Monthly Archives: August, 2009
I will try to fix you
I confess. I was on a bit of a hiatus from blogging. partly because the blog was so happy for most of 2009 and I didn’t want to ruin it, and partly because of an old friend’s advice to me not to lean too much on the support of the internet because it might send …
A glipse
“He’s just like my old dog,” Octopus is saying, “Tosh.” MindReader laughs. “Like in The Bill?” And before you tune out, I have no idea either, except that The Bill is a rubbish “cop show” in the UK. Octopus laughs. “You watch The Bill?!” I say to MindReader. “Yeah, when I was like 12,” he …
On not being able to sit up again
It is hard to describe how it feels. Sometimes, when speaking to MindReader or BestFriend, I see the light again. I view things rationally – it’s just a virus, a blip, in two weeks you’ll laugh at how dramatic you were. But the rest of the time, it is just me, my thoughts, and articles …
On pet therapy
“It’s just that – you know,” I say, “M.E makes you pessimistic.” “Hmm?” MindReader says. We are sitting on our bed in Tamworth. I have spent a great deal of time going over my symptoms and comparing them to January 2008. I am, essentially, trying to convince everyone that I am going to get really …
Watch out for the telling ‘again’
I am mostly better. I am still not back to BathShop Job because it involves standing up ALL DAY and I still get horribly dizzy if I walk too far (SIGH) but I am mostly better and for that I am obviously thankful. MadFather is learning to be a driving instructor. And, as he goes …
Introducing Mush
I am feeling a little better every day. I make a cup of coffee and walk out to the garden. I am glad I am not too ill here – being ill on the very same sofa on which I was originally ill would probably make me sad; the same way that the buds blooming …
I am now doing a pretty good job of conjuring up a sore throat
Er, hello. I am sort of better. Most of my symptoms went quite suddenly on Tuesday morning, but my glands remain up and I am therefore in some sort of cautious limbo, not wanting to even test the waters in case it gives my body an excuse to rebel. We moved house on Tuesday and …
A rather hysterical post because I refuse to believe that it is happening again
Hello blogreaders (especially those who sent me amazon gift certificates, cards and woolly jumpers in the post!), I didn’t want to have to blog about this. Mostly because blogging about illness and getting well and then getting a string of minor colds is tedious but also because some one from work now has my blog …
On swine flu, because it was only a matter of time
“I have now worked with three people who have got swine flu,” I say, our door slamming behind me. “Oh, hello,” MindReader says, sprawled on the sofa in shorts. I take a moment to admire his very sexy, muscly, blond-haired legs. “You’ll be fine,” he says, returning his gaze to Sky Sports News. “But – …
On exes!
MindReader and I are at the pub. We are planning our mini-break, heading up to Edinburgh after a wedding in Newcastle (a wedding! we never do that!) in a few weekends’ time. I flip open the Edinburgh Fringe festival guide. “You’ve been – to Edinburgh – before, haven’t you?” I say. MindReader looks a bit …
