Monday 18th November, 2013        2120

I know it’s been a while and the reason is that I have been poorly. I didn’t feel too hot on Wednesday and I can normally tell when I am going to get hit - and get hit I certainly did.

I was so thankful Thursday was my day off, for the only times I went out were for Pepsi, I felt terrible. I slept as much as I could, praying to feel better on my worst day, Friday. I didn’t but I dragged my carcase to the teaching block at 0820 and somehow coughed, sneezed and spluttered my way through solid lessons until 1510. I really felt like just going back to bed. Saturday was as bad so I cancelled any idea of shopping for pet food and also lessons at the little school. I had intended to buy my freezer but that also went by the board.

On Sunday I was marginally better, having arrived at the cough plus sore throat stage. The alternative being four angry furry things unused to only having dry biscuits to eat compelled me to make the shopping trip, taking Yvonne as translator for the freezer purchase. Food and freezer paid for, I had to treat her to lunch - as much for my benefit as hers for I had eaten hardly anything of late. Then it was back to the Batcave again.

Today the cough and the dizziness lingers but I am on the mend. The washing machines which were due to arrive at 1530 finally came at 1830 and we have to plumb them in ourselves. The wait wasn’t hugely inconvenient though as I was sat with Joanna and Vivian deciphering what I said on the DVD recordings a month ago so they could press on with inserting Chinese subtitles - easier said than done I have to say. They are coming back at 1000 tomorrow for another session and meanwhile the school has moved the goalposts for me (and apparently every other teacher) by asking for entire semester lesson plans for books they never mentioned yet and in my case a book which is not only absolute garbage but one Kevin and I both invented our own lessons in place of it. Even worse, the school has this year abandoned the course book completely! I’m afraid I don’t do immediately when the other side has had three and a half years to get their act together and ask me in good time.

So this entry is hardly lengthy or interesting but nothing much happens when you try to confine yourself to bed for most of the day! I just thought I would let everyone know I am still extant and that I am simply suffering from the most debilitating affliction the male species can suffer - man flu.