Ouchies take 2 *sigh*

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 On Monday Adrian and I made a start on The Great Housework Campaign ~ you guessed it we've got family coming to visit, 'cos as you all know by now I'm sure as hell a terrible slut when it comes to housework 😏  Anyhoo, things were going well albeit we were both pretty knackered by the end of each day.  As I keep saying, housework simply doesn't come high on my list of priorities and to be just a teensy wee bit fair to ourselves, the house still looks terribly shabby no matter how much cleaning we do as there is still so much updating/decorating to be done in most of the rooms.....well, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it like glue 😉  In view of our advanced years (*snigger, snigger*) we were aiming to do a room a day but unfortunately the very first room we tackled, the living room, over-ran a tad as I decided to take down and wash the curtains ~ then, of course, they had to be ironed before being hung back up again and as they are very long curtains, it all took longer than I had planned!

Tuesday had been designated for the dining room but we had to finish off in the living room 😒  Still, as we knew it wouldn't take as long as the living room we decided to divide and conquer a little.  So whilst Adrian made a start in the dining room, I emptied out and thoroughly cleaned the fridge.....which took me a fair bit longer than I anticipated, if I'm honest 😲

Wednesday was going to be kitchen day but ~ you guessed it! ~ we had to finish off in the dining room first 😄  It's also the day we have our Tesco shopping delivered so very little got done in the kitchen to be honest.  Then came Thursday.....

I woke up about 6am with extremely painful cramp in my left calf, albeit not quite as bad as it had been a couple of weeks previously in the right calf.  I was not a happy bunny as I'm sure you can imagine!  Adrian more or less insisted that I phone the surgery for a telephone appointment with our GP, just to see what she thought was going on.  I couldn't get an appointment for that day as the surgery is closed on Thursday afternoons, but she phoned me yesterday morning.  To cut a long story short, she thinks that because I've been making a conscious effort to eat more healthily I'm not having quite enough salt in my diet (I know, right 😆), and I've also suddenly increased my exercise levels so my body is using up glycogen in my muscles hence the cramps.  She has suggested adding a little more in the way of naturally salty food (she suggested olives would be a good choice) as well as more protein. The annual blood tests I had done back in March (because of the high blood pressure meds I take) were all normal but if I'm still having problems in a month or so, she wants me to go in for more blood testing.  So now we wait and see if things settle down.

Thursday was a somewhat a slow day in the kitchen because of how sore my leg was, so we over-ran into Friday which we had planned would be for cleaning the downstairs bathroom 😖  Because my leg is still a tad sore, we are spreading out the bathroom and utility room over the course of this weekend.....

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and we're both feeling rather old!  Ho hum, got upstairs to tackle next week ~ fingers crossed for no more cramp-in-the-night incidents 😉