Been ill :(

This is to date the longest I have gone without boring you all tears. I have had a horrible little bug thats been doing the rounds in my area and my god it knocks you off your feet.

Now as a rule I dont get ill, yea I get the odd cold as do we all but I mean I NEVER get any of those horrible winter viruses that wipe everyone else off of their feet and I have always been quite smug of the fact :) Well all those winters of being well and a smug git have caught up and bit me on backside big time! For over a week I have been stuck in the house, that is enough of a torture in its own right as I can't stand being indoors let alone doing nothing in fact how do the dropouts of society do it? how do they spend years of life watching such delights as Jeremy Kyle on the TV?, this self imposed imprisonment is nothing sort of mental torture.

So with a hefty daily dose of flu tablets and paracetamol, forced upon me by wifey, I have tried to pass the days. At the start, apart from feeling like crap, the relaxation is quite pleasent with no pressing need to get anywhere or do anything and I happily played upon the internet. After a few hours this had lost its appeal so I got the new toy out and played on the xbox for few hours. Ok then, still on day one, I pop on the tv to see what I have been missing. Not alot apparently as daytime tv must be the dregs of the barrell from the broadcastors store rooms and obviously no royalties to pay out otherwise the nonsense would not be on in the first place. Still time passes and I find one program I want to watch even though its a rerun (Long Way Down) so out of 3 hours viewing I have actually watched one program, the rest of the time has been just sort of looking at it. Again I will say how do folk do it? Just stare at a box in the corner of the room for hour upon hour? I find if you think back on whats been on you cant even remember as its complete crap!

So at the end of the first day I had a deep worried feeling that on top of feeling like death warmed up I am going to be driving myself nuts being housebound!

I wasn't wrong!

A week later and I am itching to get on with something...anything....even those jobs wifey has been pestering me to do for months look attractive :) Today I feel like I atually have some energy and have made a traditional Sunday roast...ate it....kept it down....and feel more like a human than I have in what feels like forever. Ive got a job on in the morning so I have hired in a extra hand for the day to help out (OK I mean they will be doing it and I will be supervising) it will be nice to get out.

On the work front I am seriously having a think about what to do for the near future. Work is beyound quiet at the moment so a rethink is going to be in order. Ive just realised that no-one knows what "my work" is LOL. I am a Landscape Garderner and a Handyman more so this time of year. But I also have my HGV licences and Taxi Licences as a back up. The problem is trucking and the cabs are very quiet as well so what to do eh? Plod on and make the best of it all I suppose. So in short I am either flat out or f*%k all and have to make hay while the sun shines for times, such as these, when it doesnt. I would prefer a more constant income but I love being self employed so will just have to look into things and push for work a bit more.

Weather wise its still bloody cold and wet. High winds last night and bins scattered across the garden this morning. Still at least the greenhouse is still intact which is a good thing! If you are wondering why the obsession with the weather its not just because im a Brit its because in October I took on an allotment and am trying to get into the planting out at the right times and effects on soil due to temp etc etc etc.

I cannot wait until I can get my motorbike back out and blow the cobwebs off. I do miss a warm summers day and a no destination ride. Nothing can beat it!

Wifey is now telling me we have to sort out where and what we are doing for holidays this year so I will let you know what I have been told im doing shortly! :) (thats going to earn me a slap lol)

Signing off for now......