TCP, TLC & TV.

When I was little (younger and smaller) I heard lots of 'old wives tales' about things one should or shouldn't do and the dreadful results that may ensue.

One of those splendid tales was about going outside with wet hair and the inevitable cold that would follow... hey guess what... I think it's true! I washed my hair and went off to work and now I have a cold arriving and a horribly red, sore throat and am feeling very sorry for myself.

Okay, I realise that it is probably more a result of having worked for over three weeks straight without a day off to recouperate and rest properly, but I will get no sympathy from Dave if I tell him that because he has been working just as hard for just as long. So for today, the cold is coming as a result of going out with wet hair!

Actually my throat is so sore that I've just gargled with a TCP solution~ good grief that stuff smells and tastes disgusting but it does seem to have done the trick. Right now I can't afford to have to take time off work for minor illnesses, that will have to wait until the bulk of the work is done in the shop. Cecily will be home in a month and she will be working in the shop during her Christmas vacation from university, so I know that I will be able to take a little bit of time off in December.

Dave is getting tired too, he has worked so hard to turn our new enterprise unit into a shop and storage space and is still keeping up (almost) with all the website 'stuff' that he has to do each week (submissions to search engines, updates to the programming etc.).

What will get us both through the next week or so, will be that we are pretty good at looking after each other and making sure that the other is well fed, rested (more or less) and that we laugh together lots.

Dave and I share a very dry sense of humour and laugh together all day ~ I am secure in the knowledge that when we get old and frumpy and the body starts to fade; we will still be attracted to each other by our shared humour and shared ability to stare for hours on end at repeats of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, X Files and other old TV shows.

And with that, I am off to make Dave a cuppa and put on an old episode.

Chat soon, Liz