'One Way Or Another' or 'Both Ends Against The Middle'

There are rival titles for this entry of Saturday 22 January, both descriptive enough if read carefully. Although the day started fairly normally, it soon deteriorated as I was overtaken by some very nasty bug. I had managed to struggle through Mum's shopping in as much as I was present while Greg did it and it was too cold to wait in the car. I literally lost count of my bathroom visits both at my childhood home and my own and eventually collapsed into bed to wake at hourly intervals for the inevitable. I must say I am grateful for the comforts afforded me during an illness trivial compared to many around the world and the conditions in which they are suffered. We have four bathrooms, reliable warmth, a comfortable bed and possibly the largest stock of toilet tissue this side of ASDA. And, of course, I have Greg, always Greg.

Greg himself had been similarly struck down on Wednesday night and then Thursday and we had assumed it was food poisoning. We frequently eat different meals and now we are wondering if it is or was a violent bug instead. My discomfort continued for many hours and, after managing green tea, I thought it strange that Gaviscon soothed me most as much as anything for its presence in a very empty stomach.

I wondered too how this post might be received appearing as it does during my absence from work. I can only say I haven't the strength even to reach the car although my laptop has reached me. Perhaps that says something awful about my priorities. Oh well, as Oscar Wilde purportedly said 'either that wallpaper goes or I do'.