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

At least they didn't go for thinking you were born in
11/02/1919

[Amy P]

Very subtle way of reminding people when your birthday is, there.

I suppose I should've made up another date. Or maybe I did.

I went to a friend's house today, to play games and watch the abomination that is the Star Wars holiday special. Since my flatmate has the car this weekend, I had to walk to the students' union to get a lift. They were running a race in the park today, but by the time I got there, I think I was wheezing harder than any of the runners that passed me

Good evening, though the so-called movie was truly awful. We had pizzam and ended up making "dessert pizza" with the leftover dough, topped with white and dark chocolate, macadamia nuts, and cranberries. It was good, but in a tiny-slice-will-do kind of way.

The host's eight-year-old daughter decided that since this was a party, we all had to have party bags, so she gave us each a pink bag with a tiara on it containing a balloon, a flower-shaped eraser and some heart-shaped post-its. I was the only female guest, so the others were a little unsure what to make of this.

Aww, how sweet! Both the girl and the pizza.

It was, really.

Went out to another friend's to game today. I'd invited them here, but they didn't want to come. Made the mistake of taking the bicycle out there, since my flatmate had the car for the weekend. Arrived seriously out of breath and had to take a taxi back home after about an hour, leaving my bike there.

Lesson learned. I spent the rest of the day in bed - caught up on my reading.

Much flatmate drama in the evening, though.

Bicycle riding with pneumonia. Girl, you need to be tied down to your bed! Sheesh.

I'm seriously considering booking a flight just to make sure she's staying in bed and out of trouble...

What they said.

Is there a hat smiley that we can pass round to pay for Yarreau's flight?

Just kidding!

Well, my flatmate had the car and I didn't want to walk that far...

But I'll be staying in today.

You left the word "bed" out, between "in" and "today"...

Well, yes. But I can't play Monkey Island on the netbook.

Well, you're probably not wracked with full-body shudders/shivers whenever you get uncovered long enough to go to the loo, and I suppose you're not soaking the sheets with sweat when you get over the shudders, so I suppose, as long as you stay inside...

(My only experience with pneumonia was when my husband had it--at the height of the h1n1 scare here, so I told him not to go to the because he'd just be told to get plenty of fluids and rest, since he was in his late 20s and otherwise healthy In my defense, the weather was cold and nasty, and I really did think it was h1n1, so viral and not like antibiotics would do anything... It's a good thing he caved into letting his dad take him to the ER when the vise-like headaches worsened--he was dangerously dehydrated on top of everything else. I ended up sleeping in the livingroom to reduce my exposure and avoid the sweat-soaked sheets)

My oldest daughter (guess who) was hospitalised for weeks with double pneumonia when she was four years old. Now there's one thing I had hoped I would never have to worry about again...

(hope this will guilt her into staying put for a while... )

Plus, this time of year, airfare would be much more fun to spend a month from now

It made sense in my head, anyway...

Nice try. But don't panic, it seems to be mostly harmless this time. Because it was caught early enough - I wasn't meant to get an appointment until Wednesday, but fortunately, they had a cancellation

Mostly, I just get out of breath ridiculously quickly and I'm really tired. But as certain people can tell you, I'm very bad at going to bed when I'm tired...

That's true.

(pssst...concerned mothers...if there's a sure way to have Mala out chasing horses and riding bikes, it's to try to conspire to brow-beat her into staying in bed. You know it's true. )