COLD DARK ROOM

[EllieMay]

Good mornooning all. Sorry for my absence. Covid vaccine tiredness side effect left me doing very little. And that is the only effect it’s had on us.

We have both been feeling manageably tired. JoesDad said cleaning our fish tank was more effort than it should have been on Sunday, but we still got out for a walk on our regular workday route.

Then I went to the rescue yesterday. That was hard work too. I got home and JoesDad, who started a new contract yesterday, was having problems connecting to his new employer’s IT systems.

The employer’s tech, having done a load of stuff at his end, gave Mr gee40 a list of things to do our end... which meant me of course. (I am an IT Tech by trade)

Then daughter needed something posting to her urgently.

I was very, very tired.

A normal reaction for me to being overtired is to get extremely cold. I ended up in my thickest fleece jacket with a blanket over me last night. I honestly don’t think the cold was a side effect ... just that I got overtired when I shouldn’t have.

This morning, I rolled over in bed and was surprised JoesDad wasn’t there. I had slept through the alarm, him having a shower and getting dressed... I had no idea!

Hopefully I have slept it off now. I’m not in any hurry to start the day though and I’m such a morning person usually.

Im glad that was the extent of side effects and I hope you’ll feel more back to sorts now. I thought of you last night And noticed the absence of your posts.. Everyone needs a recharge now and then and taking what you need is no fault! Hope everything is sorted with your daughter now too..

 

[Maggie3fan]

It's grey and chilly here too. It rained overnight, so I have a REAL excuse for not working outside. I built a fire in the woodstove, put a sunshine cake in the oven, cleaned out the fridge and washed dishes (my back is killing me. I think my sink is too low).

You'd not make a good Oregonian. No work would get done if you didn't work in the rain. Oregonians wear rain jackets, hats and shorts every day and rain does not hinder anything. In fact, I am a bit obsessive about keeping a clean car and I have washed my dirty car in the rain.

 

[Maggie3fan]

I'll take wind over snow any day. I can sit in my lawn chair outside in the wind but not in the snow.

I hate wind and for some reason it scares me. The most anxiety I felt when driving truck was in the wind afraid I would get blown over. Now when it's windy, I am just afraid a house will drop on me...

 

[Maro2Bear]

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[Maro2Bear]

Chef, it's coming for you!! That was this am before it snowed & blew all day.View attachment 320905

Good looking snowfall. The picnic table shots are classic. Just cooler temps here now after our run of a few 70 degree days. I think we in the DELMARVA area have a TOTAL of 5 inches this year. Pathetic. Close to zero last year. (I never moved the shovels last year).

 

[Chefdenoel10]

Good mornooning all. Sorry for my absence. Covid vaccine tiredness side effect left me doing very little. And that is the only effect it’s had on us.

We have both been feeling manageably tired. JoesDad said cleaning our fish tank was more effort than it should have been on Sunday, but we still got out for a walk on our regular workday route.

Then I went to the rescue yesterday. That was hard work too. I got home and JoesDad, who started a new contract yesterday, was having problems connecting to his new employer’s IT systems.

The employer’s tech, having done a load of stuff at his end, gave Mr gee40 a list of things to do our end... which meant me of course. (I am an IT Tech by trade)

Then daughter needed something posting to her urgently.

I was very, very tired.

A normal reaction for me to being overtired is to get extremely cold. I ended up in my thickest fleece jacket with a blanket over me last night. I honestly don’t think the cold was a side effect ... just that I got overtired when I shouldn’t have.

This morning, I rolled over in bed and was surprised JoesDad wasn’t there. I had slept through the alarm, him having a shower and getting dressed... I had no idea!

Hopefully I have slept it off now. I’m not in any hurry to start the day though and I’m such a morning person usually.

