KiwiCat's updates

It’s been a mixed week. Overall I’m doing well, but I’ll admit I’m frustrated I can’t scale the mountains just yet.

As many people have pointed out, it’s not exactly reasonable to push myself through a work day only to have to go straight to bed afterwards and not really have any energy for anything else. It doesn’t stop me wanting to – I’ve been sitting around doing nothing for too many months – but I have come to accept that working shorter hours now will serve me better.

In a similar vein, in spite of my conscientious exercising of my finger the fact is that I’m not going to get full mobility back. It won’t stop me continuing to push what I can do, but the truth is the muscles and tendons have been still and unused too long. I can type, and crochet, and manage a lot of things that I couldn’t for the last 6 months, and that’s huge. It’s just a touch disappointing.

The garden, too, has had it’s struggles. The pear was prolific and the orange is promising another good crop, but the cherimoya is sad…

…the feijoa is covered in marble sized fruit…

…and the fig has no fruit at all.

On the other hand our mystery fruit turned out to be a nashi and there are three golden shapes amongst the leaves…

…and while most of the peaches have rotted on the tree I did manage to bottle a few.

I’ve also finished a crocheted blanket that has been waiting since last July.

Next week I’m going to work shorter days all week, try to build up some stamina, and go forward from there. The trees in the garden need pruning and feeding and watering and next year they’ll do better for a bit of care. Like the trees, I’ll do better for getting more rest. It’s been a crazy few months, and my body just needs a bit more TLC.

I can do that.