Friday Summary (aka All Sorts of Junk)

It's one of those days where I don't have any specific topic to write about. Instead, I am going to ramble on with all sorts of disjointed stuff about my day. Feel free to start snoring now.

I woke up exceptionally late this morning at around 11:30. I can't believe my Husky, who is usually the first critter to awake in the mornings much to my disgust, slept in for so long. What a treat!

After throwing a jumper on and stumbling down the hallway to let the dogs out the back door for their "wee walk", I was greeted by a lovely wet backyard. It had rained overnight. We must have had quite a drop too as it looked like the rain had really seeped into the ground. It doesn't rain anywhere near enough for my liking here, so it was nice to see that we had been blessed with it last night. Everything will turn green again!

As a result of the rain, it's been absolutely freezing here today (well, for us spoilt central Queenslanders that is). The temperature never reached above 20 degrees. Looks like tomorrow's weather is going to be much the same, minus the rain though. According to The Weather Channel website, it's supposed to get down to 6 degrees overnight with a maximum temperature tomorrow of only 19 degrees. Brr! Thank goodness for a nice, warm waterbed.

Mood-wise, I have been feeling a little off today because I knew I had to go out but seriously did not want to. I was considering popping down to the local hospital to ask about this arm of mine. I was understandably a little concerned about doing so. What is a person to say if a nurse asked how the burn was made? Mmmm.

I have been a good little psych patient though, by covering the burn for a week now with Silvazine cream and a fresh dressing each day, in addition to taking oral antibiotics twice a day for the infection. However, it still feels a little tender and is still yellow in quite a few places. (My apologies if that is too graphic). Just how long do I have to keep this thing covered for anyhow? How silly am I for not thinking of asking the pdoc that question during our last appointment!

I ended up asking Hubby if he would come to the hospital with me because I was way to chicken to go by myself. He suggested just continuing to cover it until it looked completely healed. Instantly, I grabbed onto that suggestion and decided against the hospital visit (although I still needed to go to the chemist to pick up more dressings. Dammit!)

Anyway, this whole thing about knowing that I had to go out today left me feeling like a frightened rabbit caught in a car's headlights. I so did not want to have to deal with leaving the house and going out in public today.

Despite how I felt, my little trip down to the shopping centre went without any dramas. My anxiety about going out fizzled out when I actually stepped inside the centre. I just focused on what I had to do. I was even able to go into Woolworths and do a full grocery shop. A big "phew" on that one! Now I don't have to bother going out on the weekend. Yay me!