Time Off

You know how it is. When you're working and everything is piling up, you long for a day off when you can catch up with all those little irritating things that cause you to trip up all the time. Then your body says 'enough!' and inflicts a nasty headcold on you with it's associated problems.

So I haven't been:

• sleeping properly - waking up every half hour to wipe my nose, clear my throat, dispose of the phlegm


• eating properly - an extremely sore throat does not lend itself to good food and, much as I like ice-cream, there is a limit even for me


• able to concentrate - after about 20 minutes I feel like I want to doze off (but see above) and I keep losing track of what I was doing, starting and not finishing things


• able to see my friends/colleagues and join in social activities

I really wanted some time off but not like this - hell, I can't wait to get back to work.