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luke got all "get smart" yesterday making art out of bits he found in the garden. very good young man, very good!

been off work has resulted in me being ill. you know how it is; you soldier on and then finally get a break and then your ill. i think i needed to be ill if you know what i mean. i think (and others i have spoke to agree) that the body has a great capacity for knowing that it needs to keep going, that breaking down at a particular moment would not be a good thing, and, that ultimately when an opportunity arises breaking down is an ok thing. you take the peddle of the gas the bugs take over you get ill but your body deals with it and then you feel a lot better. i've been feeling under the weather for a good while. nothing i could put my finger on... but now it's all coming out, sore throat, high temperature, swollen glands, crampy stomach. i know i will feel great once i'm through this. being poorly is making not exercise as well so i look forward to the knee being better after all of this.... we shall see......

luke and i have still managed to get up to some fun. monday we went swimming at the brand new baths in durham. and to be honest i was pretty underwhelmed. it's not a patch on sunderland. but then again that is an olympic size pool. however, the baths were very clean 'n' pretty and we had fun. luke is a bit bizarre in the swimming stakes given that he can swim better under water than on the top!

tuesday (today) we headed off to south shields after lunch, once i got myself pulled together. we did the amusements, took a peddle boat out on the lake (£3.50 for 20 minutes! them fellas know how to make money!), went to the park, had an ice cream and came home when i started feeling decidedly dodgy again!

listening to baba o'riley by the who (and other assorted who tracks)
reading the lonely planets guide to alaska, "river out of eden" by richard dawkins, and "in search of ancient gods" by erich von daniken....... yes all at the same time .....it may get confusing!!