Following Dr.'s orders

I had something happen to me this week that has never happened and had me totally confused. I usually get up for work around 5:15am and leave the house around 6:10 in order to be at work by 7:00am. So on Wednesday morning I rose up before the hour, figuring I was doing pretty well. Bob stays overnight in Ottawa on Tuesdays so he wasn't around to slow me down! I left the house about 15 min earlier than usual which left me plenty of time to stop and pick up my coffee at Tim Horton's on the way. When I arrived at work one of my co-workers asked me if I'd had car trouble or what? I'm thinking to myself, "What's she talking about?" Then she asks, "Then why are you late?" Late, I'm late?! I took a look at the clock and yep, I'm running an hour late. How could that possibly be? I was so confused. I hadn't even noticed that I was driving to work in daylight instead of darkness. I mean it seems that that's all I do lately is commute from one place to another at all times, day or night. Chesterville to Cornwall, Cornwall to Ottawa, Ottawa to Chesterville.

Now my alarm clock is not one where the alarm shuts off daily. By that I mean that it has a separate button to stop the sound of the alarm but the alarm itself will stay preset for as long as you want unless you actually turn off a separate control, which I hadn't. Of course Bob wasn't around to wake me and it seems that the alarm had been going off for over an hour and I hadn't woke at all. Trust me, that's extremely unusual.

I've also had a few incidents involving memory which have troubled me. So when I visited my Dr. on Thursday I mentioned all of these to him. He seemed rather concerned, listened to my heart, took my pressure, ordered an ECG and a ton of bloodwork. It seems my blood pressure is up quite a bit and he feels that the stress at work is finally catching up to me and I'm suffering from stress and exhaustion. I didn't think I was that tired! I guess my body is telling me something! Unless things improve in the next few weeks he's going to order me off work for a short while. In the meantime I'm to sleep more and slow down, stay home more and relax. And while I'm at it, I should spend more time doing something I enjoy, like my stitching. Yippee!! So I stayed quiet all weekend and stitched (when I wasn't sleeping!). Dr's orders!

So here's my progress on Winter Wishes and CdC. I wasn't able to stitch on my regular CdC evening because of the stiff neck that plagued me earlier in the week. I love the colour of the fabric I'm using for WWW. It's a Kiwi Illusions fabric and I'd love to get my hands on some more in this colour. I have several other projects that would look good on this one.

I was kinda misbehaved though. I travelled into Ottawa on Sunday for church but Bob was driving and I slept on the way in. He was playing in a recital on Sunday evening for organ and flute with another artist. I really didn't want to miss this. I mean besides the fact that my hubby was involved, I was also a flute player for many years and had been looking forward to this particular recital. So after lunch I behaved myself and had a nap at the church. Following this I sat and stitched while Bob rehearsed. It was lovely really, stitching to the music of Bach. The recital was excellent. There was only one teensy hitch. The lady who was supposed to be turning pages for Bob was ill and not able to make it. So guess who filled in? Yep, yours truly! Am I ever glad I was dressed decently. Sometimes I've brought a change of clothes with me so that I'm more comfortable. Fortunately I'd forgot them at home and was stilled dressed in my Sunday best. The evening ended fairly early and I was back home and in bed before 11:00pm. Not early enough when one's getting up at 5 but I did sleep in the car on the return trip. It's amazing how much you can actually sleep when someone tells you you're tired and you need it!

I've been checking on Silkweaver's site lately to see if they've posted the winners of their Stitcher's Showcase. I entered a few of my small projects. It would be nice to win some free fabric! Nothing yet though. Time to sign off. I've just got enough time left to stitch for about a half an hour before bed. Tomorrow night is CdC and I hope to make some good progress if I can stay awake!