A Bit Of Progress

 Since the end of April, I've been rather sick with a stupid cold.

I think the fact that my seasonal allergies kicked in at the same time really didn't help at all!

The past few weeks, I've had no energy to do anything beyond the very basics. Just making lunch or teaching exhausted me. I tried to clean outside or do more deep cleaning inside, but found it very difficult. 

I really wanted to set up my classroom but everytime I looked at the tatami room I just felt so drained that I couldn't be bothered. 

Tatami room

It doesn't look too bad, but the cats have peed on it. I've tried to keep it clean by cleaning up as soon as possible. But tatami soaks up any liquid.  I thought it would smell very bad but it doesn't.

Today I vacuumed it very well, got into all the corners, and then got Christopher to wipe it over with a damp cloth. Feels a lot fresher.

I wanted to buy some sort of cover, like lino but it would be very expensive as the room is rather large. So I'm going to use the old carpet that I had before. I asked Mikey to put the carpet outside just air it out, I hope tomorrow to put it down. Then get the tables and chairs out of the storage place.

One problem is the air conditioner. 

old air conditioner

This air conditioner was put in when the house was built, 33 years ago. It's never been cleaned! I wasn't going to buy one for this room as it isn't used, but if I'm going to teach in there, I need an air conditioner. 

This morning, I got brave and opened the front. It wasn't that bad. I took out the filters and washed them. Christopher used the vacuum cleaner to get some of the dust out and wiped down what he could. There is a special spray that cleans the deeper part of the machine. I'll have to get some soon. We turned the air conditioner on and it works!  It's old and doesn't have energy energy-saving mode, but it will do until I can make some money.

After all that, I made a nice lunch. Roasted pork chops, vegetables, and gravy!

lunch

I'm not sure what happened, but just as I started to put the lunch out, my energy dropped. David had to finish putting the lunch out.

I'm glad I could get a lot done this morning. I hope by the end of the week to have my classroom set up. My plan is to start teaching from June!  Wish me luck!

It's early evening now. I'm going to rest. I've realised that as I recover, I need to take it easy until my energy levels are stable. I tend to try and make up for the time I haven't been able to do things by doing everything at once. This leads me to getting sick again!  I'm going to try and be more sensible this time.