I had a lie-in this morning.

This is an extremely rare occurrence these days and I had a full ten or eleven hours sleep. It was interrupted at around half seven when the postman called. By the time I got to opening the door he was already writing out his irritating little card telling me my parcel was in Skobieville. I think he was a little perturbed at the sight of a naked pensioner at that hour of the morning but that’s his problem.

Anyhows the lie-in has left me with a headache. This doesn’t bother me at all as I just add it to my other two constant irritants – the burning and itching caused by the neuralgia caused by the shingles caused by the mRNA vaccine, and an infection up my nose that antibiotics have failed to shift. The latter is painful and really fucking irritating as I am constantly sniffing. I can’t blow my nose as it’s too sore to touch.

A runny nose is apparently one of the symptoms of this latest panic by the HSE. Their “respiratory illness” they keep whinging on about is apparently “running rampant” and they are urging women to “cocoon” their babies. I hate that word. Next they’ll be advising pregnant women to postpone giving birth for a month or two. How long before us oldies will be invited to cocoon as well?

It doesn’t seem to occur to them that their “respiratory illness” is nothing more than the cold and flu that’s common around now. We can probably include a strain of Covid into the mix as that is now endemic. They’re trying to induce panic again by calling the flu by their new name – “RSV”. That sounds much more serious? It’s their fucking fault but they are slow to admit that they have screwed up a generation’s immune system with their virus restrictions.

Anyways. Back to the process of trying to wake up.

At least the headache is fading.