The (short) Weekend

Although I had an MC day last Wednesday due to the infernal cold I did get to work for the rest of the week. Coughing, spluttering and passing germs to all and sundry perhaps but nevertheless there. It was my alternate working Saturday yesterday but I managed to get away at four instead of six, which is pleasant since it is a damn long day from 7:30 each morning.

And today was to be Alice and I walking on a boardwalk. Ha, as ever the world is against me and the rain flung down just when we should have been preparing to set off. However the opportunity to catch up on scanning photos Alice took in the Phils recently was taken and I now only have three albums to scan.

Personally I use a digital camera and here I can be seen trying to use it to catch a bird on my shoulder. Total waste of time, I missed the bird and it bit my ear. Luckily it caught the headphone I was using to listen to Terry Pratchett's "Wyrd Sisters" rather than my flesh but I was nevertheless a little irritated with the obnoxious bird. However it does prove the advantage of listening to books. I do feel though that there should be a little light on the mp3 player to show others that I am not listening to crap music but to a book. "The Pickwick Papers" is ideal for listening as the lack of pure plot means that if for some reason you are diverted for a day or two you do not have to struggle to think exactly what has happened.

Getting back to the scanning, this means that I really must find time soon to update the website, which takes so much longer than adding to the blog but gives a nice satisfied feeling once done. The picture on the left is Mama when she visited earlier this month. She usually has a body but this was at the Science Centre here in Singapore where the most amazing things can happen!

And still no pain, the last time was the Friday when our team dined out and the painkillers plus wine made me rather less coherent than is the norm. I cannot actually remember nine painfree days in a row over the last few years so maybe I should try and maintain a fulltime cold! The disadvantage is that I have been going straight to bed on return from work, old age normally sends me to bed well before ten, with that witching hour being the time to sleep, but this week has been ridiculous!