Although I'm still feeling a little like this spider's web outside our front door - very fragile - today, for the first time in five days, I've managed to heave myself out of bed at a reasonable hour, get dressed, and even walk to the High Street. It's been a long time since I've had a germ which has made me feel so tired and washed-out. I've spent hours and hours dozing and lying about in bed reading trashy magazines, days-old newspapers and re-reading several of my favourite Ruth Rendell / Barbara Vine novels. I hate being ill, I always fear that I'll never feel well again, or that my energy levels will never fully recover. All total rubbish of course as I always bounce back eventually. This charming germ headed straight for my chest and has left me with a cough worthy of a 60-a-day smoker. Mum says that germs have always pitched straight on my chest as I have a very short neck - which is true. Poor DN is also rather short in the neck area, and sure enough he has also caught this latest lurgy and it's headed straight for his chest too - that child sure is a chip off the old block.
P very kindly drove me to the High Street on Saturday afternoon so that we could stock up on a few essentials. We thought the place would be empty as everybody would be at home watching the England / Australia rugby match. Sadly, we were mistaken. Everywhere was really busy and I had to queue for three-quarters of an hour in the Post Office in order to 'post' some Amazon sales. I use the word 'post' lightly as, of course, nothing will leave the Post Office until Wednesday due to the Royal Mail strike. It was just as well that I did persevere in the queue as after Saturday my local Post Office were going to be refusing to take in any more parcels as they had run out of space to store them. So much for the advice given by Royal Mail to post all items in a post office and not in a letter box!!
Today, feeling much brighter, I braved the rain and headed for WH Smith as I had a voucher for £5 off when you spend £12 on stationery. I spend a lot on stationery in order to post out my Amazon / Ebay sales so I was really pleased to be able to get what amounts to 40% off. The High Street was really quiet because of the rain, and it was great, for once, to not be encumbered with my shopping trolley and to just have a nice mooch around WH Smith and a couple of charity shops.
I knew I was on the mend when I felt like doing a bit of knitting yesterday evening. In fact I managed to complete one of these dishcloths in no time at all.
I really enjoy knitting these and I'm trying to get a reasonable stock up together as I've plans to perhaps 'do' a craft fair in the run-up to Christmas.
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