March 1st to 5th - Lurgy

Running and life in general curtailed by a crappy cold / throat bug that never really came to anything but left me knackered after the most gentle exertion, such as carrying three small boys up stairs at once. Dragged myself out each day for a 25 - 30 minute plod to keep the sequence going. Very busy with work, so runs have been at the arse-end of the day.
Today went for a dental treatment - my third visit in 27 years (the previous one was a fortnight ago) and had a vigorous 45-minute mugging from a pleasant young (ridiculously young!) Belfast lad, who set about my mouth with various tools of torture and considerable gusto, then stuck me for £115 at the end of it. Still - £115 for 27 years' dental care probably isn't too bad! Visit from BT again in the afternoon. Once again, completely fruitless. The engineers come, tell you that the broadband's not working, pass the buck to anyone they can think of, then leave. Have resigned myself to never having a connection while living here. Borrowing access from Jean and the computer shop in Kelso is a pain in the ass, but I don't really have any alternative. It makes me so bloody cross that they're too lazy to do their job and investigate the line prroperly, and dealing with a faceless monolith like BT, there's no chance of ever reaching anyone accountable. All of that set me up for a much better run than of late, and I nipped out in lusty wind and driving rain when the kids were in bed and hammered it along the road for half an hour. Felt much better afterwards.