The one in which i-just-hide grumbles about having been ill...

The last week has been pretty awful.  I started feeling a bit under the weather last Friday and was really quite unwell last weekend.  It was only a cold but I haven't had anything more than a few sniffles for around five years and it hit me hard.  The worst thing is that I haven't been sleeping.  On Monday I slept through both alarms and only woke up when my mum texted at 9.15 to see how I was.  I normally catch the train at 9.16 so I was an hour late for work.  Thank goodness for having an understanding boss.  Work wasn't very productive as I was struggling to concentrate and was working at a snail's pace.  Thankfully, I'm almost back to normal now.  I had a day off work today to use up some flexi and feel much better after a lie in. 

In more positive news I started piano lessons at college on Tuesday.  I was woefully unprepared for my first class.  I hadn't bought a copy of the course text because I couldn't find it online and had been too ill to go out shopping.  I didn't have a pencil and I hadn't bought a folder for papers so they got screwed up in my handbag on the way home.  I'll be doing some serious back to school shopping over the weekend.  We started by learning a bit of basic music theory which was useful revision for me and then played a drill and started working on 'Ode to Joy'.  I've been practicing today and have no idea how I'll ever be able to read two lines of music at once.  Hopefully, I'll get there if I persevere.