Ugh! I’ve been fighting it off for a couple of weeks but it looks like I’ve run out of luck and hit rock bottom. I have a cold. I do not like colds and those of you who have read my labrythinitis story will know why. I freak out if I get as much as a runny nose and right now my back hurts like a SOB. My eyes are nipping like mad and streaming so much I can’t tell if it is the cold doing it or the last bout of pollen biting me on the ass.

And did I mention it is frigging freezing? When I woke up (very reluctantly) this morning I was shivering as soon as I left the bed. I looked outside and I could see a thin layer of frost on my neighbour’s garden shed so I’d say winter is well and truly on its way. Now, I actually like winter since I was born in December and am a winter baby. I just hate changeable weather and that’s probably why I have this damn cold. It’s freezing cold in the mornings and once the sun is up - too hot again so you have to pull off the layers and then add them all back on again at night.

I’ve only been in work four days this week because of the bank holiday and I only stayed to five once. Ah, well, that’s what flexi is for and to hell with the filing - it’s not going anywhere - unfortunately. It’s not like my flexi is in deficit anyway since I have almost enough for a day off but I’m not going to bother since I finish up next Friday for two blissful weeks! Yay!