I am, as I have said before, on drugs to suppress my immune system. This controls my arthritis and allows me to get around, type and do a bit of baking. Without he drugs, even typing would be tricky, with bent fingers and painful knuckles.
However, I do tend to pick up a lot of low-level infections in winter, and this year I have, so far, had three. They don’t really amount to much, but they do make me tired, hence the amount of time I spend writing about the time I slept instead of blogging. Whilst recovering, I also sleep a fair bit.
I can tell when I have recovered, because my brain seems to move up a notch and I start to write again and answer TV quiz questions faster. I actually beat a contestant on Mastermind last night. I was three behind on the specialist subject (Waterfowl of the British Isles) but pulled it back on the general knowledge. Sitting at home, relaxed, I would still only have come second, because the winner answered all his specialist question and then beat me on general knowledge.
So, self-congratulations done, I’m still a long way off the pace required to do well on Mastermind. I got a few on University Challenge, including a few that the students didn’t get, so I was happy by the end of the evening. Winter Olympics are OK, but it’s nice to have the quizzes back.
Julia made a nice curry last night, using the leftover pea soup as a base for the sauce. She also put meat in it, which was nice for a change, as i tend to make my curry vegetarian these days.
I noticed earlier today, that I have done 3,802 blog posts. It made me wonder how many individual titles I have come up with and how many I have duplicated.
I just did a quick search, but after reading about 30 titles became aware that my ability to procrastinate had taken over again . . .
The pictures are from February 2015 – I only have 9 photos that month – my early days as a blogger.
Spring is coming, and better weather and fresh air might help. Chronic tiredness is a tough one.
Yes, I am looking forward to Spring.
I avoid quizzes because you either know the answers or you don’t and I’m too slow to think about it.
🙂 It’s the slowing down that worries me, I’m trying to keep speedy. Wheher it’s working is a different subject.
Now Only Connect has finished we have stopped watching the others. Well done for coming second on Mastermind. That is impressive.
It would probably be a lot less impressive if I was sitting in a studio under a light and my nerves were jangling. 🙂
Sorry that the treatment for arthritis makes you more prone to infections. Sigh. There always seems to be a trade off.
Those goats are utterly adorable!
Yes, always a trade off. Winter seems a sadder and more dangerous place these days . . . Looking forward to spring and feeling more cheerful. 🙂
The curry sounds good, but as a one time Bradford boy, all curries sound good 😉Congratulations on the quizzes, I used to answer Faraday on every scientist question. He seemed quite popular 😂
That’s the way to do it. If you keep using an answer it will eventually be right. 🙂