Today has mainly featured me sleeping, recovering and repeating, as mentioned in the previous post. It hasn’t, unfortunately seen me doing much in the way of work. When the doctor suggested another week off I was happy as I was feeling quite ill at the time. I also thought I may get some time for writing. Unfortunately this hasn’t happened as I am still quite out of it. This is what I’ve discovered before – healing takes longer these days.
Tomorrow I will try a little harder. Julia is off tomorrow, so although she will find lots to do, I will be able to spend at least an hour or so with her, probably more if I act in a pathetically needy manner. The doctor did say that she would rely on boredom and daytime TV to drive me back to work and I can feel it happening. Even if it does turn into a discussion of my shortcoming and my need for exercise (we don’t see eye to eye on that at all) it will still be better than sleeping in front of antiques and makeover programmes.
Where, I ask, have all the decent quiz shows gone?
I found a really interesting internet site earlier on. It seems to be South African in origin (it features the letters “za” which I always take to indicate Zuid Afrika) but I won’t hold that against it. I still haven’t got rid of all the junk I picked up when using a South African family history site so I am always a little suspicious. However, it did present me with the snippet of information that some Roman Coins had been found whilst excavating a Japanese Castle.
The link is a different link so you don’t need to worry about the security. They are 4th century coins but the castle thrived from the 12th to 15th Centuries, so they seem to have spent a lot of time travelling. Were they actually used as payment, or did Japan have coin collectors a thousand years ago?
I am distinctly short of suitable photos.
Japanese Quince – Arnot Hill Park
I very much like the idea of 12th century Japanese coin collectors. Did they have a numismatic club do you think?
It is likely. We had things like the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society and the Japanese were usually ahead of us in cultural terms.
https://www.sgsoc.org/
Hoping you have a better day today. Sending hugs.
Thank you. Slightly less good than yesterday, but brilliant compared to alst week. 🙂
Don’t try too hard to get back to work
I’m about there. I was tempted to go back tomorrow, I’m not quite right and decided to do the sensible thing, as you suggest. 🙂
4th century coins in a 12th century castle? It does sound like they did a lot of traveling, and perhaps encountered a collector of sorts from that time period. I suspect you will be wanting to go back to work soon.
It’s borderline. I’m 95% recovered, though I didn’t feel quite as good this morning. To be honest, I was probably only 95% before I was ill. However, the rest is welcome.
I’m also getting bored, which is a sign I’m coming back to life. 🙂