Pretty sure I've developed a chest infection - hurts there when I cough. At leadt the nasal congestion is under control.

Thrown out the rest of the decaf coffee. It's vile & bitter.

Peak body representing Seniors computer users has annual photo, prose & poetry competitions. Our Mac User Group does pretty well most years despite the peculiar requirements. Prose & poetry entyies must be double-spaced Word documents and you can't upload photos. They need to be snail-mailed on a disc or USB drive.

Starting the day with a weak sweet milky decaf coffee. Cos my sore throat can't handle the real stuff.

This will be novel. First time in 10 days I don't have to wear plastic bags or disposable gloves on my cut fingers when showering.

Breakfast time approaches. I need food, had trouble keeping any down yesterday/last night. But I can't think what to have. Might make do with dark plum flavoured yogurt. Or not. I just don't know.

Decongestant meds seem to have worked (a bit). Breathing is much easier.

Changed the dressing on my lacerated ring finger. Been 9 days now & the fucker is still weeping.

At least my tonsils aren't as swollen as they were 8 hours ago. Gargling a diluted aspirin solution helps there.

Damn it. What little food I can eat isn't staying down. I dare not try any of the spicy leftovers, that will only make things worse.