Cautiously Optimistic
It’s late on Friday night, and I’m wondering if my body has started to turn a corner. After a week taking steroids and antibiotics, I took the last of them t...
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Keep taking the tablets
On the way home from visiting my parents last night, after being sick for the better part of two weeks, my other half pretty much ordered to me to book a doc...
Reflection
Greetings from deepest, darkest Cornwall, where I’m visiting my parents for the weekend. After arriving late on Friday evening, we wandered into Looe on Satu...
Preparing to Travel
After a week and a half struggling with a cough and cold, I’m finally starting to feel better this morning - or at least if I sit quietly, I don’t cough my l...
The lost weekend
After signing myself off work sick last Wednesday, I returned to work on Thursday and Friday even though I was quite obviously getting worse. Even missing a ...
Not good at being sick
I’m not entirely sure where today has gone. One of the kids brought a pretty awful virus into the house, and it got me. I think this might be the first day I...
Friends, Cheese, Wine and Dogs
After several months chasing our own tails, we invited some friends over last night. There really wasn’t much of a plan - other than escaping from each other...
Celebratory coffee
I’m sitting in the dark of the junk room at home, sipping a celebratory cup of coffee and listening to a largely forgettable “jazz café” playlist after climb...
Overthinking
A few thoughts have been rattling around my head recently. For the most part they keep out of the way, but then during the quiet moments they emerge, throw s...
Hello midnight, old friend
We went out for breakfast this morning at the café where my middle daughter works (or rather, one of the places she works - she now has two jobs). The owner ...