M&Ms are way too addictive

[selenay]

A colleague returned from Florida yesterday with a mountain of M&Ms. As he's my project partner and fellow geek, I keep finding excuses to wander over to his desk for a chat so that I can snag a handful of chocolate. Damn, I'm going to have eaten so many M&Ms this week :-D

Last night's wrist splint experiment was a mixed result thing. On the positive side, it was slightly stiff when I took the splint off this morning (from not being allowed to flex or extend for several hours, rigid splint is rigid) but that quickly wore off and it's not feeling as sore or crunchy as it did yesterday. Plus it didn't hurt through the night from being twisted into funny positions.

On the negative side, I didn't sleep well because I'm not used to having the splint there.

I'm giving it a couple of weeks before I decide whether I can stand to sleep with it or not.

One unexpected bonus did appear. I put the splint on when I got into bed (to get used to it) and then read for a while. When I reached out to put my heavy book on the bedside table, it took me a couple of minutes to realise what the strange absence was.

Reaching out with my heaving book didn't hurt!

Usually the weight of the book pulls my wrist into an ouchy nerve-trappy crunch position. The splint supported it so that didn't happen. It felt so odd not to have a moment of ouch. Heh.

I am getting so close to the end of season two of DS9, I can almost taste the quality improvement that came with season three. Tonight is Humira night so maybe I'll spend the evening ploughing through a couple more DS9 episodes :-D

Comments

[wadjet-theperv.livejournal.com]

DS9 FTW. I always did like that show. Sounds like the splint will be a real help as long as you can get used to sleeping in it. Hope so. Thinking of you often xx

[sugoll.livejournal.com]

Some years ago, I got a bizarre thing in the company Secret-Santa - a bubble-gum machine. It's been long emptied, of course, but every now and then, I callously re-fill it with peanut M+Ms. Amazing how many visits I get, shortly afterwards. :-)

[selenay]

I loved DS9 and never got to see the final episodes, so this rewatch is educational :-) The first two seasons are pretty bad, though.

Last night was better than the night before, so I think that I'll get used to the splint given enough time.

[selenay]

That sounds like an awesome machine! We aren't allowed peanuts (nut free office, le sigh) but I'm sure it could work with regular M&Ms.

Sometime I think about having a candy or cookie jar on my desk ala Mrs Landingham :-)