... in which I moan

I'm still sick. My doctor said this might take 10 days to pass, I was hoping to send it on it's way in 2 days with the magic of green tea.

But here I am, 4 days later, still sick. The appetite comes back intermittently but my voice has gone. I need it back by Monday otherwise I'll be useless at work. Unless I make cue cards such as;

Sit up!
Stop talking!
Don't rock on your chair!
Where's *your* pen? (in response to "Miiiiss, can I borrow a pen?")

John has been looking after me really well. He took me out for lunch and a coffee since I hadn't left the house for days, and also bought me a magazine, a big Milky Bar and lemon Fanta for entertaining myself at home. Nice :)

And then we got home and carved pumpkins (mine was best but we're letting our Facebook friends judge it for us). We then finished off with Chinese food and watching X Factor.

And that's it.

Hope you're all well, and have a Happy Hallowe'en!

... in which I long for hunger

I am so ill.

When it comes to my health, I know that when I can't eat, something is srsly wrong.

Cat and I went out for lunch and I couldn't eat my steak sandwich. Because it was raw steak :-/ but then Cat moaned and it came back cooked and yummy but then I couldn't eat it because of The Lurgy.

Anyway, by sheer luck I got a doctor's appointment in the afternoon and she told me I have a virus. She can't give me meds for a virus, so I need to rest, drink lots of water, and knock back the painkillers to get my temperature down.

Boring.

Especially when I should have been going shopping tomorrow, and raving on Friday.

Even though I'm not hungry I really want a pizza. John has given me some dosh to order a pizza with, but I'm worried that it'll arrive and my belly will go "uh, no. Do not want."

I might try making one instead. Watch this space...

... in which I make a list

Bonje lovely people :) I can seeeeeee yoooooooou!

Right, I'm on half term. For those of you sharing in this glorious time with me, happy half term to you. So on day 1 I have managed to do these things;

1. Not sleep all day
2. Wash up all the stuff from last night's (epic) roast
3. Do a food shop
4. Learn some more Greek words
5. Watch Cheryl Cole's interview with Piers Morgan
6. Play lots of Pharaoh

For dinner tonight I'm attempting to cook a mushroom risotto Jamie Oliver stylee. This was the main reason for leaving my comfy warm house and embarking on a food shop; I needed mushrooms.

Porcini mushrooms to be precise. However, Sainsburys let me down and didn't have any porcini mushrooms. So I got mini portobella mushrooms instead, I'm sure they will work just the same.*

I've been drinking a lot of coffee recently. Less than when I worked in a coffee shop, but more than my normal not-working-in-a-coffee-shop self. I adore the taste and the smell... and being a bit of a coffee nerd, I'll stop there before I bore you all. But I'm worried about caffeine dependency. Do not want. I don't want to be a miserable bugger on a day where I don't have a coffee.

Ha! Ok, I need to go and work out what I'll be writing for Nanowrimo... I might give the horror genre a try this year.




* I'm not that naive about mushrooms. I adore portobella mushrooms but for all their yumminess they are not porcini and I'm worrying about the quality of this risotto.

... in which I am rewarded

So, I really like my mobile phone company. I've never had any issues with them, and quite recently they provided me with a lovely iPoon.

Today, they sent me chocolate in the post.

On a day where I really wanted chocolate and discovered that I had none in the house.

Boo yeah :)

... in which I am in awe

Yay :)

Today is my parents' 25th wedding anniversary. They invited me, John and Chris out for dinner with them tonight to celebrate. Me and John said yes, but Chris told them he's stuck in Bournemouth and can't come.

The twist is, that he'll be waiting at the restaurant when we get there.

... in which I apologise

Gidday!

Happy lovely sunny Sunday to all you lovely people.

I've just come back inside from an impromptu badminton game out in the garden with John. The wind made it interesting :)

But yes, I know how it looks. It looks like I've been slacking on the blog front. I've just been busy, with tonnes of work and applications and stuff and things...

I'll do better from now on, I promise :)

...in which we have an anniversary

A year ago today, John and I moved into this flat.

And I seriously can't believe it's been that long, it only feels like a few months ago. Mind-boggling. But in a totally great way.

It feels like home here, I'd be sad to leave :)