I've been up an hour, feeling pretty damn miserable what with having a sore throat and cough and in all that time it has been raining. Yes, raining!

While my parents were here, nary a drop was had (actually it did rain one day while my dad was on one of his walkabouts but he managed to avoid it by hiding in a supermarket). However it has rained persistently for the last two days - as if to make up for the deficiency - and I'm feeling somewhat annoyed about it.

I had planned to go shopping today (I need eggcups) but I'll be damned if I'm going out in this weather.