I have woken this morning to face a new terror – I have a cold! As much as I pride myself on being extremely healthy (walk everywhere, plenty of fresh air and good food combined with regular vitamin supplements; indeed nothing goes into my mouth without at least a degree of due consideration) I have succumbed for the first time in many months and face a day of bedrest tomorrow in order to recuperate before my next exciting trip away on Sunday. Being wrapped up in\u00a0bed for hours feeling flushed, tingly and shivery would generally be delightful and something to look forward to, but not\u00a0so when one is without company,\u00a0the singularly unattractive symptoms that accompany such maladies making this a very unlikely prospect. However,\u00a0anyone who is similarly suffering is more than welcome to get in touch – I can\u00a0offer proper Buttercup syrup, hot Ribena with port in it and my\u00a0nice comfortable bedroom\u00a0is always copiously supplied with tissues!<\/p>\n
I blame\u00a0my miserable state\u00a0on my foolish habits over the past week; as previously mentioned I am seeking a suitable new apartment and submitted an offer on my chosen pied a terre<\/em> last Monday morning; I\u00a0have\u00a0consequentially spent much of the week running and telephoning\u00a0between solicitors, mortgage consultants, estate agents and naturally the bank (plus my lovely accountant, who deserves a parenthesised mention on his own as he is always a sight for sore eyes and\u00a0certainly does not belong with the moneygrabbers and ambulance-chasers). Whilst normally there is nothing I would like better than an exciting\u00a0succession of assignations with lots of gentlemen in smart suits, I’m afraid this is running me quite ragged! Definitely time for a rest (and more Buttercup syrup, the Hollyoaks omnibus and probably the rest of the fabulous chocolate strawberry-whipped cream things that a wonderful gentleman brought me this very morning and obviously will not keep!) Offical duvet day awaits…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have woken this morning to face a new terror – I have a cold! As much as I pride myself on being extremely healthy (walk everywhere, plenty of fresh air and good food combined with regular vitamin supplements; indeed nothing goes into my mouth without at least a degree of due consideration) I have succumbed for the first time in many months and face a day of bedrest tomorrow in order to recuperate before my next exciting trip away on Sunday. Being wrapped up in\u00a0bed for hours feeling flushed, tingly and shivery would generally be delightful and something to look forward to, but not\u00a0so when one is without company,\u00a0the singularly unattractive symptoms that accompany such maladies making this a very unlikely prospect. However,\u00a0anyone who is similarly suffering is more than welcome to get in touch – I can\u00a0offer proper Buttercup syrup, hot Ribena with port in it and my\u00a0nice comfortable bedroom\u00a0is always copiously supplied with tissues! I blame\u00a0my miserable state\u00a0on my foolish habits over the past week; as previously mentioned I am seeking a suitable new apartment and submitted an offer on my chosen pied a terre last Monday morning; I\u00a0have\u00a0consequentially spent much of the week running and telephoning\u00a0between solicitors, mortgage consultants, estate agents and naturally the bank (plus my lovely accountant, who deserves a parenthesised mention on his own as he is always a sight for sore eyes and\u00a0certainly does not belong with the moneygrabbers and ambulance-chasers). Whilst normally there is nothing I would like better than an exciting\u00a0succession of assignations with lots of gentlemen in smart suits, I’m afraid this is running me quite ragged! Definitely time for a rest (and more Buttercup syrup, the Hollyoaks omnibus and probably the rest of the fabulous chocolate strawberry-whipped cream things that a wonderful gentleman brought me this very morning and obviously will not keep!) Offical duvet day awaits…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-diary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t