If I had a dollar for everyone who asked whether I’ve got swine flu, I wouldn’t have had to buy a Big Wednesday Lotto ticket this week. No I don’t have swine flu but 150 people in New Zealand do. Instead I have a rotten, stinky, I’m so over it cold. Yes, I’m still spluttering and causing marital disharmony with my nocturnal coughing habits.
I thought it only fair to pay a visit to our local porkers to have a little chat about the bad name they’re getting. When you look at this face it doesn’t look like a health care risk. The riskiest thing about this piggy is the damage it might do to itself slipping and sliding in all this mud.
It’s interesting that lots of Government buildings have new posters in the washrooms instructing people to wash their hands. How to cough and what to do if they feel ill. I can’t help but think there may be a little, just a little, hysteria setting in. It seems that the flu is spreading across parts of New Zealand at a rate of knots. Fortunately, it’s a mild illness so whilst debilitating it’s not life threatening in a way you might imagine from the news reports.
My neighbour pigs are not bothered that they are the butt of so many jokes and comment in the national media. They seem content to be wallowing around in their muddy field.
I know a certain big basset who would give anything to be able to wallow in the mud like they are. It would be a step up from the muddy puddles he sneeks into normally.
I have to admit that after almost 2 weeks I’m now officially fed up with being under the weather. Even more so now that I’ve finished watching my box set of the final season of Sex in The City. Luckily I have a light workload this week giving me enough space to rest up a bit. Things are going to pick up over the coming weeks though which is nice from an earning point of view but it will mean that I have to make sure I am keeping well organised if I’m going to be able to keep up the Domestic Executive pace.
Great post and photos combined. We’re just sat watching the news with all the ‘Swine Flu’ stories and how it’s now moved to ‘managing’ it, rather than ‘containing’. School newsletters have asked for parents to advise the school if they are going overseas over the holidays (a little late now that 80 confirmed cases in Wellington). I have to say, even though the symptoms are supposedly not that different to seasonal flu, I’m going to be avoiding all ‘group’/child friendly venues over the school holidays – urgh – children are walking germ carriers! Nevertheless, the odds of us remaining ‘free’ are probably slim – but we shall stay hopeful in the interim and load up our bodies with antioxidants!
Despite the rising numbers of people with swine flu the media here seems to have forgotten them and is hyperventilating over MPs expenses. Let’s face it , we all knew that they were screwing every penny out of the system, leagally and illeagally. I do hope you manage to get a bit of rest next week because even a cold can really deplete the body’s energy resrves. Remember it’s ‘feed a cold, starve a fever’.
I wrote a response to this, but didnt want to offend…so hope you are well!
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