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I have finally found a reason to learn to knit* -- days when I have a migraine that allows me to listen to podcasts, and none of the books I have I want to read.

I have the dregs of a migraine today, but not enough to keep me finishing work today. I went in to the doc this morning about them, as I am taking more Relpax per month than you're really supposed to. She is currently theorizing that tension headaches are triggering migraine in me so I am to use the muscle relaxant she prescribed me for my back (which I ended up not needing to take) right before I go to sleep if I've got a migraine brewing**, on the basis that relieving the tension may prevent it from happening, and I've got a scrip for Phenergan, to use as an abortive if that doesn't work. And instructions that it makes you drowsy, so maybe try half a pill at first.

We shall see.

* There are very few knitted things that I have actually liked and/or wanted. But, you know, random knitted objects that I never actually finish but which occupy my hands while I listen to something ... that, I might could do.

** I know they're quite habit-forming and will be careful! Toby will keep an eye on me, as his doc once wrote the instructions wrong and he ended up going off of it cold turkey, which SUCKED.

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Stress? You, under stress? And tense? Ya think?

HAHAHAHAHAHA. Sort of.

Hope the sellers get back to you about your offer soon! Have you seen more than one place you would comfortably consider living in, or do you love the one you offered on most of all?

WHY NO THERE'S NO STRESS IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW! WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT?!

We've seen a few we like, and although we like this one the best so far, there's others that could work (including one in the same development!). So it's not a ARG THEY REJECTED US WE'LL NEVER FIND A BETTER ONE!, it's more "Well, damn, guess we have go back on the search, let's go look at that other one we liked again..."

* Or you could make stuff and then give it away/donate it! This is what I do with stitched bookmarks that are my travel stitching projects.

True! That could be an option, provided I ever finish any projects before losing interest! XD

I had a routine physical in the period when we had gotten OMI'd, were fighting the landlord (to buy time) on our behalf and the other tenants', were looking at apartments and were looking at houses or flats to buy three days a week with two realtors, were liquidating all our retirement money to get a down payment together, while houses we wanted to offer on were selling for 20% over asking before we even got home to put a bid together, etc etc, and my blood pressure was so alarming the doctor wore doctor-scary-face when she told me what it was and said she should me on medication, and when she said, "Have you been stressed lately? That can cause it to go up, too..." I started laughing.

I can imagine!

Yay for fidgety boredom knitting. :) My suggestion - veeery small projects at first. It took me forever to actually finish an item, mostly because I kept picking things that required heavy pattern studying or tons of time. Silly ADHD me... what was I thinking? :P

I'm glad you have a helpful doctor who's working with you!

I knit little dish scrubbing squares periodically--they're easy, you can get creative with the borders and whatnot if you want, and they eventually wear out so you need/are entitled to make more... (unlike, say, hats, of which you could quickly have too many).

If you're like me and likely to get bored at knitting the same type of thing over and over, you could ask your f-list if anyone wants to receive knitted gifts. I've found mine very amenable. *G*

That might well be a good solution! XD

This is especially useful when you keep running across irresistible little goofy projects like this:

Hee! XD