back from the dead...

...at least that's what it feels like, and i'm still not fully alive...

i've been doing mighty battle with the mother of all colds - ears, nose, throat, sinus, cough, head-in-a-vice agony, the whole lunchbox. even threw up once, just for good measure. its been going on since at least wednesday, with friday the worst.

back at work today, but still feeling well under the weather, nose still leaking, sinuses still congested, head still aching. i want this to be over with now, please!

then when i got in the car (20 y.o. toyota celica) to drive to the train station this morning, the clutch was gone. what a pain, and i was already running late (this already being 6:45am).

it could have been worse. i managed to get the car going in first gear out of the driveway, then going again in second gear on the road (what a car!), limped the 15kms to the nearest mechanic (things are few and far between out our way - think country not suburbia), left the car there for future attention and walked the 3kms to the nearest train station, making it a good 3 minutes before the next train was due (it was 5 minutes late), and in only another 2 1/2 hours i was at work!

here's hoping the trip home this evening is a bit better...