Elsewhere

So my mum called to complain about the lack of posting. Well OK, she called for Lukan's birthday, but she also wondered whether I'd written anything lately over at the other blog, the one about living in Switzerland. Which I have, but that gig and other work - plus Téo going back to school, which apparently means I get to spend every night covering books, as well as a superhero party to organize, and an absent husband for most of last week, oh and the babysitter who just failed to show up - left me without much time for posting over here, sorry.

Actually, I had a whole post written in my head last week, but given it was composed at 3am on the 3rd night in a row in which I did not sleep - DID NOT SLEEP - it's probably just as well I never got around to typing it up.

Well maybe I'll just share a bit of it with you. You see, I was under the impression that the taking of opiates left one rather relaxed. Barely conscious even. Isn't that what books and films portray? Dreamy, blissed-out people? Perhaps even drooling? Well, this was not my experience after taking codeine-laced cough medicine. No dreaminess, no bliss, no drool. No coughing either, so yes the medicine did work, but what's the point of not coughing if the medicine leaves me so wound up that I CANNOT SLEEP? Constipation is another side effect I could do without. I guess really, I should thank my body chemistry for reacting like this, as it most definitely discourages me from downing cough medicine for recreational purposes, but at 3am on the 3rd night of not sleeping I was not feeling so generous.

OK back to appeasing my mother. At the other blog, I wrote about:

• Houses
• Not being myself (my favourite)
• Shops being shut
• Weddings
• School
• School again

Hope you enjoy!