Hey sweet pea,
If you need to rest for a couple of days DO IT!!
Your body knows what it needs.
I hope they didn’t GIVE you the virus???
Do not over due it or you can put yourself
(Your immune system) in jeopardy for all kinds of sickness.
Please take the week to GO SLOW...
your own pace.
And if you need to rest...REST.
I always run to work or fix the house like I am “saving the world”
But in actuality I am just making myself sicker..
I never saved any day-world or person
I just hurt myself.
And in the end— no one cared ..
If I showed up or not
It cost me a week in the hospital many years ago (walking pneumonia)..
And I could have spread it to everyone!!!

 

[Maggie3fan]

Good mornooning all. Sorry for my absence. Covid vaccine tiredness side effect left me doing very little. And that is the only effect it’s had on us.

We have both been feeling manageably tired. JoesDad said cleaning our fish tank was more effort than it should have been on Sunday, but we still got out for a walk on our regular workday route.

Then I went to the rescue yesterday. That was hard work too. I got home and JoesDad, who started a new contract yesterday, was having problems connecting to his new employer’s IT systems.

The employer’s tech, having done a load of stuff at his end, gave Mr gee40 a list of things to do our end... which meant me of course. (I am an IT Tech by trade)

Then daughter needed something posting to her urgently.

I was very, very tired.

A normal reaction for me to being overtired is to get extremely cold. I ended up in my thickest fleece jacket with a blanket over me last night. I honestly don’t think the cold was a side effect ... just that I got overtired when I shouldn’t have.

This morning, I rolled over in bed and was surprised JoesDad wasn’t there. I had slept through the alarm, him having a shower and getting dressed... I had no idea!

Hopefully I have slept it off now. I’m not in any hurry to start the day though and I’m such a morning person usually.

I am getting my vaccine on Wednesday and my dil says she was exhausted for 2 weeks after her shot...sissie...my son told me to make sure my animals are taken care of because I won't be able to do it. so now that I've said that... tomorrow.

 

[Chefdenoel10]

I am getting my vaccine on Wednesday and my dil says she was exhausted for 2 weeks after her shot...sissie...my son told me to make sure my animals are taken care of because I won't be able to do it. so now that I've said that... tomorrow.

Good morning,
Try to go in with good vibes and happy thoughts?
Oh...cr*p....
Now this shot is gonna keep people apart even longer?
I thought this shot was (and I’m quoting Martha Stuart)....
“ A GOOD THING”??????
Now I don’t want one.
I HATE being sick.
I am a very bad patient..
I can’t sit still.
And I hate soup!
And when I ask for something ;
I end up in tears ....
because the person didn’t do it the way I would like them to have...?
All kinds of crazy happens to me.!
And that’s saying A LOT!!! ?

 

[Maggie3fan]

I also went thru a long period of illness which taught me how to be sick. I live alone and don't ask for help. I don't like soup either, but try Campbell's Home style chicken noodle soup. It's good for some reason. Oh, and I don't add water

 

[Maggie3fan]

Birdbath is frozen

 

[Yvonne G]

@Horses ‘n turtles :

Hey! Welcome to the Cold Dark Room. Our official greeter, @JoesMum , has been slightly under the weather due to the Covid jab she received, but this is what she usually says to new folks who wander in here:

"Hello and welcome to the CDR. I’m Linda and I live in Kent in South East England.

We’re an international bunch of idiots /friends here who sometimes talk tortoise and fairly regularly talk puns and nonsense.

Pull up an armadillo and the one-legged pirate will be along shortly to bring you your beverage of choice. The big armadillo is called Montgomery and is a very obliging coffee table, especially if you dust him or tickle him under the chin.

It’s rather gloomy in here, but the flying jellyfish glow a little brighter when you polish them. The blueberry ones seem to be glowing brightest at the moment.

Watch your step; it’s easy to stub your toe on the hedgehogs in the gloom. The wool spider, if she exists, seems to be in a better mood since we locked the leprechaun in a jellyfish tank. The snow leopard is very friendly and eats carrots "

 

[Lyn W]

In Case You Missed It category -

The Great British Wildflower Hunt

Do you love wild flowers? Would you like to know more about them? And help save them for the future? So would we. Join us this summer in the Great British Wildflower Hunt

www.plantlife.org.uk

I've signed up - a good way to learn about IDing potential tort food!!!

