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02/24/2016

VALENTINE’S DAY (IS OVER) I missed Valentine’s Day, felled by The Lurgy, part Whatever, probably 6.  A card was mentioned but I was too busy taking my temperature and stroking my own forehead and complaining about the unfairness of it all.  The card was brought in the next day, politely, on a tray with a vat of orange juice. It was a nice card but it was not in the passionate hearts and flowers Valentine’s tradition of In Love.  It was the result of quite a few years of marriage (intimacy,

02/21/2016

Cabin Fever Have just left house for first time in DAYS.  Blog interrupted as was stricken again by stupid flu, following stupid cold, following stupid tonsillitis (Small), stupid ear infections (Firstborn), stupid pneumonia (me). I am completely fed up of stupid health bollocks problems. (I have no problems with bollocks, they are fine, I do not have any).  On brighter note, was reminded it is very very important to leave house regularly. Ideally to head to a more interesting location, and

02/09/2016

Sleep….. I wanted to write a post about sleep. But it turns out I am too tired. Small was acting the maggot till 2am last night so everyone’s sleep times reduced to something less than optimal.  Apparently if you deprive rats of sleep for two weeks they die. I’m not sure how long it takes for humans.  It was not on Wikipedia. Anyway I have never had a night of no sleep at all, although I did travel to Greece last year by myself with two small children on a spectacular forty minutes. When they