How sad and dated my blog looks, with a Christmassy post still the latest news at nearly the end of January. I did get my tree in the end, but very shortly afterwards I also got the flu. I’m very lucky that I got sick at Christmas when I had time off, because it took over 3 weeks for me to get back on my feet. It probably would have taken a lot longer if my Mum had not been looking after me for a week! Thanks for the TLC Mum - spoilt is not the word.

It’s only the 2nd time I’ve had a really bad dose of flu. Normally I just get colds, or something in between cold and flu. Like many people I used to often say I had the flu when I just had a bad cold, but once you have had the flu you never mix them up. You always hear lots of talk at this time of year about the differences between the two, but I think the best one I heard is very simple: if you were in bed with a dose and you suddenly saw a fifty euro note on the floor, you would get out and pick it up if you had a cold, but you would stay put if you had the flu.

Last Christmas was the 8th Anniversary of my first flu. If I go another 8 years without it I’ll be happy. It took me nearly 6 weeks to get fully over it the first time, so at least I set a personal best recovery time this time around! I think the decrease in my daily commuting might have something to do with that. These days, I work from home but 8 years ago I was heading from Blanchardstown to UCD by bus. Even in the best of health, that journey can be tiring at times! I still remember those cold January days 8 years ago when I would try to get from UCD library to the 46A bus stop, ordinarily a couple of minutes stroll that you would not even notice. I had to just keep trying to get to the next lamp post along the path and hold onto it for a couple of minutes rest!

So, the moral of my waffle is, if you ever have the flu, rest up completely for as long as you can. If you try to keep going to some extent, you could be clinging to lamp posts for weeks!

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