Up The Farway Tree

Stair lifts and Lycra..

I finished my IV antibiotics today so was at the hospital for a quick check up. All the news was good - my lung function has come back up, my oxygen levels were much better and overall the doc was very pleased with my response to the antibiotics. Fingers crossed it lasts for a wee while!

I finally got my stair lift installed last week, so have been buzzing up and down on that. Seb was a little unsure at first and threw some tentative barks at it, but now he doesn't even bat an eye as I trundle up and down (i say trundle because it is painstakingly slow). He has had a couple of shots sitting on my knee and seemed to enjoy the ride - he certainly wasn't at all nervous. I'm sure it will be no time at all before he is operating it himself..

My other news is that I've started a distance learning course, to try and give me something to focus on and to help structure my day better. Its on the topic of 'conflict management' which I feel will be useful at work in the future. I have now completed my first assignment and am waiting on feed back to see if I passed it before I move onto the next section. I think I really need something to focus on as I am feeling quite fed up at the moment and a large part of that is down to sheer boredom. I miss working, especially the challenges and social aspect that it brings with it. Being at home all the time is fairly isolating and I do feel very much in limbo at the moment - just waiting on that call, but not quite believing it will ever come. I am hoping that spending some time 'working', albeit at home, will make me feel that I have achieved something in my day, which in itself is a great tonic for self esteem. The other great tonic would be to start concentrating on exercise again, which has somewhat fallen by the wayside. I am in the contemplation stage at the moment - a lot of thinking about exercise, but none actually being done! Hopefully by the time I write my next blog I will have moved to the action stage and will be possibly sporting some sweat bands and wearing lycra.....the mind boggles.