Well, woke up this morning feeling a little better than yesterday. My throat was only slightly sore, the headache was abating, the fatigue almost gone and the temperature was gone. Spent most of the morning lounging around and finally had a shower just before noon. Fortunately I was feeling well enough to leave the house, it was either that or starve as I’d run out of food in the fridge! After purchasing and consuming breakfast/lunch (a fine Mega-Breakfast from the local Tesco), I surfed the web a bit. I then loaded up Civilization III which I haven’t played for ages!
A few hours passed as I set up a prosperous Chinese empire, only to be bothered around AD1000 by an alliance of Mongols, Americans and Greeks with the Egyptians as the ringleader. Not sure how long I can hold out, but as long as the French, Indians and Germans are friendly towards me, I should be able to keep a technological edge over my enemies and keep them at bay.
Alas, I think the cold is now on its last legs so I’ll be back at work and unable to complete my virtual empire building.
I guess I’m quite privileged really, even if I don’t have a wife to look after me :P. Although I did have a well-wisher or two :). If I was living in a developing country, my illness might well have been a lot less trivial, possibly even life-threatening. It’s amazing how even the smallest illness could be life threatening, depending on the surrounding conditions. Quite a thought really.