Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

This annoys. I had really wanted to get to 3LF tonight. I'd told multiple people I planned to be there. I'd made plans to talk to folks there, made plans for after, and was looking forward to getting in some double-bass time.

My body did not cooperate with this plan. *grumble* When I realized I was running behind schedule (before rehearsal had started, but when I should have already been in the car on my way there), I sent mail saying that I was running about an hour behind but hadn't given up on going yet. Problem is, my body was moving more and more slowly, not gaining momentum.

Part of this is the fibromyalgia, the fatigue associated with it, and fallout from the sleep-wackiness tangled up in it. My sleep schedule is kinda inside-out this week (two inconveniently-timed "OhMyGodIGottaLieDownNowZzzzz" crashy periods a day and difficulty falling asleep when I want to to try to shift the pattern around), which doesn't help, right there. I'm not sure whether I'd be recovered yet from the effort of the Pirate Feast (Saturday) otherwise, but I'm fighting off an illness and that's playing hob with my "get-stuff-done"-itude as well. (So far the fight is a draw, with the illness not getting enough of a toehold for me to tell whether it'll be more cold-like or more flu-like, but my not quite managing to get it to leave me alone and stop threatening to knock me down more thoroughly. I'm still producing enough snot to wake me up feeling like I'm choking, but not all the time. I'm going through my garlic supply rapidly and will need to buy more soon, and am trying to get a lot of rest and a lot of warm liquids, plus vitamin C and zinc.) Still, I'd really hoped to make it to rehearsal tonight. Especially with the number of rehearsals in a row that I've missed recently.

So ... this is me being frustrated and annoyed, grumbling and trying to pretend that there's a meaningful difference between this grumble and a whine. (They really should be different things, but hey, there's overlap.)

So I guess I'll try to build up my quotes-queue a bit and maybe get a little non-whiny writing done, if I don't fall asleep first. And try to make it out of the house tomorrow for other things. And really, really hope that I face fewer obstacles getting to rehearsal next week (and, importantly, the rehearsal and recording session scheduled for Friday and Saturday).