It\u2019s Saturday, 8th Jan\u2019. And Teresa has wrangled me downstairs, and out of bed, with the admonition, \u2018It\u2019s gone midday!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I went to bed around 9.30-10.00 pm, last night. I\u2019m attempting to get a routine going. A combo of whatever it is that\u2019s been recurring every winter time the past three years – a wheezy\/tracheal (is that a word?) cough – and the recent (Jan 6th) attack by Chester, are finding me back in ludicrously exhausted mode. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think I got to sleep, after some fruitless YouTube surfing and some much more enjoyable reading (Wind In The Willows<\/em>), around 11 pm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019ve long, perhaps always, been someone who feels most tired when I awaken. It\u2019s always been the way! As long as I can remember. I\u2019ve never been an eager\/early riser, springing out of bed full of energy. It\u2019s always been a cosy nest I am loathe to emerge from!<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m now sat on the sofa, typing this. And, unusually for me, not recumbent, but sat up. But I am under blankets. The position is unusual, not the location! And snooker on YouTube is my normal accompaniment, at least currently (I\u2019m faddish, that way).<\/p>\n\n\n\n My upper respiratory tract remains wheezy and ticklish. Right forearm is aching, from Chester\u2019s bite, but not showing any signs of infection. My pill regimen is at its highest watermark for a while; all the usual stuff, plus Omeprazole (for poss\u2019 acid reflux?) and Co-amoxiclav (some form of penicillin, to fight any potential infection of the cat wound!). Mind is calm, albeit a touch anxious about the prospect of resuming teaching work in two days despite feeling utterly washed out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As is very common for me, for some years now, an upper spine\/neck pain headache lurks, sometimes fierce, but right now on the edges of perception. Teresa has just delivered a vapour inhalation for me, to hopefully soothe my throat somewhat. What a conglomeration of treatments and ailments! <\/p>\n\n\n\n I hope that, going forward from here, in my 50th year, I might make some progress towards better health!? I need to lose some weight. Not huge amounts. And some tweaking of the diet, and more activity and exercise (ha, yeah, right\u2026 feeling as I do now this latter seems preposterous!), are all that\u2019s required – so much easier said than done!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s Saturday, 8th Jan\u2019. And Teresa has wrangled me downstairs, and out of bed, with the admonition, \u2018It\u2019s gone midday!\u2019 I went to bed around 9.30-10.00 pm, last night. I\u2019m attempting to get a routine going. A combo of whatever it is that\u2019s been recurring every winter time the past three years – a wheezy\/tracheal … <\/p>\n