The stomach bug
Trigger warning: vomiting In the middle of December, my husband came home from work early saying he was exhausted from travelling. He’d gone to bed…
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The marathon paranoia (maranoia)
When you’re training for a marathon, it’s never far from your mind. I’m pretty sure I’m not just speaking for myself here, when I say…
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Coronavirus, hand washing and (not) panic buying
So, in a bid to combat coronavirus, we’ve all been learning to wash our hands properly. There are plenty of videos online and we all…
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Marathon training: Weeks 12 to 15
How did my final weeks of marathon training going? Weeks 12 to 15 took me from my longest training run, through tapering right to the…
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Marathon training: The bad cold
On Easter Sunday, exactly two weeks before Newport marathon, I woke up with a sore throat. It was surprising and unexpected, as well as being…
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Half-term and the joke that wasn’t a joke
Last year, we only had one holiday. You probably think that’s normal, but we usually have two. We never go away for more than a…
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Illness and school attendance
My younger son has had 10 days off sick in year 8. Specifically, he has had 10 days off sick in the spring term of…
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Project 365 2017 Week 14
If last week was the week of blossom, this week seems to be the week of tulips. It was a slightly strange week with my…
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Post-viral
It happens every time my kids are ill. I’m not exactly aware of it, but I’m operating on a different level to usual. Running on…
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Not ‘a bit ill’
There was a time when if my kids told me they felt ‘a bit ill’ that I would give them some paracetamol and they would…
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Project 365 2017 Week 12
It hasn’t been the best week in our house, with yet another virus lasting the full week. Here’s our week in pictures… Day 78 –…
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One of those days
Wednesday was the day the phrase ‘one of those days’ was surely invented for. It started at 5.45am. My husband needed to catch an early…
