Illness

It appears the itchy throat I had yesterday has decided to morph itself into a full blown head cold today and I feel like crap.

I've got aching everything, I'm hot then cold, bunged up with snot and my throat still hurts and looks ikky. I feel like all of my energy has been drained out of me and as a consequence of which I don't feel like budging off the sofa at all - so I don't for the best part of the morning and Rupert and I spend plenty of time sleeping on the couch minding our own business.

By the afternoon I still feel horrible but boredom and daytime TV is getting the better of me so I decide to go into town and get a few things - I've rather gotten into this baking malarkey and as much as I love my old hand blender it was dirt cheap when I got it and a consequence of which is that it's been gradually falling apart since I first used it - I've only got 1 beater for it now after the other one died miserably by falling apart some time ago and I swear the motor smells like it's about to burst into flames everytime I switch it on. So I pick up a brand new dualit soft touch one, which whilst quite expensive I still get 8 quid off it through luck and the sheer incompetence of the sales man who couldn't quite grasp the stock software - his loss my gain! :)

I then go to the supermarket to get a few things for the cakes I want to bake this afternoon and head on home. Today I make some retro fairy cakes (vanilla sponge with blue icing and dolly mixtures on top) and also some more pear bran muffins for my breakfast. The more indulgent of the 2 are for Phil since I think its nice for him to have a treat in his lunch box for work every day and despite that I enjoy making them too (I will admit here to licking the bowl and the beaters after making the cake mix!). I have to say the new hand blender worked a treat too, much more powerful than the old one and it has this handy retractable power cable which means the cord doesn't get all over the place when you're using it machine itself (I'm a messy cook and so usually I end up with food mixture all over the electrics!)

The cooking pretty much poops me out so I then just chill on the sofa again until Phil comes home. I still feel awful and so don't feel like doing more cooking and we settle on just popping a frozen pizza in the oven for tea, and now I'm about to run myself a scolding hot bath to see if I can get my body temperature up to anything above sub zero.

I hate having a cold, I hope I get over it soon because it's limiting my ability to go to the gym (can't breathe, feel like crap etc) and I've got my sister visiting at the weekend and I don't want to be a misery guts for when they come over.

Posted by Abi on the August 22, 2006 9:47 PM

sjon at August 31, 2006 1:27 PM