The flu sucks!! Especially the exceptionally painful strain I have right now. I am in so much pain right now…. I know that some of this pain may be from roll practice on Sunday night, but a fair part of this is the flu thing I have.

Nothing really interesting has been happening. Ray, Agata and Andres rode to Brighton on Saturday and I drove support. We had dinner at a pub and it was absolutely awful. Then I drove everyone back to London, or at least to East Croydon station since it has more trains than Smitham. But it was still kind of cool. I followed along, down some bridal trials and stuff. And I got to see some great stuff.

Then Sunday, I knew I was starting to get sick – I slept and slept. I made sure that I was well rested so I could go to the pool for kayak stuff. But, I shouldn’t have, really. The first time I went under and came back up shivering, I knew that I was done for. Oh, well. The bad part is that Ray and I got invited to do the Thames paddle on Wednesday night, and there is absolutely no way I am going to be well enough by then.

So, Monday, my Summer Bank Holiday, and Ray's birthday, was absolutely awful – I hardly got out of bed. And I couldn't even make Ray a birthday cake!

I have sent my email for work, telling them that I am not working today, so I am going back to bed now…