January is never the best month and for myself suffering with SAD it just makes things that bit harder… I didn’t think to use my lamp either but had some health bits going on as usual. I had a virus that I couldn’t shake off for at least 5 weeks, it kept coming back with vengeance and then I thought it was gone and now my nose is all bunged up… boo!
Been trying to exercise the last couple of weeks and have been doing ok with that, I used the cross trainer to begin with and then I went out for a couple of runs. Although I was thinking of going today due to aches and pains and dodgy nose probably not the best idea so will have to wait till tomorrow.
My sleep pattern has gone a bit wonky too, I am going to sleep later and getting up later which annoys me a little but I will just have to be patient with it. I am having some problems with my hormones and I am waiting to see another specialist so maybe they can help me find a solution but in the mean time I will try not to let it get me down too much.
All is not bad as I have been keeping myself busy which is good for the mind, this includes looking after the person I care for, seeing friends, attending groups and so on. I have been keeping my flat tidy and tidy home = a tidy mind… or so they say, lol. The person I care for has been playing up a little so I have been keeping my distance as these times are normally the one’s when he can have outbursts. I try my best looking after him although he is learning to be a bit more independent which in turn make’s it easier when I do need to keep a bit of distance. I still phone him regular, take his tablets over, do his shopping and make sure he is ok in general.
I was writing a post before about the laptop, well that’s all fixed now and working great, it’s a great piece of kit and keeps me going day-to-day. I haven’t written as much here but I still post to the Facebook page although being that it was January I was slightly slack with it. Still it’s nice to see a bit of daylight rather than the grey and the rain that it was like for a while. It cheers me up, although it is still frosty cold outside which isn’t that nice.
The recovery cafe was back open again last week which was also nice, it did take some time to get open but the food was very nice and hopefully will go again this week.
Will be back again soon with an update and roll on March as that’s when things get much better…. 
