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Sick Note

Posted by on Nov 9, 2009 in Me | 17 comments

Morning folks,

My apologies but there will be no Writing Workshop this week. As some of you know I’m feeling a little under the weather at the moment, I’d probably even use the ‘exhausted’ word. Have had a couple of scary blacking-out moments and generally feeling very wobbly and tired. So I’m going to try and be good this week.

Not entirely sure what’s going on. I’m usually tired but not THIS tired. Kai is actually sleeping better generally but I’m finding the bad nights are intensely more gruelling now I’m used to the odd better night. I just want to sleep all the time, bullying my husband to get up early so I can have an extra hour or two. I’m finding the breastfeeding very draining these days too and am wondering whether it might be time to gently encourage Kai to wean now. In any case, I’m booking myself in to the doctors to get my iron levels checked and I’m going to try and spend a bit less time rushing round like a blue-arsed fly and a bit more time resting and not putting myself under so much pressure.

We’ve had four fab weeks of creative writing loveliness and you’ve been working very hard getting your entries in so I figure you could probably all do with a week off too.  We’ll be back in business next Monday with five new prompts, I promise.

I shall still be about though, and will probably post the odd blog or two between now and then. But the priorities this week definitely need to be fresh air, snoozing, remembering to eat and cuddles with my boys. Oh and writing. Obviously. But of the quiet, as and when I feel like it, scribbling whilst sitting in a pile of leaves with Kai variety.

See you soon! x

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  • http://www.bringingupcharlie.co.uk Tim

    You take it easy, Josie. Breast-feeding alone can be physically draining (I know all about that, obviously!) as well as all the other stuff. Let’s hope that it soon passes.
    .-= Tim´s last blog ..Food for thought =-.

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  • http://www.notsuchayummymummy.wordpress.com Emma @ Not such a yummy mummy

    Good idea, you can’t be everything to everyone all the time. Sometimes you just need a break. Have a lovely restful week (if poseible). xxx

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  • http://www.hotcrossmum.blogspot.com Hot Cross Mum

    You’ve been doing so much recently (and that’s only the stuff I see through the blog etc) – sounds like a good old rest is just what you need. You’ll come back to it all refreshed and full of new energy and inspiration. Jaffa cakes also help! :)

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  • http://notdrowning.wordpress.com The NDM

    Get better soon, Josie. We hope to see you back next week, batteries fully recharged. x
    .-= The NDM´s last blog ..Three =-.

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  • http://itsasmallworldafterallfamily.wordpress.com Victoria

    Take care and look after yourself, and enjoy your blogging. Don’t do anything that feels like a chore. Enjoy sitting in leaves x
    .-= Victoria ´s last blog ..Visit a gallery, take in a show, have a nap… =-.

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  • http://rosiescribble.typepad.com Rosie Scribble

    Take it easy. There’s a lot going about at the moment. Both me and my daugher are ill at the moment with similar symptoms to yours.
    .-= Rosie Scribble´s last blog ..Too precious =-.

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  • http://themadhouse-themadhouse.blogspot.com/ TheMadHouse

    Rest up and recharge your batteries. Hopefully you will feel much better soon.
    .-= TheMadHouse´s last blog ..A homemade Girls Present – Bag and Purse with Beads =-.

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  • http://alybean.wordpress.com Aly

    I started taking iron tablets a couple of months ago as I was feeling a lot like you.I took. a couple of nights off-line and went to bed early.I also started to look at my diet too.I hope you feel better too.Why not have workshop fortnightly instead of weekly.

    Aly
    My Hodge Podge Life
    .-= Aly´s last blog ..It’s Friday- Poo, buses and sick =-.

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  • http://sandycalico.blogspot.com/ SandyCalico

    You look after yourself Josie. We’ll all be here when you’re well enough to do more. Sending you an enormous virtual slice of chocolate fudge cake x
    .-= SandyCalico´s last blog ..Lest We Forget =-.

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  • http://babyrambles.blogspot.com Whistlejacket

    I hope you’re feeling okay Josie, definitely take some well-earned rest. You’ve been putting so much into your blog and being a mum is hard work too. You need to put yourself first sometimes. I’m gradually returning to blogland this week, although I’ve missed it I can definitely recommend the rest. A few weeks ago I felt tired and exhausted with everything so it was nice to switch off for a bit. I hope it helps you too. Take care x
    .-= Whistlejacket´s last blog ..Our Halloween pumpkin =-.

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  • http://thecoffeelady.blogspot.com The Coffee Lady

    I’m delurking – hope you feel less run down soon. I had chronic fatigue a couple of years ago and my advice would be to relax as much as possible, take lots of vitamins – my therapist had me packed up with antioxidants and ginseng – and do either some yoga or relaxation – I listened to Elizabeth Irvine’s relaxation podcasts. Certainly don’t take on ANYTHING you don’t have to do. I carried on battling far longer than I should have done, and was punished for it.
    .-= The Coffee Lady´s last blog ..Where my talents as an artist are confirmed =-.

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  • http://thecoffeelady.blogspot.com The Coffee Lady

    I’m not saying you have chronic fatigue by the way! I just reread that and realised it sounded as if I was diagnosing you!
    .-= The Coffee Lady´s last blog ..Where my talents as an artist are confirmed =-.

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  • http://mwaonline.blogspot.com Mwa

    Oh, Josie, you take good care of yourself now! Exhaustion does strange things, so I think you’re absolutely right to concentrate on getting better first. Also, with the breastfeeding, see how you go, but you’ve given him the best possible start and now you’d be very entitled to think of yourself for a bit. If you feel like weaning, just do it!

    Big hugs and kisses! Take care!
    .-= Mwa´s last blog ..What will you all do without me? =-.

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  • http://www.metropolitanmum.co.uk Metropolitan Mum

    Oh poor you. I can absolutely relate. Maybe I am completely wrong, but you sound like that kind of person that wants everything at once and juggles everything at once for a pretty long time, only to crash after one more juggle too many.
    Rest, be good to yourself, go out with your husband (yay!), and maybe even sneak out completely on your own. Any chance to get a babysitter? Grandma? Hubby?
    What helped me the most was napping during the day when little L slept (I know you don’t want to hear that, you want to play and have a life, I know!). Plus, I have been selfish enough to cut down breastfeeding to once a morning. After that my energy levels slowly increased to a bearable level.
    xxx MM
    .-= Metropolitan Mum´s last blog ..Being me =-.

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  • http://www.barenakedmummy.blogspot.com Bare Naked Mummy

    Get better soon.
    Feet up and relax all week, take iron tablets with cake, and alcohol!!
    BNM
    x

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  • http://insomniacmummy.com Insomniac Mummy

    Take care missus and get thee to the doctor.

    xxxxxx
    .-= Insomniac Mummy´s last blog ..If I knew you were comin’ I’d've baked a cake! =-.

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  • http://www.angelsandurchins.co.uk/blog angelsandurchinsblog

    Don’t you find that when you do allow yourself to stop, that’s when you get ill? Probably nature’s way of saying, ‘Let me recharge myself (oh, and while you’re about it, could you lay in some Jaffa cakes?’) Hope you get some time out, and think the iron tip is a good one – if you swallow it down with orange juice, apparently it is absorbed more easily.

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