Urgh.

[dancefloorlandmine]

Either I'm coming down with flu, or this old age thing my youthful colleagues keep going on about is really vicious, and has decided to start early. All hail the great god Beechams ...

Friday night was wonderful - thanks to everyone who turned up, and especially zoo_music_girl for booking the table. Hope everyone had as good a time as I did, apologies to anyone I annoyed or wound up, and just so you know, Deirdre (WINOLJ) said that you were all really nice and friendly, and put up with her talking about herself for at least half-an-hour. For other reviews of the evenings silliness, see lproven and jhaelan, among others. Then went to Dead and Buried up at the Lord Nelson, which was again rather good, and pretty full.
Went to see a student performance of Stephen Briggs dramatisation of TP's Maskerade at Imperial on Saturday night, and then returned to my flat to spend my first night there - on an air-mattress, due to the current lack of more suitable bedroom furniture. Rar, it feels like home, even without my books and CDs!
Then on Sunday went into Croydon by tram to buy a bed, which process has now been acheived. While queuing to confirm my spec, I ended up buying Fellowship of the Ring on video (it was cheap, OK!), and rather spiffing new Walkman to replace my old one (which has developed the annoying habit of switching itself off at random) - the new one can play Mp3 CDs, thus saving the trouble of changing CDs when going for long drives in the car (as well as Sony's even more impressive Atrac3 compression - or is that pronounced 8Track? Then proceeded to spend the evening curled up and shivering.
Woke up this morning feeling equally shoddy, and am hoping that I feel better before tomorrow, or that will be truly unfair.

Now looking like I won't be making it to The Calling on Tuesday night, as there would appear to be a lack of transport issue (not having heard from either childeric or mr_prickle), and I need to be back in London bright and early on Wednesday morning.

Have now discovered why Holland & Barratt jars don't rattle (they're mostly full of cotton wool), and that their Vitamin C and Zinc lozenges are truly repulsive.

Comments

[velvetfox.livejournal.com]

boo!

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Eek! [grin]

[velvetfox.livejournal.com]

Do you want to me find you a lift?

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

One who would be heading up from London on Tues eve, and back down again the same night? That would be truly merveilleux!

[velvetfox.livejournal.com]

I've asked, anyway.

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Many thanks!

[incy.livejournal.com]

hope you feel better soon and definitely by the weekend

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Cheers - would like joints that aren't aching for Friday, definitely!

[incy.livejournal.com]

ontot he mutli vitamins and the zinc tablets for you (try the boots/seven seas/sanatgoen stuff)

[incy.livejournal.com]

or failing that I can round and look after you, I think i might even have a nurses outfit for just such an occasion :)

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

[grin] You're so generous!

[incy.livejournal.com]

it would be my pleasure to nurse you and what comforting sight could you think of coming to tend to you in your fever :)

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Well, it might be some kind of febrile vision! [grin]

[capt-prickle.livejournal.com]

I won't be making it to The Calling on Tuesday night

I will not be making it either, which I suspect, stuffs up everyone's transportation issues. Hoping to go in January sometime though.

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Hope to have the MineLayer fixed by then, and up to longer journeys, so we could mount a major invasion attempt! Hope the house stuff goes well, btw!

[capt-prickle.livejournal.com]

so we could mount a major invasion attempt!!
We must. And also another trip to The Wendyhouse is in order too methinks.

Hope the house stuff goes well, btw!
Thanks. We accepted an offer today, so things are progressing well, and very much ahead of schedule.

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Cool - you haven't taken out any walls without the permission of the freeholder have you? [grin]

[capt-prickle.livejournal.com]

*grin* Thankfully I gave myself the permission first...

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Good idea!

[laumiere.livejournal.com]

Try the fizzy effervescent orange vit C tabs from Boots, they are addictive sweeties! Failing that, Bassetts squidgy orange vitamins are good :-)

J'espere que tu sents mieux pour le weekend ma puce

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Merci beaucoup madamoiselle ...

[laumiere.livejournal.com]

De rien!

[littleangel-103.livejournal.com]

Holland and Barratt suck at the best of times. I did suggest the Seven Seas Zinc capsules which are fruity flavoured. They are actually quite yum and you have to remember not to pop them like sweets as it's no more than 4 in 24 hours. If you have the flu I suggest its too late for Vitamin C!

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Ah ... that would be it - I accidentally deleted the text, and I was failing to remember ... [grin]

"Hello, Zinc, and you are?"

[firedraken.livejournal.com]

Allegedly Echinacea tablets (purple sunflower) are good immune boosters (although I don't really believe in pills, unless you really need them) and Kiwi fruit have loads of vitC in.

Apart from that, I suggest hot toddies made with whisky, lemon juice and honey, and lots of sleep snuggled up in a comfy place.

[velvetfox.livejournal.com]

I have some echinacea tincture which helps. Apart from the fact that it's beyond gross.

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Mmmm. Now just need to find that comfy place!

[drpete.livejournal.com]

Belated bithday wishes!
Nearly made it to the lab Friday night...


Next time.

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

That's OK, doc - especially as the actual birthday is tomorrow - hence the suspicion that this is not in fact flu, merely old age coming early ... [grin]