Sick day

Not how I wanted to wake up today... but some days you just can't help feeling ill. I woke up with a fever this morning, but no matter how shit I feel, I am always incredibly stubborn and go to work regardless. This morning I became a statistic. I became one of those people who faint on the London Underground. It's always so crowded on the Central Line which never helps matters. And lots of people results in sauna-like heat. I suddenly become really nauseous and then blacked out. I had no idea where I was. I got off at the next station where TfL staff kindly took me somewhere quiet to sit down with an ice cold cup of water. I couldn't face the tube again, so I went outside for air. Turns out I was at Marble Arch. I took a bus for the remainder of my journey to work. I got to work without any further problems, but still felt light-headed and couldn't focus on much. So I left at midday. Being incredibly iron deficient, I stocked up on iron tablets, a beefy lunch and plenty of spinach to take home with me.

As well my iron laden lunch, I also picked up a magazine (magazines always make me feel better!) and some bubble bath. My temperature has been all over the place today, and I find that a bath is one of the best ways of regulating your temperature. The smell of this Strawberry Sundae bath / shower creme won't be to everyone's taste, but it reminds me a lot of strawberry calpol (anyone else remember this medicine?!) which I used to have as a kid and I always weirdly liked the smell!

I ate lasagna in bed with the covers pulled high, read a few pages of the magazine, and by the time you read this, hopefully I will be fast asleep! I will wake up in a few hours time for more iron supplements, more beef, more spinach and a nice bubble filled bath which may or may not smell medicinal...