The Sunday Post is hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated reviewer book blog, and is a post to recap my bookish and non-bookish things from the last week. I'm also linking up to The Sunday Salon hosted by Deb Nance @Readerbuzz.
Happy Sunday!
Nothing terribly exciting going on here other than my shoulder and neck being out of whack from work. I worked on Monday, did a bunch of my PT exercises on Tuesday and then it really hurt! I thought I'd have a few days off to let it calm down, but my manager begged me to come in on Thursday to cover someone out sick. I initially told her no because of the pain, but she offered to take me off of Saturday in exchange for Thursday and give me the lighter schedule and then I wouldn't be working two days in a row since I was scheduled to work both Saturday and Sunday. At any rate I babied my shoulder, but I still came home in a lot of pain that led to a raging migraine on Thursday night, the pain so bad I was nauseous! My husband massaged my neck and back that night, I took one Tylenol and one Advil and went to bed early. Thankfully, the migraine was gone in the morning. I work tomorrow, so we'll see what happens. I have the whole week off after to rest it. I'll try some light stretching to loosen things up instead of going all out on my PT exercises for a bit.
The weather has been damp and cold, but no rain. We've been below freezing most nights and mid 50s in the day.
Full moon was more impressive in person than in this photo
Stock from Trader Joe's. They smell wonderful!
500 Piece Puzzle: Bookshelf from Rife Paper Co.
The puzzle comes in this neat box!:
Read:
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The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry-2 Stars
The Kill Clause by Lisa Unger-3.5 Stars
Violet Thistlewaite is Not a Villain Anymore by Emily Krempholtz-3.5 Stars
Blind Date with a Werewolf by Patricia Briggs-5 Stars
An okay reading week. My favorite was a re-read by audio of Blind Date with a Werewolf.
Received:
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Photograph by Brian Freeman
My Husband's Wife by Alice Feeney
The Mating Game by Lana Ferguson
The Shop on Hidden Lane by Jayne Ann Krentz
Thank you to Blackstone Publishing, Libro.fm, Macmillan Audio and Berkley!
Instagram:
A giveaway I'm running that ends on Thursday.
How was your week?
Oh my. I'm sorry you've had shoulder and neck pain, and other problems that developed out of that pain. I do hope you get time to rest up and feel better.
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Thank you, Deb! I worked today but have the rest of the week off. Yay! I plan on doing my PT and stretching. The Holiday Honeymoon Switch was cute!
DeleteNecks and shoulders are the worst. I feel like I am in a never ending cycle of PT for these body parts. It was nice of the hubs to try to ease your pain. I am sure a week off will do some good as well. Hope you feel better.
ReplyDeleteYes! I agree! I need to stay on top of doing my PT exercises, stretching and I'm looking into getting massages on the regular. Yes, a week off should help! Thank you!
DeleteI really hope your body starts feeling better. Sending hugs.
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Thank you, Regine!
DeleteI hope you find some relief from the pain! PT works great for me, but it is always a puzzle to figure out when gentler movement is more appropriate.
ReplyDeleteThe book puzzle (and box) is so cozy.
Adding Blind Date with a Werewolf to my TBR. That could be fun!
So sorry about the pain in your neck and shoulder. I hope working today doesn't aggravate it to the point of migraine. And I thought that moon pic was awesome. :D
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lark! Tonight was much better. I'm feeling pretty good considering how busy it was! :)
DeleteLove that puzzle! I've been dealing with the neck and shoulder pain myself lately! Getting old is not fun. I hope you can get it to go away soon!
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It does suck getting old! I'm sorry to hear you're dealing with the same sort of issues. My shoulder is messed up because of years doing ultrasound. I'm trying to keep it loose and working with exercise.
DeleteI hope your neck and shoulder are better soon. You're so good at the Instagram photos. Sorry we won't see you at the chat. I hope your work isn't a setback.
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Thank you, Anne! I try with Instagram, although I don't do many reels and they favor those. Oh well. I'm doing okay tonight despite being busy.
DeleteI am so sorry you were so unwel Rachel! Migraines are the worst!
ReplyDeleteThe agony of working with that amount of pain in that it triggered a migraine. Good thing you're part time and now have a full week off. Hopefully no one gets sick and you can rest the shoulder.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a ho-hum reading week until the Asil on audio was a pick-me-up. :)
Love the way the puzzle box looks like a book for the shelf.
I got that new Jayne Ann Krentz, too.
Have a good week, Rachel!
Whoa I hope you feel better soon after wrenching your shoulder & neck. Sounds uncomfortable. Take it easy this week. And another interesting puzzle ... a puzzle of books is always good to look at.
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