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§ Crook

§ I feel crook today. I had felt this way from the time I woke up this morning but decided to go to the gym anyway and squeezed out a 40 minute slow run. I didn’t have to sprint but still had to jog to the platform at Syndal, to catch the 7:08. As I sat down at the end of the 4^th car, I called Theresa and she said she was still at home so I decided to try and read a little. Theresa sometimes join in me in the train in Mount Waverley, which is the next stop from Syndal, about 3 minutes away. We’d invite strange looks when she gets on, sit next to me, chat a little, and I give her a quick kiss before I got off at Glen Iris.

§ Anyway as I tried to read on my own, I suddenly felt the cold and the aches all over my body. I knew then that the run wasn’t either the cold or a lethargic Monday morning. I was crook. I knew that for sure when I got off at Glen Iris and walked towards the tram stop. On the tram I could really feel the aches and suddenly felt very tired. I caught short snoozes but generally found it hard to keep my eyes open. I really felt lethargic. I thought maybe I needed some food.

§ When I got into office, I immediately fixed a hot cereal drink. That perked me up just a touch and I continued to struggle. However I had to soldier on, as my department is now down to just 2 lawyers and 1 support staff and it would be really bad for my boss if I took a sickie, leaving her as the sole lawyer holding this place. So while I still can, I’d just plug away. So I dragged myself through the 2 meetings (one of them so bleeding long – almost 3 hours!), the scores of emails and attached document and the few draft contracts so far. I feel just a notch better now but think I will definitely retire early – maybe way before 9pm…

§ FedEx

§ He’s done it. He’s matched the achievements of a legend. 5 consecutive winner’s medal at the premier tennis tournament in the world is no mean feat and although everyone has anticipated that RF would be able to do it, when it was done it still made for a talking point everywhere. It certainly dominated the tv screens this morning at the gym. The only setback was he tarnished his record of being a mister nice guy. I saw him arguing with the umpire, for the first time.

§ Dandenong Ranges

§ Kiddo, Theresa and I took a drive on Saturday, and headed for the Dandenong Ranges, which is out east, about 45 minutes from our place. In a way it wasn’t the best time to go there as it was very cold. It was about 2-3 deg when we set out and the whole time we were there, it didn’t get past 5 deg. The scones and pancakes at the Ranges restaurant in Olinda were very good however. Ing Tung and Chin Moi and their 3 kids were with us and they also enjoyed the occasion. We had to return early in the afternoon, as kiddo had a session at a nursing home with some youth group members and Theresa had a ladies’ meeting. So we got home, the 2 girls headed off to their respective places and I headed home. I did some quick and basic house cleaning, went out grocery shopping and returned to cook some food for freezing.

§ After the nursing home trip, kiddo went into the city to see Sarah, a mate of hers, in the Royal Children’s Hospital. Sarah had broken a couple of toes after falling over while taking in the rubbish bin. Poor girl. By the time kiddo got back it was way almost 8pm. That made the pork and fish rice porridge I had cooked taste even better but by then I had started to feel a little crook. It’s almost 7pm now. I want to go, will go but dread the tram and train rides and waiting in the cold. I’m so crook.