 

[Chefdenoel10]

I've signed up - a good way to learn about IDing potential tort food!!!

That’s a good way to get outside and enjoy the sun. Get plenty of tips and bring advice back to us!!!

 

[Chefdenoel10]

As I was reading I thought this was written from your tortoises’ point of view.... clever tortoise.

My sincerest apologies! I swear Covid is really getting to me.…
Hello!! ? And welcome to the forum!!! where you will find some GREAT advice from what I think are EXPERTS!!
Glad you came here!
Now, you’ll be a great pet owner.
Ask them ANYTHING!
And you will get the BEST possible answer
Can’t wait till you have a question!?! ?
I am very impatient today??
Covid!!....stop it! Or you’ll scare this person away....?
Sorry.... WELCOME!! ?

 

[Lyn W]

That’s a good way to get outside and enjoy the sun. Get plenty of tips and bring advice back to us!!!

On their website there are 2 sheets of wild plants which I have in my garden but not known the names of before. Now I know them I can check to see if they are safe foods on the tortoise table.

 

[Cathie G]

I'll take wind over snow any day. I can sit in my lawn chair outside in the wind but not in the snow.

I'm being ridiculous but I want some snow instead of rain because april showers are almost here. I don't want a pond in the lower part of my backyard. Snow melts slowly.? We live right at the end of a flood area.

 

[JoesMum]

Good morning all.
We have a lovely sunny and warm day here today!!!
The wind is a bit blustery but it's not cold.
I put Lola out in a sunny, sheltered patch which he stayed in for all of 3 mins before heading back in.
I'm just leaving the door jammed open for him to come and go as he pleases - maybe if he thinks it's his own idea he may go out and stay longer.
I also released my butterflies after feeding them up with some sugary water, they had a good stretch of their wings, soaked up some sunshine and they were off. Hopefully they'll enjoy some time in the sun.
Hope you all have a good Tuesday!

Lucky you. No sun for us in the south east today

 

[JoesMum]

Im glad that was the extent of side effects and I hope you’ll feel more back to sorts now. I thought of you last night And noticed the absence of your posts.. Everyone needs a recharge now and then and taking what you need is no fault! Hope everything is sorted with your daughter now too..

I felt rather grotty through the morning and started to perk up about lunchtime. By early evening I was feeling a lot brighter and now feel more or less back to normal. Hopefully that’s it now ?

 

[JoesMum]

In Case You Missed It category -

The Great British Wildflower Hunt

Do you love wild flowers? Would you like to know more about them? And help save them for the future? So would we. Join us this summer in the Great British Wildflower Hunt

www.plantlife.org.uk

I have sewn loads of wildflower seeds in my garden this spring. Hopefully enough of them will evade the snails and slugs for long enough to grow!

 

[JoesMum]

Hey sweet pea,
If you need to rest for a couple of days DO IT!!
Your body knows what it needs.
I hope they didn’t GIVE you the virus???
Do not over due it or you can put yourself
(Your immune system) in jeopardy for all kinds of sickness.
Please take the week to GO SLOW...
your own pace.
And if you need to rest...REST.
I always run to work or fix the house like I am “saving the world”
But in actuality I am just making myself sicker..
I never saved any day-world or person
I just hurt myself.
And in the end— no one cared ..
If I showed up or not
It cost me a week in the hospital many years ago (walking pneumonia)..
And I could have spread it to everyone!!!

None of the vaccines contain live virus so you can’t catch covid from them fortunately! It is just a reaction as my body builds up antibodies. This is good because it means my body is responding and the vaccine is working ?

You are right though. Rest is what you have to do when these things get you. I am hopeful that I am actually through the worst of it now. I feel so much better this evenin.