped to 5d so no food for either of them. It was too cold to get the sanke out and sedate and see what was going on so I’m hopeful for the easter hols this next weekend. 

 

Four days to work then FOUR days off. How awesome. Shopping to get in and lots of writing. So if anyone needs me for anything then I need requests in soon. Before I’m booked up. 

 

Sunday dinner with mum later, 🙂 Can’t wait for that. Hubby is going out for the evening so it’s me and the cat for the night. A warm fire and some more work. 

 

Hope everyone is doing well. 🙂 Speak soon.

 

Dawn