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So much for early bed. I worked out I had about 7 hours sleep this morning between 7am and 2.30pm, which is pretty cool. So no wonder I'm not very tired now. I am feeling a lot better. I'm coughing quite a bit, but it is good and productive coughing. My nose is pretty clear, my throat is not especially sore, and generally I feel good. I still can't talk much though. I have discovered that if I am coughing and my side hurts, if I bend over and curl up a bit, it stops the pulling on the sore muscles, which is useful to know.

Robert made me a hot water bottle to put on my chest and I think that made a difference earlier (thanks for the tip, Jen!). We watched Two Men In A Trench which was about the battle of Edgehill and was Fantastic. Yay history programmes! The dug up someone's back garden to plot the route of the Royalist cavalry charge! We also saw the end of an arts programme on 5 about Mary Cassatt who was an American Impressionist artist - that was also pretty fabulous.

I am weirded out by channel 5, actually. I mean, tonight there was this great art programme, with serious commentary on pictures and so on, and it's not like she's even a well-known figure like Monet or Van Gogh or someone. Then yesterday I caught snatches of another programme on 5, called 'Real Sex', which involved asking people on the street their wildest sexual escapades, and included a look around an American nudist/voyeur/anything-goes Adult Resort, complete with on-screen nudity and dubious activities... It's just so odd that the channel does both!

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i slept again! not sure how long for this time, but I just woke up ! I am coughing a lot right now but I SLEPT! so happy :)

Questions from Rik

1- was your education 'worth it'? would you do it again? the same? would you appreciate it more now?

Well, my education up to A-level was definitely worth it, and I'd do it again pretty much the same. My education after A-level - no, I think the bad elements of my experiences at Oxford generally outweighed the good ones. If I were doing it again, I'd take a gap year and go to Leeds. (That means I wouldn't meet people who had an immense and positive impact on my life, but in academic terms it would be far better.)

2- what attracted you to music? why do you play?

I have played the flute since I was 9 - I have always been interested in music. I don't know what first attracted me to it, though my parents were a significant factor in getting me flute lessons. These days, I play the guitar because it's relaxing, it helps me think about things which are important to me, and it helps me explore and better understand the kinds of music I like listening to.

3- what are you greatest strengths and weaknesses?

ugh, I don't know. I procrastinate too much. But I'm very kind and caring.

4- is it better to live a content and peaceful life, or a full and exciting life where you know great pain as well as great joy?

Probably the first.

5- dusk or dawn? are you a child of the day, or a night owl?

I am not a morning person. At all.

I am crap at asking people questions, so I don't promise to do so. You can ask me to try if you like, though. And anyone is free to ask me more questions themselves.