Well, well, well! Hello!
Long time, no speak.
It has been the longest time between posts. "Why?" you might ask. Is Mad Sascha okay? Has she dropped off the face off the planet? Not quite. I've just been busy with life and stuff.
I have been to Sydney and the Nation's capital for the generous (and well deserved, I might add) 4 week holiday us teachers experience here in the Top End, oh and down to the snowy areas (close to Jindabyne). Don't worry NSW Teachers, we get just little 1 week breaks over Easter and October. ANYWAYS...so I went to Sydney and M and I have moved apartments. Busy times.
Sydney was great. Canberra was cold and the snowy region was cold (der) and peaceful.
I got tonsillitis in the last week of the holidays, and boy did I get it good! I can't remember the last time my nose was so blocked, accompanied by the inability of being able to get that snot out with nose blowing. And the fatigue...oh my. All I wanted to do was rest and stay in bed. And my wonderful mother organised 2 nights in a hotel for the end of my trip but I was such useless company. Boo. I got over it eventually - after several coughing attacks in my first week back at work.
Right at this very moment in time, I am sipping on a 'Sex on the Beach' premixed cocktail. M is having a mix. And a long weekend is ahead. What public holiday? 'Picnic day'. Hold back that jealousy people. Just wait until the 'build up' comes and that jealousy will be reversed. Trust me.
So...Mad Sascha. Yeah, unfortunately she is still about. And the leg? Oh yeah, it's still numb, sensations altered and the rest.
The weirdo numbness in my left leg has not become worse, but it has also not improved. And I think now I am just dealing with it as a 'normal' feeling, as much as that sounds like it would suck, it's okay. I am okay.
I have stopped injecting the Rebif into my left thigh, due to the weirdo sensations. I did it a few times after my leg turned numb, but each time was quite painful. I can just be grateful that I have other fleshy bits to inject. High five to flesh bits!
To join the weirdo sensations club, I do think that I have another layer on my left leg around the lower thigh, knee and upper calf area. Right, now explaining this feeling is difficult. It is like a tight feeling, a bit 'stiff' if you will. It is this particular sensation that has me holding onto hand rails when faced with stairs. It is not painful, just awkward.
I had a bit of a 'slip up' up some stairs when I was making my way to my car at the Northern Territory's largest shopping centre, 'Cas' as us locals refer to it. It was a tad embarrassing, but I made a solid recovery and managed to break my fall with my hand (on the gross dirty step - ewwwie!). To set the scene, there are no handrails. There was a woman waiting at the top of the stairs for me to come up and because I was shifting my weight evenly while making the journey up, I was taking up the width of the stair well. I still had a while to go and stupidly shifted myself to the left to make room for another's body to pass me. And it was in doing this 'move to the left' manoeuvre where I lost some balance and slipped up. The woman's partner asked me if I was okay once I successfully reached the top. I just laughed and was like, "Haha, yeah". Humour. It's good stuff.
I do lose my balance a few times a week, to give you an idea. Not badly. Just the odd drunken looking 'wooo' as I spin on one foot to regain myself. I have lost balance in the classroom at times. It has gone unnoticed with my students, as far as I know. I am pretty 'honest' when it comes to doing minor embarrassing things in front of my students. Like what? Well, stuttering or getting words muddled like a mojito. Spitting whilst talking. C'mon, we have all been there! "Oh geez, sorry I just spat on your book!" Not huge chucks of saliva. Just little bits. The students just laugh and I move on without issue. I can be a bit loopy in the classroom anyway, so it all fits in okay when those moments happen.
I might leave it there dear readers.
All in all, things are fine with Mad Sascha. She is being consistent at the moment, that's for sure. I am just dealing with it, without getting my 'woe is me' hat on. Hats have never suited me anyway...
