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Hork
I have the strangest cold right now! It began last Thursday morning when I woke up with a gluggy chest (having been absolutely fine when I fell asleep the night before). As I had to go to the pharmacy anyway, I picked up some expectorant (cherry vanilla, ick) and took it throughout the day. By midday though, I'd begun to lose my voice, as it moved from my chest up into my throat. By Friday I had no voice at all, and stayed home cough and taking lozenges. Then, by Saturday, my voice was back, but it had moved further up into my nose. Cue the phlegm bunnies.

All in all it's very weird - I'm used to colds moving in the opposite direction, beginning in my nose and ending in my chest. Ah well. At least it's moving quickly.

Do Not Pass Go
Al's been back in the hospice for a week, having respite. They also figured out that his latest leg pains were cellulitis, so he ended up with a cannula and a dose of antibiotics. Ouch.

When I visited him one evening last week we played Monopoly - and that was a bad move. It had been years since Al or I had played it, and I ended up wiping the board with him! Not intentionally - if anything, I would have rather he'd one. But one wrong move and he had to mortgage, and it was downhill from there - I'd land on his properties but not have to pay rent (being mortgaged) while he kept landing on mine and paying more and mortgaging more. Spiral of sucking financial doom ensued.

So we ignored Monopoly after that, and focused on Trivial Pursuit (Young Players Edition from the mid '80's, kindly lent to me by Sparky and Firecracker) instead, with me and Ben and Al playing it together over the weekend. Most questions were either a) ridiculously easy, or b) completely obscure - do you remember the names of British deejays from the 80s? As such, it was a hoot to play. Although Ben won every single time, it was more by good luck than by good management.

Romy and Michelle
I finally caved and joined the social network I've been resisting ... yes, I'm now on Facebook. Too many people I wanted to get back in touch with that were only around on there, such as old school friends. I've been happily chatting to a few old friends since then, and it's been good. I notice that just about everyone I know currently is also on there, which explains where they'd disappeared to... I wondered why I'd been seeing them less on chat, LJ/IJ and the like.

(If you know me in RL, and want to friend me on there, go for it! Here's my profile.)

Geektastic
Currently Ben and I are downloading and watching Torchwood and Lost (and working a little more slowly through Sarah Connor Chronicles (seen the first ep) and Pushing Daisies (seen the first two)). If you want to natter about them with me, gossip away! I think both Torchwood and Lost are progressing very interestingly this season, and would love to know other peoples thoughts on the matter.