It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire.......

Sickness and tiredness...... that about sums it up for the past couple of days....
I had a fabulous Wednesday evening. Caught up with an 'old' friend from Geelong (not old in the age sense, old as in we've been friends for 20 years !!) who I haven't seen for six years !! and it was great We had a good chat, nice tea and a couple of wines.... nothing silly, just relaxed. Dirk said he could see why we were friends..... (what did he mean by that !!?)
I took my pills and was in bed before midnight. But by 9am Thursday morning, I was sick ! I felt like a truck had slammed into me. I got up and checked my emails etc. But within an hour I was back in bed, body aching and feeling queasy. By midday I had diarrhoea and felt worse. I managed to drive my friend back to her place, and then straight back home to bed & more sleep. I eventually woke up around 5ish. I still had a runny bottom (euww) and felt pretty crap all round really.
Footy was back and Carlton were playing so I did manage to watch the game and see the mighty Blue boys romp it home with a win - which was nice - but that was about it for the day. Back to bed with an extra blanket......

I woke up throughout the night with continued tummy ache and dashing to the toilet.... very unpleasant !! But by 9am Friday morning ..... I was ok again ! What's that about? As quickly as it came, it was gone again.... Weird !!
So back to normal Friday.... work and pizza night !! I'm still trying to enjoy food.... but at the moment, most things have a slight bitter after taste....

I've managed to keep up to date with mum. She had to go back into hospital last week, but after a few pints of blood and a sleepover, was released back home again. It looks like she'll be starting her chemo sooner than planned too. So we'll be able to share our gripes with each other now !! Perfect !! Mum is going to be going in every week for an infusion, starting with a lower dose to see how she copes. I think she'll be fine :-) We're made of pretty tough stuff us Austin's !! Dad is still being amazing too, watching over mum and running around for her. Love you both xxx
And so to Saturday...... NO CRICKET !!! OMG ...... Dirk has a list as long as his .... <insert something really long here>  and I have to start Cycle 4 today..... other than that we'll just see where the weekend takes us. I'm looking forward to dinner tonight with some good friends. Should be a good evening. Today we have to wash our dogs... Maverick keeps jumping in the pool (well the overflow pond part of the pool) and is getting smelly... Dirk wants to make Hot Cross Buns, so we'll do that too..... pretty mundane sort of stuff.... and then Sunday..... footy, a few chores around the house and some TV no doubt......