First weeks in my 40s

A fair bit has been going on in my first few weeks of being 40. Some of my craft stuff has been entered into Bury show. I’ve had a weekend and Sanntangle HQ with a stop at the Haribo shop in the way. I now have lime green hair. I’ve been struggling with the heat. I’ve ordered a new car. And there is always the fun things going on that come along with my MS.

Before I forget I need to tell you about the results of my last MRI. I got a letter recently say that there are no new lesions. Which is good. Doesn’t fix the damage that’s been done but at least there’s nothing new. Talking about MS some of my symptoms have been playing up recently too.

Anxiety has been an utter bitch. There have been times recently where I’ve had to try really really really hard to keep it together. The problem is when it’s happening the last thing I want to do it to talk about it or tell people I’m struggling.

It normally happens when something is happening that I don’t understand that is something to do with me or affects me in some way like someone else getting a phone call about something to do with me, I instantly start worrying. Another is being in uncomfortable situations like being sat in a car outside the door of a pub or sometimes just being sat in the car on my own. The other thing is when things churn over and over in my mind and it eventually spits out the worst possible outcome to whatever the situation is when that happens I really struggle to dismiss those fears because I just feel like no matter what I do the worst thing will happen. And that can happen with even the most stupid situations.

The pain and wobbliness haven’t been that great recently either. They, along with other MS things have been aggravated by the heat. The wobbliness has been really annoying, there are times when moving around, I feel I look like I’ve had far too much to drink. If I could drink I wouldn’t mind that too much but I can’t drink because of my medication.

Back when I could I used to be pretty good at drinking and dancing. There are a few videos floating around the internet of me dancing after drinking silly amounts, but that was the joys of dance weekends lots of drinking, lots of times with friends and a bit of dancing too.

People love the nice sunny hot weather, you might have guessed it but I don’t. I’ve said before it aggravates my MS symptoms but because I have problems regulating my body temperature I get uncomfortable very quickly when it’s warm. There are times when I feel like my skin is burning and my body is on fire or like it’s been in the sun far to long. That can happen on cold raining days or the middle of the night in minus temperatures.

In the last few weeks one of my trusty large fans span for its last time. It is with great sadness 😢 that it needed to be replaced. So after a trip to B&Q the replacement arrived at it new home. So I would like to introduce you to Revoctonod.

Revoctonod or Revoc for short is larger than the fan he replaced and he is also quieter and faster. When he’s running he can cool you down quite quickly so Revoc is a welcome addition to the sewing/craft room.

Earlier I mention that some of my craft pieces have been entered into Bury show. The craft shop where me and mum got to knitting was sponsoring the Bury Show so they were looking for people that use the shop to enter. So I entered a card, my quilt and a couple of other tangled pieces. This morning I found a video on Facebook that shows the results of the competition I got 2nd prize for my quilt and 2nd prize for my card.

So wooohoo to that.

There isn’t really much to talk about hair wise other than the fact I’ve had a colour change and it’s now Lime Green:

A fair few weeks ago I got a letter saying that it’s time to look for a new car. I did a bit or looking at the list online and I couldn’t figure out which cars would be suitable so we took a trip to Perry’s in Bury. They do Vauxhalls and Peugeots the only experience I’ve had with Peugeots is that dad has one and my first car a million years ago was a 106. We’ve got a Grandland X at the moment and that’s good it’s high enough and comfortable enough for me after talking to the lady who was nice and she explained everything simply for means we ordered a new Grandland. The funny thing is it worked out that the top spec car worked out with a cheaper deposit than one with a lower spec so we’ve ordered a new Grandland and then they say that because of all the delays with car parts and materials etc that it could take up to 12 months to arrive. So by the time it’s here I’ll have forgotten we ordered it.

The weekend Trip to Sanntangle HQ was a birthday gift from Mum, Dad and Katie. And on the way we had to stop at the Haribo shop. It was as always a brilliant weekend. It was great to spend some time with awesome friends doing something that’s fun. On the Saturday evening me, mum and some friends had a bit of a birthday meal. Only thing was that on Sunday afternoon one of my toes decided to swell and really start hurting. There didn’t seem to be a reason for it, it was just painful and wearing my trainers didn’t help at all. So the spoiled the Sunday afternoon for me and because the pain was bad I couldn’t finish off the Sunday afternoon project.

Anyway here are the pictures of my pieces from the weekend: