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The weekend that wasnt....

 Hi guys Jess here, 


This week I haven't really been up to anything too exciting, I've been working on sticking to a usual wake up routine as part of my recovery from brutal, and taking care of my plants. Dave needed a lot of TLC this week. 


Most the week has just been the usual week of work, commuting with the chaotic traffic (although I have been really bad at taking the bus instead of walking), a run with my friend and just keeping up on general life. 


I was super excited for this weekend with plans to go to Park run while Chris raced down in London and then a Sunday morning coffee date ride. However my immune system had other ideas. 


As the weather changed along came the coughs, colds, and general sniffles, I don't normally get hit with these till later in the year (occupational hazard) but I think the over hanging fatigue of brutal knocked down my immune system quicker, so this weekend I have been fighting of a cold that's been threatening since about Wednesday (it's not Covid, i tested myself) 



So roll on to Saturday morning and I'm swapping out park run for hot drinks and meds, a day on the sofa wrapped up with crime dramas and soup and generally as much rest as I can take (I don't do well with resting). Till I get an emergency call from work and have to sort out the alarm. 

Sunday is looking much the same, rest, meds, blankets, murder and a couple of short walks for fresh air, and fingers crossed no work issues. As I sit writing this the cold is a manageable level, the meds are helping and so is the rest It going to take a couple of days to fully clear but for the most part I can do a little more, we are still not going for a bike ride but we will take another short walk later today to go and see the set up of the ock street fair, also know as the Michaelmas Fair the longest street fair in Europe, its only two days of a fair and causes a little disruption with the traffic but its kinda fun, and there are donuts! 

You can find out more about it here: https://theoxfordmagazine.com/event/abingdon-michaelmas-fair/

So I suppose that's my adventure this week, not much of one i'm afraid, instead i'm just a little bit ill, but I will round it out there, if you want to follow the Ock fair set up I will post some pictures on our Instagram account (check out the links at the side) go give it a follow and check it out! 

Thanks for reading, 

Scribble back

Love from 

Jessie 

xxx



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