There’s been a big gap in the blog for a good reason, and it’s also put a big gap in everything – I’ve been ill, as have the two girls. Draw up a chair while I tell you a tale.
You’re already up to date as of last Friday when I ran the second leg of the Capital Ring. I started to feel a bit peaky over the weekend, getting worse on Sunday – it felt much like I must have re-caught tonsilitis from 5YO, in my weakened state after too much running, especially in the rain on Thursday. I managed to see a doctor on Monday who didn’t think it was tonsilitis, but gave me some amoxicilin in case it worsened.
I was back to feeling shivery, rotten, hard-of-thinking, achy, all of it, as well as taking quite a lot of medication (amoxicilin, paracetamol, ibuprofen). Then the nursery rang to say 2YO had a temperature. Great! Fortunately, the nursery have changed their policy so provided the temperature responds to calpol (and the child isn’t being sick or anything), then they can remain at nursery, but obviously you don’t ideally want an ill child there.
I managed to get another doctor appointment on Wednesday, and 2YO and I both went. And apparently neither of us have tonsilitis, it’s the catch-all diagnosis of “something viral”. My symptoms have eased, and it’s mainly sore throat and sinuses – the doctor suggested gargling with soluble aspirin for the throat, which I’d never heard before and does seem to help a little.
So as we approach the weekend, 2YO is back on form, 5YO’s in good shape, Aurélie is staying strong and I’m getting there too. Thank Goodness. But it’s put a great big hole in my Leave plans. I’ve managed to do some learning and research, plus some Creativity preparation, but zero Running. I therefore think my best bet is to replace the running with, maybe, a cycled leg or two of the Capital Ring, and then run the remaining, more manageable, sections at my leisure. And I’ll do my best to complete all the other objectives. I made a lot of good progress on Ancestry yesterday, so should be able to complete everything I want to achieve there today.
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