Wow.
How is it halfway through May (almost) already? etc etc...
I
am not going to make excuses for my absence, but it has been a very busy time
at work, and we have been a poorly household. Now, it feels like things are
settling and I find myself wracked with the urge to start blogging again. So
here I am...
I
have been thoroughly enjoying the gorgeous weather. As has been remarked, and
as seems to be our annual pattern now, Britain seems to have gone straight from
a prolonged Winter into the height of Summer overnight. The lingering warmth
and dry air has done wonders for my mood and my body. I have already swum in
the sea and I have enjoyed several wonderful walks - some involved morning
birdsong; others involving sumptuous sunsets.
On
the other side of things, I am the only member of the immediate family who
hasn't been hit by a horrible virus. I'm sure you know people who have been
affected - it's the exactly-like-Covid-but-apparently-isn't-Covid
cold-that's-worse-than-a-cold one. Fatigue, sniffles, aches, alternating sweats
and shivers and then a cough that refuses to shift. Philippa was really bad
with it for two days in particular, and we got very close to taking little Rian
to the hospital. Thankfully, we seem to have come through the worst of it,
although Philippa isn't back to full health and has had a distracting headache
for almost a fortnight.
I
have, so far, escaped, which has been handy as it means I could be on hand to
administer assistance to whichever one of them needed it the most at any given
time. That was usually Mathew, who precociously finds illness a rather
insulting waste of his time and is determined to make sure everyone knows it.
Elsewhere,
Ted is back home and seems none the worse for his spell in hospital. We haven't
seen him yet, as the last thing he needed was us dragging germs into his house
when he was barely off the ward, but tonight he messaged me to complain about
the 'sodding football' so he's obviously back on form...
RC 12-5-24
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