Bug Ridden

I'm ill. And I hate being ill. I certainly would classified as far from Munchausen Syndrome as possible. But today, I've got the beginnings of what appears to be a summer cold / flu.

Wonderful, 2 days before I start my new job and I'm going to be snotting and sneezing over my new co-workers - and as if that wasn't bad enough I've gone deaf in one ear because me tubes are blocked up, and my throat is on fire. It always happens when I start a new job, some kind of misfortune, the last time I started a new job my dog snuffed it, and the time before that I had to have my horse put down.

But enough drowning in my own misery and mucus, I've got a full list of things to do today so I don't have the time to be proper ill.

For starters, I've got to clean the house - it's well in need of a clean, and worst of all, the oven needs a going over - oh happy times. So I get on and do all of that and by the end of it I'm roasting (not literally you understand) but the sweat is dripping off me - I feel like I've been dumped in a sauna with a broken thermostat. If this is *anything* like the menopause, then I don't want to go there, bring on the HRT! Seriously though, my temperature is up and not through hard labour - the twinges of an irritating sniffle are quickly erupting into a full blown dose of something nasty.

Undeterred however by my body's inability to regulate itself, I need to go into town and pick up some things, such as a box for the scanner that we sold on e-bay which now needs to be posted to its rightful owner. I also get the new Kelly Osbourne CD "Sleeping In The Nothing" after hearing the single "One Word". I've no idea what the rest of the songs are like, but I'll be darned if I'll pay £3.99 for a single, when I can get the full album for £9.99 :)

Did I mention I'd also picked up a Roy Orbison CD Collection too? Well I did after hearing one of the contestants singing "Cryin'" on American Idol. I'd forgotten I liked his music up until that point, which is surprising considering my Mum brainwashed me with it up until the age where I discovered people like The Cure and Massive Attack.

After gallivanting around I finally come back home and put some more pictures up on this site of our trip to Wookey Hole - which considering we weren't allowed to use a flash camera in the caves, and after a little tweaking, have come out alright :)

Not much going on this evening however, which is a relief as I don't think I've got the energy or inclination to do anything!

Posted by Abi on the May 24, 2005 9:48 PM