Monday, 15 October 2007

Day Five

All last night my temperature was on its own personal rollercoaster leaving me alternately shivering and burning. I had hoped I’d got over this - clearly this virus has a sting in its tail! I finally got to sleep at about 6:00 am. But when I awoke at lunchtime I felt much better.

I didn’t feel 100% by any stretch of the imagination, but my temperature feels reasonably stable and my body only aches in the usual places rather than in every joint and muscle. I spoke early on to Maria (where would I be without her?) who reassured me everything was under control and I should spend the day recovering properly.

So Maria cancelled my few commitments for the day, and I spent the afternoon gently working through some projects and trying to gather my strength for a return to work tomorrow.

Then just as I thought tomorrow all looked too much for me (morning meeting in Letchworth, afternoon meeting in Watford, evening meeting in Watford, later evening family gathering in Letchworth), Vanessa called to offer to attend the evening meeting in Watford. What a lovely lady. Even so, if I am going to survive re-entry to work the remainder of the day will need some serious reorganising - and I dread to think how much e-mail has built up since last Wednesday!

On the scale of global warming

I wont worry about it until I know whether or not I get a decent night’s sleep tonight. My chances of enjoying a good night's sleep weren't helped when I heard of our Health Minister's announcement that Obesity could be a health problem "on the scale of global warming". What on earth could this mean?