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[ewt]

Went to Aikido last night, yay. I think I might have overdone it slightly; at the end when I was starting to get some 'enough' signals from my joints I did some exercises on my own and some Ki breathing. I'm really feeling the effects of five months off the mat; I feel awkward and clumsy and unconfident. Going to aim for orange belt grading in August all the same, though; I should be able to do that if I can get to Aikido once a week reliably, and maybe sometime soon I'll be able to do some Mondays as well. I could at least always go and watch.

This morning I have a sore throat, and my right ear is blocked and won't clear with any amount of yawning. Not sure what is up with that. I really don't want to be catching Teh Ill again, I'm still coughing from the last lot. Bah. I also hope I'm not getting an ear infection - I've never had one before and I'm scared of them. Maybe it's just some trapped water from my bath yesterday, but it wasn't blocked last night. Weird. It's a little uncomfortable and very warm but not actually painful; to ibuprofen or not to ibuprofen? If there's inflammation, do I want to let it do its job and kill whatever nasties are in there, or do I want to stop it getting out of control and causing pain and possible damage before it gets started?

The next sofa cushion problem is that they get pushed off the end of the bed over the course of the night. Bah. When I make my own wossname I will put some of that grippy stuff on the bottom to prevent this happening.

Today I must run some errands. I also want to do some tidying inside, catch up on laundry, and attack the outside drain again to see if I can clear it. If reasonable amounts of tidying have been done I'll work on purpletigron's slippers (nearly done now!), and make a pair of hairfalls; I'm thinking black velvet fabric strips. Also black mesh strips. I have loads of coloured rexlace but hardly any black, and the black is actually quite important to many people. I'm thinking about whether it would be sensible to do lots of black 'basic' falls and then sell various coloured accent pieces to be worn over top of them. I'd quite like to get out for a walk at some point and have made arrangements to actually do this. I also really ought to put the side panels in my long silk skirt so that it has better twirl and so on. Might experiment with some scarves; I have various bits of crocheted mohair that I'd like to put on a (non-itchy) silk backing. Ought to make one or two trial things and actually stick them up on Etsy... but the day is getting very full now, given that I'll also have to eat and practise a bit and stuff like that.

Best get started, then...

Comments

[owlfish]

About your ear: try using a hot water bottle or steam bath on it.

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

Right there with you on aikido - I think Sensei might want me to finally grade for the first time in the Autumn - probably for 5th kyu?

Excited about the slippers :-)

Take very good care!