My to-do list is looking pretty manageable for the rest of the year so providing that the filming of The Record Store Day Video (working title) goes ahead without a hitch I will have found a new working relationship. If it doesn't go ahead I'll bemoan my lot and start to panic a bit. With regards filming I don't really have a lot to do so hopefully I can complete that element before the end of the summer. At some point I need to start writing the next batch of Moonage Daydream podcasts and do some audio book recording for the Christmas market (even though I said I wouldn't be doing any more) so I think I might be okay which leaves me pretty much on track for the projects I have planned for next year.
I am still not at 100% health at the moment which is a bit of a pain because it is taking away my motivation so I am having to work very hard to fulfil my aim to do at least one work related creative activity every day. It says something about me that my biggest fantasy at the moment is to take loads of medication and go to sleep and that isn't meant in a suicidal sense, I just want to rest. Mornings are the worst because I feel sluggish and it takes me a while to get going properly, this week I have even been taking a big tub of tablets into court with me and my computer monitor is decorated with Post-It note (other sticky notes are available) with all my times written down so I don't overdose.
Today (this is mainly a blog about how poorly I am and how brave I am being so you might want to bail out now, if you look at the list of subject tags below I will hopefully have written about something more interesting to you) I have issues with my ears. My left ear is crackling so much it feels like I am hearing everything on an AM radio until it pops from time to time making everything louder. If I am getting another ear infection then I may have to admit defeat and stop 'getting on with it' to allow myself to enjoy being ill, if you can enjoy it. I'm going to a gig tonight that I have wanted to go to for ages and I'll be very annoyed if I have to miss it. Maybe if I take some Lemsip sachets with me I'll be able to ask the staff at Jam Cafe for a cup of boiling water and sit drinking that rather than beer. I'm a lightweight these days when it comes to alcohol to start with, I have only just recovered from the two pints of Harvest Pale Ale (not the strongest beer in the world) I drank at The Maze on Monday night because I had been daft enough to drink with a system full of various painkillers so I won't be drinking tonight anyway.
Last time I had an ear infection was Christmas 2008 and I remember the pain being so unbearable that the only way to get any sort of treatment from the Queen's Medical Centre (who didn't seem too keen to do anything about it) was to threaten to commit suicide on the premises to take the pain away. I can do dramatic when it is required.
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