h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

24 Feb 2005

I'm ill - cold or flu? Not sure - crawling out of bed when I have to - pain behind my eyes - cough that I had with a virus before Christmas is back (you know, the throat that keeps tickling)

I've had to leave my poor husband - aah! - to deal with everything. I am being helpful in keeping the upstairs, out of the way & not barking at everything

The first to arrive was the gas man, who has come to extend the gas pipe around the kitchen to where the cooker will be - WHEN it arrives. He was here for around 3 minutes when the kitchen delivery arrived. I listened to each thump & thud & just hoped the hallway hadn't been demolished & nothing was broken. I buried my head under the covers & so did the

My husband came upstairs later with the post. The estimate from the electrician had arrived - that much? - just for one wall extractor fan, socket for cooker extractor, socket for cooker He said: "time for lunch" with a on his face.

I tested - sugar had risen badly - jabbed accordingly - threw on my warmest dressing gown & crawled downstairs ... ... where's my computer, where's the TV? All I could see was a mountain of boxes.

We rang the electrician asking when could he come - "ring us on Monday as we have to order a few things"

My husband doesn't feel too good.