Update - hurrah!

Well, today I seem to be mostly back to normal, which is wonderful. The novelty of being sick was really wearing off. I'm very lucky to be working from home on my own project, as I could afford to take the time off to really rest, stay warm and look after myself. People working outside the home don't have that luxury, and I'm grateful. As I always am. Actually, every day I wake up one of my first thoughts is "Hooray, I'm writing full-time and I don't have to go to that horrible office anymore".

Total word count: 98,000
Today's word count: 1,500
Cups of coffee: two! I'm back to drinking coffee again, but after swearing off it for a few days I think it might be a good idea to cut down to just two or three cups a day. I've certainly felt calmer. Still, anything's better than my coffee habit at aforesaid hideous office job - twelve cups a day.
What's playing: Eva Cassidy, Cat Power and Moby

Back to work.

And yet more ...

I woke up this morning to hear the news telling me that Mugabe appears to be preparing to step down from power. Which sounds too good to be true, but if it is, well, that would be fantastic. Fingers crossed, and I'm waiting for more news.

Normal service will resume shortly

I'm ashamed to say I didn't do any work today - lazed around watching episodes of Project Runway instead - but I'm feeling almost back to normal now, so hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to put a proper day's work in.

And here is a sign I spotted at a hairdresser's down the road a few weeks ago. It is completely irrelevant, but it made me laugh.