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We've got the computer back from the repair man, but it's still not right. Keeps going to places I have not asked it to go, or saying links are broken when they are not. It's just about usable - generally goes to the right place on the second or third attempt - but very annoying, and I fear it will have to go back for further treatment.
As for me, I have been having an extremely nasty cold for the past week. I kept on working through it, for various reasons, which was not pleasant. But now I only have to go in on Monday and Tuesday and then I've got leave for two weeks. Relief! I just hope I don't spend all of it being ill.
I've been feeling rather down, probably largely as a result of the cold, and the fact that my muzzy head has made it very difficult for me to concentrate on anything. I've had to put the Swahili to one side for the moment, and I'm finding it very hard to focus on other things I've been trying to read.
I've become rather interested in the psychology and neurology of self-deception, and have been googling stuff on that, but not, I fear, taking much in at the present.
I've started taking some extra vitamin D, in the hope of strengthening my immune system. This past winter I have just seemed to go from one cold to another.
I will probably be going to my Dad's for Easter. My brother should be there, and it is possible that my two nephews will also come. If they do, I will have to accompany them there on the train. (About a five hour journey.) I did it a couple of years ago and it was ok. They are nice kids, but now that they are older (12 and 14), I find it quite difficult to talk to them. When they were little they seemed to have much more varied interests, and when they came to stay here they liked things that I liked - scrambling about in the woods, painting, playing board games. Or I'd take them to the playground and sit and read while they played there. Now they only seem interested in video games, which are not my thing at all. Still, I'll only be on my own with them for the journey, and I expect I can manage that.
Hell, I hate being so unable to think! And it really does seem to leave me prey to negative emotions. I keep thinking about people I've lost touch with, people who've died (my mum in particular), places I used to live, experiences that are no more, getting older etc etc - all that fine gloomy stuff! Which makes me conclude that those thoughts and feelings are actually there all the time, but I mostly manage to successfully distract myself from them.
Here's to hopefully soon being able to successfully distract myself once more!
As for me, I have been having an extremely nasty cold for the past week. I kept on working through it, for various reasons, which was not pleasant. But now I only have to go in on Monday and Tuesday and then I've got leave for two weeks. Relief! I just hope I don't spend all of it being ill.
I've been feeling rather down, probably largely as a result of the cold, and the fact that my muzzy head has made it very difficult for me to concentrate on anything. I've had to put the Swahili to one side for the moment, and I'm finding it very hard to focus on other things I've been trying to read.
I've become rather interested in the psychology and neurology of self-deception, and have been googling stuff on that, but not, I fear, taking much in at the present.
I've started taking some extra vitamin D, in the hope of strengthening my immune system. This past winter I have just seemed to go from one cold to another.
I will probably be going to my Dad's for Easter. My brother should be there, and it is possible that my two nephews will also come. If they do, I will have to accompany them there on the train. (About a five hour journey.) I did it a couple of years ago and it was ok. They are nice kids, but now that they are older (12 and 14), I find it quite difficult to talk to them. When they were little they seemed to have much more varied interests, and when they came to stay here they liked things that I liked - scrambling about in the woods, painting, playing board games. Or I'd take them to the playground and sit and read while they played there. Now they only seem interested in video games, which are not my thing at all. Still, I'll only be on my own with them for the journey, and I expect I can manage that.
Hell, I hate being so unable to think! And it really does seem to leave me prey to negative emotions. I keep thinking about people I've lost touch with, people who've died (my mum in particular), places I used to live, experiences that are no more, getting older etc etc - all that fine gloomy stuff! Which makes me conclude that those thoughts and feelings are actually there all the time, but I mostly manage to successfully distract myself from them.
Here's to hopefully soon being able to successfully distract myself once more!