Long time no post here. I had COVID and then a time consuming work project, but I’m waiting to meet with a colleague before I can move forward on the project so I have a little bit of time to give the blog some love. G had COVID as well—he gave it to me actually— so there was a lot of TV watching happening on the days we were sick together. We’d started watching Person of Interest a few weeks before we got sick so we finished that off. There are a lot of episodes. This was a rewatch for us (we originally watched it when it was on free to air, once a week) and I think it holds it own among today’s shows. I’d recommend it. After that we’ve moved onto rewatching The Mentalist. I’ve also been watching The Testaments (OMG, the way the girls don’t even flinch at the horror show that is punishment in Gilead is freakish) and I finished Pluribus. I’ve enjoyed all three shows, although I’m impatient to see more of The Testaments. I would definitely binge it if the episodes were all available.
Just before we both got sick we got this installed in E’s old room. Pull those handles and a bed swings down. It is a queen size so we can have guests stay over. They did a really nice job, so the room is now a guest room, home gym and music room. I will need to style the shelves and put up some artwork at some stage. We also need some bedding because E took his with him.
I know everyone has probably already forgotten about CBWC. I did manage to get out every day for April and went for a run and walk on the 30th before starting to feel ill so timing wise that was good. We had some amazing weather in the second half of April so it was not hard to get out and about.
Someone (I can’t remember who) linked to this article, Visualizing Migraines: The Attempts of Hubert Airy and Others to Depict Scintillating Scotomata. Scotomata, is a temporary blind spot in your vision. I mainly get vertigo with my migraines, but occasionally when I get one after intense exercise I get visual distortions. I’ve always found it so hard to describe what they are like so I was very impressed with these attempts to depict them and how close they are to my experience. Imagine the shapes below, but not against a black background but glowing, shimmering shapes layered on top of whatever you’re looking at. The bottom one made me laugh as I remembered one day having to move my head back and forth to get a clear patch of vision over the top of what I was trying to read on my screen, until I realised how ridiculous that was, stopped my work and took myself off to bed.
I planted some winter vegetable seeds today, broad beans, golden podded peas and some Italian broccoli. It was a beautiful day to be in the garden. We had a few wintry days a week or so ago, but it is back to 20 degrees and sunny for the last few days so I thought I had better get out and make the most of it. I also picked all the chillies and cut the bushes back ready for winter. This is their second season. I wonder how long they will continue producing for?
For fellow migraine suffers, if you get visual disturbances is this what they look like for you? Have you rewatched an old TV series lately?
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