quiet weekend and waiting
So we have had a quiet weekend. Friday was a little tumultuous with my doctor’s visit, and since I haven’t felt well in a while, I have been trying to take it really easy.
Friday night, I cooked a hacked version of VWAV’s Moroccan Tagine with Spring Vegetables. It called for several veggies we didn’t have, so I just went with what we did have. I will have to say that the stew teamed with couscous was really delicious, and I will probably eat it again for dinner tonight. That or some of the potatotomatoleek soup that I frequent during colder temps but braved on Thursday night (thanks to being cold most of the time). I was impressed with the tagine because it is such a meld of unexpected flavors. The raisins, also, were so unexpected and fabulous. Of course, I celebrate most dried fruits, so it was Brian who required a little convincing on this one. I’m not totally sure how he liked it, but I feel confident that he was glad I cooked, at least. Friday’s meal was followed up by playing with the kids and resting on the couch, watching Idiocracy. I think I slept through about 20 minutes at least of the film, but I still enjoyed it. Helps that I’ve seen it several times over.
Saturday was an early morning, thanks to the kids, and we were up and breakfasting and listening to music and watching Thomas. We went to Grimey’s and Brian exchanged a record while I managed to score a few things myself — Blonde Redhead “23″, Pavement “Crooked Rain Crooked Rain”, Arcade Fire “Funeral”, and Tears for Fears “the hurting”. Grimey’s seems to have nice selection of the expected indiepop, so I took advantage of that. I wanted to get the new White Stripes for the kids, but it is $26!!! For a record??? Mostly I got the Blonde Redhead album after watching the [rerun] Conan O’Brien performance. I was much more impressed than with the last release “Misery is a Butterfly” that just sounded washed up to me. Of course, I love them from days of old, so it isn’t a surprise or anything… And the other albums were just things I wanted to have on vinyl. Something about vinyl — it’s such a rush.
We spent a quiet rest of the day yesterday and a morning at church today. It was the last day of the famed Star Trek class, and I hope Brian posts about it soon. We need to bring some Christian discussion to the christianleft. I was feeling really terrible overnight, but seem to have recovered somewhat today. We are now just waiting on test results from my blood test (the ultrasound showed nothing alarming, fortunately) to see the extent of my anemia and whether or not I have thyroid problems. I kinda hope I do so we can treat this and I can move on. My doctor didn’t mention whether or not I could continue with my running, but I haven’t felt up to it since Tuesday. Maybe I will try for a walk later on this afternoon. And maybe not. I have to remember to set myself up for enjoyable running for a lifetime and not just my skinny jeans for tomorrow. You know, now isn’t the time to hurt myself further. I just feel wiped and drained and cold. Hopefully some answers soon, though. I am ready to be myself again. However, it is sometimes really nice to have a weekend of little plans to ensure that evenings can be spent on the couch watching tv and listening to musics.
newton dominey said,
August 27, 2007 at 12:10 am
minus the cold bit, i’ve had the same exhaustion and drained feeling for a while. we think it’s due to a b-vitamin deficiency. have you tried that?
laceybatey said,
August 27, 2007 at 1:18 am
not tried that, but depending on my results — i will. teamed with the less desirable symptoms that i have also had the last 2.5 months (really not webworthy) i think the anemia is a very good diagnosis. possibly, though, i am deficient in both. the cold and some other things going on have led us to believe anemia… i hope to know tomorrow or tuesday.