Still in bed, but looking and feeling better. Unfortunately in one of my coughing bouts yesterday I pulled something in my side, now coughing hurts like buggery, but luckily I am coughing less over time.

My admin very kindly organised me a get well soon package filled with yummy things and cards from the staff and kids which was really nice, her hubby, my cleaner drove all the way overt his evenjng to drop it off.

I reckon I am definitely heading in the right direction now and might soon venture into the lounge to sit in there rather than in bed. The codine certainly knocks me for six, so I spent some of today fast asleep.

Here is to a more up than down day tomorrow.

Much of the same today, but on a positive note, the cough seems to be easing. I actually managed a 5 hour straight sleep last night plus some dozing today.

I have to eat food before the steroids, so that is also forcing me to eat, which will no doubt help.

I am hoping that a corner has been turned and that I am on the correct road to recovery.

Well the doc has signed me off for the whole week, I was expecting them to do until Wednesday, but they were having none of it. I am on Steroids and Codine… one may make you drowsy  and the other wide awake… so Codine over night and Steroids when I wake up. I could do with more than three hours sleep to be honest.

Anyway the postman came today and brought me these…

They are sitting in a drawer until I can be bothered to read them. The other thing is that Ironclads is now on Kickstarter.

Ironclads: Space Battles in the Victorian Aether, via @Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tripleacegames/ironclads-space-battles-in-the-victorian-aether?ref=android_project_share

Now to be honest the amount to get it off the ground was only £500 and when I  opened the link above it was already up to £1628.

I went for the admiral pledge as it gave me everything including civilian ships and famous ones too. Well it is my Christmas present plus it is helping out my mate.

Still in my pit coughing my guts up and throwing up occasionally during the day. Going to contact the doctor tomorrow in case he/she can think of something.

On the up side I did find a model patient…

Okay casualty is probably a better term to use.

My wife and son went shopping and were thinking of me they have brought me lots of nice things to try and ge tme to eat again. In my drawer right next to me is a chocolate bunny. Sadly right at this second it does not appeal.

In my attempt to be positive I would like to point out that I am positive that I coughed so much earlier that I threw up.

On the up side I also managed to sit up for for  about an hour and a half today, sadly, I had to return to bed, but at least I made it up. Work on Monday is looking less likely today. I am now needing my inhaler a few times a day, so will be following the doctor’s instruction and ringing them Monday morning.

Anyway my good lady recorded my sleeping last night to let me hear it… I am evidently a Weddell seal or something similar…

Not exactly from the same neck of the woods (actual opposite end of the planet to be more accurate). We had this little lady visiting Shetland over the last few days…

Based on the tusks and pink spot on the nose then she is the one seen in Germany and Northumberland.

She is about six miles from me and I can’t even get out of bed to go and take a photo.

I am now very much bored and frustrated by this flu thing and to be brutally honest I am a total whining get. I am not a model patient and am spending far too much time feeling sorry for myself. There are people out there where this is their life. So although we may still have service Disruption tomorrow, then I shall be more positive….that’s tomorrow, but tonight I am going to make the most of it.

Last time I had flu it affected my taste buds and I went off coffee for about five years, in fact I just started drinking it again in the last six months. As I am still not eating I decided to make myself some cheese and Crackers…. Holy crap the cheese tasted terrible… I hope I don’t end up off cheese for five years. It might do my waistline the world of good if I was.

To be totally honest though I actually made it myself, had a bath etc and am just about upright… I am hoping a corner has been turned… yesterday I could just about stagger to the bathroom for a pee…

If the cough would go away then I would be a lot happier.

On Friday night I honestly would never have thought that a week later I would actually still be in bed. This is honestly getting boring…

Totally useless fact… Thunderbird’s Parker is the same voice actor as Grandpa Pig as well as the wise old elf in Ben and Holly. Wierd old world eh!

Funnily enough a year ago I still wasn’t painting anything … https://bogenwald.blog/2020/12/09/one-day/

You’ll never guess where I still am! For those thinking insane asylum.. I am getting a little cabin feverish…so there is time for that. Still at the boiling hot/freezing cold stage… on a positive note I have probably dropped a few kg’s in weight.

It is bad when even watching YouTube is too tiring…. anyway here is a post from last year, the French cavalry were on the move…https://bogenwald.blog/2020/12/08/further-fun-with-stls/

Will this thing just bloody end. Still in bed. I haven’t even been able to look at pictures of toys, so for Christmas this year I am going to just ask for the Ironclads Kickstarter.

Luckily work is pretty much sorted with regards to my cover, one of my staff is off with something similar to mine. But I have cover until Thursday at least.

A year ago today I was threatening violence on the laptop…https://bogenwald.blog/2020/12/07/stls-arrrrggghhh/

On the upside I still haven’t hit it with a hammer yet.

Still in bed, I managed to eat a slice of toast today so things must be improving. I managed to get a couple of smoothie’s down but that has been the total of the food I have eaten since Friday morning.

This thing, whatever it is, seriously sucks. It’s a right bugger as I have staff leaving tomorrow as well as parent meetings which I won’t be going to.

Hopefully I will get back by Thursday. I can still just about make it to the toilet today so Wednesday is unlikely.

I just wanted to say a big thank you for everyone’s best wishes. I will reply to you all when I am up and about.