Urgh - lurgy

I hate the lurgy. The kind which sneaks up on you and just leaves you very tired even though you have had lots of sleep. Pah! Hopefully the weekend will prove restorative.

There are three 'k's in Habakkuk!

At home with the lurgy at the moment. Felt better this morning when I woke than yesterday, so hope that the tide is turning. Usually when I'm ill, I'm still fit to do minor household admin tasks - not so with this virus.
Generally feel OK if I am lying down. However, this morning's improvement has meant that I have decided to try a bit of pootling about on t'internet to sort stuff for the wedding. This includes putting the Order of Service together .... which meant that when I was searching on Biblegateway.com for Habbakuk 3 .... I wasn't finding anything. Anyhow - a more challenging target has come to light: being able to say my vows without sobbing after every other word. Really don't want to be a crying bride. Not good. Even if you go down the route of dyeing your eyelashes rather than using mascara....
Ho hum! 46 days to go....

Central Focus starts again

Central Focus started again this evening, with Revelation 4-5. Really enjoyed the study - a timely reminder that I need to keep reading passages like Rev 4-5 and Job 38 to keep me focussed on the majesty of God and help me keep a right attitude in prayer. I love Central Focus!

Still tired. Must go to bed early - Birmingham tomorrow.

How much longer

Lovely being back at church today. David Jackman preaching on Luke 11:1-13. Sermon outline as below:

Understanding Jesus/More Generous Than we Imagine: Luke 11 1-13

1. Two Priorities in Prayer (v1-4)
a) Our concern for God (v2)
b) God's concern for us (v3-4)

2. Two Encouragments to pray (v5-13)
a) A friend who responds to our need (v5-8)
b) A father who gives to his children (v9-13)

Conclusion "how much more....!" v13.

Lovely to see lots of friends as well. However, still full of the lurgy. Very, very annoying. Was shattered by 1/2pm, and had to come back and sit on the sofa. I need to go back to work tomorrow, must just pray that I will get much better.

Watched Cinderella Man on DVD -the story of James J Braddock, Depression Era boxer who came back from nowhere to become world heavyweight champion. Russell Crowe in the lead role. I really really enjoyed this - a well crafted film (Ron Howard), well acted.

Little by little

I'm getting better, but keep having these 'funny moments'. Not good.

Today:

• Phoned GW - she is well, but suffering a power cut. The Rayburn is working though, so bungalow is nice and warm.
• Drove over to Blackheath, down to Lee and back to Charlton to get out and about a bit.
• Sainsburys to buy some food for this evening - hate shopping on a Saturday - stupidly busy. Bought lots of things for the slow cooker (frozen veg etc.).
• Cleared my ironing, hoovered the lounge - finally!
• Spoke to Lou.
• Cooked the chicken casserole (slow cooker) and rice pudding for Dr B and the Engineer this evening.

Back to work.

Slightly spaced out alllll day.

Eurghgh - day 2

Woke up at 8.45. Felt better. Decided to go into work. Rang office to say that. Had shower. Got dressed. Felt decidedly not better. Decided not to go into work. Rang office to restate. Secretary laughed at me (kindly). Hot Granny lemonade. Ribena. Lemsip. Hot water bottle. Funny turn. Sit on sofa, very, very, bored.

Eurghgh

Having set the alarm for the unusually late hour of 7am, having gone to bed at 11.45, I then didn't get to sleep until about 1am and woke up a couple of times during the night. Wretched cold! Made it into the office for about 9am but had to give up by 3 (having made one trip out to get additional boxes of Kleenex). Home via HMV Sale where have purchased Lord of War, Shawshank Redemption, The Producers, A Few Good Men, The Passion of The Christ for the equiv of £5 each - not bad!