the heretic genetic algorithm

I had a migraine yesterday :(

I've always had the odd bastardly pulsing headache, but just put it down to the fact that everyone has one of those a couple of times a year. Mostly I just took a couple of co-codamol and either took it easy or battled on and it would disappear in half a day or so. But yesterday's offering transcended the boundary into full-on migraine, it seems. I felt a bit odd on Monday, but put it down to working outdoors all day. Then my vision was weird in the evening, so I just didn't play FF 13 and went to bed early instead. Then I woke about 5 (which I put down to stress) went to grab a herby tea and a ciggy and suddenly felt swimmy and sick as a parrot. Snoozed a bit more, got up, still felt crap but went for the painkillers/battle on option as it was a work day. Tried to apply mascara and realised that it was difficult to tell I was as white as a sheet because my vision was so wobbly. Ho hum.

The biggest problem with this to be honest is that it challenges my perception of self - I don't do stuff like migraines, asthma and so on. No thanks. No chronic health issues here. Other than that, from a casual google, I can't really do much other than what I already do, given that they're likely to be an infrequent occurrence. But I am going to note it down here for future reference.

Seriously, I am feeling knackered at the moment. Nausea, exhaustion, and now bleeding nose. Bah. Not actually sure what to d about it, except just wait it out.

This week has been a lot about gardening.I set up the blog on my business site and actually have some plans to use it. Probably next week, when the husband is away - right now I mostly want to make the most of this week. Plus, did I mention being knackered already? I'll use it to blog on my own gardening, gardening employment, garden visits and so on. I'll probably do a feed to my journal.

Everything is up in the air timing wise right now, which is adding to my fuzzly head feeling. One important plus is that Ticketmaster managed to process the upgrade for my Global Gathering tickets without cocking up, which I felt would never happen. I treated myself and my bro to VIP upgrades, partly for the better camping, partly to cheer the fucker up as he seems to be long term unemployed now. Apparently he isn't tough enough to be a builder, which is a bit of a kick in the teeth for him really.

We also went up Pen Y Fan to cheer him up. We got soaked, but much fun was had by all.

Employment wise, all is well. More than well, really. I did a day picking bindweed out of QCL's hedges, an afternoon at the stroke rehab greenhouse (really enjoying that) and I'm actually making plenty of money and doing well at it. The strange thing is, the local council phoned me up to offer me the job they didn't give me back at the start of the year. Bent over backwards to make it appealing.

Utterly torn 50:50 on that one. Strangeness galore.