Hat or Fruit Bowl?!?!

Monday 13th March 2017 - The past few days (Thursday - today) have had some trying times, satisfying times along with some laughs too!!
From Wednesday to Saturday my mouth has been more sore as time went on until I felt like I was living on ice-cream and stewed apple!! No complaints - ice cream for breakfast was quite a luxury I felt! I managed to get some advice from a chemist who recommended Difflam Sore Throat Rinse, saying that it would help if I rinsed my mouth with it - and , to a point it did, as after each rinse it stopped the painfulness for about half an hour before it crept back again. However I continued with it every couple of hours, right through until Sunday when , thankfully, I woke up with my mouth feeling much better - I could even stick my tongue out! (something I hadn't been able to do for a few days as it was so sore.) I guess really some things just have to take their course and you just have to bear with it! Anyway, lets get all the low points out of the way ! My right arm is really still quite painful and I cannot reach round the back of me at all with that arm, the left isn't quite so bad but lets just say I know my limits with both!! I was hoping that they would be feeling much better by now but as yet its not to be!
Friday I had a day to myself (useful because I didn't really want to talk as moving my tongue around hurt!). This may seem strange but I did quite a lot of housework and thoroughly enjoyed it - yes I know I have turned quite mad! It's so long since I felt like making the effort and Reno and Sam bless them, have been keeping on top of things for me. I felt satisfied that the house looked clean and tidy due to the effort I had put in rather than having to rely on someone else and yes I will say it again - It was really satisfying! I still managed to sit down for an hour and a half before I collected Sam so I picked up my crocheting to see if I could make some more progress on the 'pretty' hat with a brim that I was making! Once Sam was home she took one look at it and laughing,said it looked like a fruit bowl! I wasn't going to be discouraged and continued to crochet creating the brim and eventually finishing it. It looked huge! I put it on and Sam laughed and laughed "Mum - Its too big" she giggled. I went to look in the mirror and I was giggling too - it really was comical, if I didn't have a head that acted like Velcro you could have spun the hat round by the brim and I am sure it would have turned several times. I decided that it would have to be pulled out and started again with a few adjustments, but before that I decided to take a selfie so that Reno could see the proof that I had actually finished it (you see - I started a babies shawl nearly 30 years ago and its still on-going!) I struck a pose and eventually took the picture on my phone only to discover whilst looking at it that what I had actually taken was a video clip that was still running - needless to say Sam just fell about laughing - and so did I - chemo brain or what!!!
The weekend was lovely weather and by Sunday I was feeling really good - not too tired and more like my usual self. All ready for work on Monday.
Nothing different at work today - I am feeling pretty good and looking forward to a restful evening - and starting the fruit bowl - I mean - hat all over again - I am determined to finish it by the weekend!