An Inkling

 That’s just how it started, an inkling that something was amiss…last week on Wednesday I went out for what should have been a very enjoyable ramble to RHS Rosemoor with picnic lunch avec daughters and two little boys. I just didn’t feel quite right and a headache seemed to threaten. On Thursday afternoon whilst at work the strobing aura came on. Luckily it was near the end of the day, and I had medication and sunglasses with me, still…Friday came and off I went into work feeling like someone had hit me over the head with a cricket bat. I don’t think in reality this had happened, but I decided to struggle through…We didn’t meet up with our friends in the evening as we quite often do. Too tired, exhausted even.

Then came the busy weekend of childcare and kitchen duties…Sunday evening I crashed on the sofa and slept. Monday morning a sore throat. I wanted to tick some jobs off of my lengthy list so after taking paracetamol kept plodding along followed by a short rest. Deciding I needed something extra I downed a dose of Ibuprofen for good measure. That enabled me to peg out in the welcome sunshine. After lunch I tackled hubbies daily work diary. Two days in my brain refused to carry on. The headache returned, body ached, sore throat returned, legs wobbling, and joints complaining. 

I hate being ill…I hate having to phone work but decided it was better to heads up them sooner rather than wait for the morning and give them a nasty surprise. 

Thank goodness for wood burners, logs already stacked by the fire, and also for a kind daughter who upon hearing my plight brought tea around ready cooked.

So now hubby is out on an emergency job and will be very late home, I can’t physically do much or concentrate, so am bored, and achey, and ever so slightly snotty!

Well that was last evening, today I’m up and dressed, feeling sorry for myself with zero energy.

I have a cat for company, a hot water bottle for warmth, really don’t want any noise or music, this body needs to rest a while.

Have just had some unsettling family news too, but for now we just have to wait, ah it never rains but it pours as they say…

Blessings, J. x