Easter trots

It's Easter morning and I have a dose of what my sister calls "the trots". This is her non-medical way of describing diarrhoea/diarrhea, especially strange given that she's a professional medic.

I can't understand why I have had such a run of bad health since the new year. I've had the winter vomiting bug, an upper-respiratory infection, headcolds and at least one other dose of "the trots" between here and last Christmas.

I guess my immunity system needs building up.

I took a load of anti-biotic pills, prescribed by the company doctor, for the chest infection and they did nothing for me. I'm beginning to think that I am immune to anti-biotics now. I was reading on a newsfeed yesterday that hospitals and doctors are being urged to stop prescribing anti-biotic pills for a whole array of ailments. It seems that these super-bugs are adapting to the workings of anti-biotics and have figured out how to stay present in the human body until the effects of the anti-biotics have waned.

This is a sobering thought. It seems that in our rush to the easiest solution for minor ailments we are creating a much more serious problem further down the line.

Anyway, enough about that.

This morning I set up the easter egg hunt around the house for the boys. It was a lot of fun watching the frantic search for chocolate eggs, culminating in a little stockpile on the sofa of chocolate treasures. A Mr. Men book was also included in the hunt, the aptly titled Mr. Greedy. It seems to have done the trick.

Now I am standing in the kitchen typing this, while a highly-dramatic scene from CHiPs is being re-enacted on the sofa using matchbox cars and toy motorcycles.

There is not much to do on Easter Sunday, except go to the relatives for dinner (if invited), or go to the big retail superstores to buy electrical appliances, gardening paraphenalia, or maybe some furniture. This year we have not been invited to my wife's parents' house for dinner. I think they need a break and it will be nice to give them a break from the mayhem. Not sure if I'll be eating anything later given my current state.

Next week will be an interesting week. It begins with a public holiday on Monday (so no work) and a 4-day work week containing 5 days' worth of work. This always happens.

It occurred to me that it has been maybe 2 years since I last watched a movie. Any movie. Anywhere. Even at home I have not sat down to watch a movie from start to finish. I think I'm beginning to miss being able to do that.

Wishing a wonderful Easter to anyone reading this.