January blues

I've had the flu.

I'd say twice since January began but I've a sneaky suspicion that it never went away. The first bout of it was that of the coughy, sneezy and runny nose kind. The kind that you despair when you run out of cold and flu tablets and it became time for the hot whisky. Hot whisky is the last resort but it always works. And it did. I remember waking up after a few days and feeling great and ready to tackle the workload.

And then at the start of the week came the 'other flu'. It has no coughs or sneezes but instead seems to be situated behind the eyes and the nose and brings with it exhaustion. Lots of it. And runny noses. The hot whisky was brought out again and I'm sad to say that even it didn't shift it.

So I did some things to make myself feel better. The big cardigan that was bought for my dad for Christmas that he didn't like? Well, lets just say it's now got Carly flu on it. It's saw me through thick and thin this week and it's pretty much perfect. In it's pockets it holds my tissues (the yucky ones and the fresh to be used ones - different pockets obviously). It's waaaay too big to wear outside of the house and yet I have. And haven't really cared who saw me in it. Which tells a lot about my state of flu riddled mind.

Secondly, I got my hair cut. Technically the hair cut was before the 'other flu' really took hold but may explain why I just decided spare of the moment to go from a simple trim to now having less than shoulder length hair. I think my mum had near heart failure when I sent her this picture by text while it was happening.

I've waited for a bad case of shock to set in and as yet it hasn't because I am loving it :)

And finally I've watched some movies. I finally got to watch Captain America and managed to depress myself for a few days afterward (don't want to spoil it for anyone about to watch but I'm a romantic and the thought of no 'first dance' happening RUINED the film for me!!) But I did cheer up when I saw JJ Field on screen.

And P.S If someone had told me that Richard Armitage played a minor role in this movie as well as JJ Field and Chris Evans all on the screen, I'd have made sure I'd have seen it in the cinema! Running along in a Marvel theme I also saw Thor. Now, between you and me I think I must have spent a few minutes longer getting ice-cream from the freezer than I should have because I totally missed the apparent love connection between Thor and Natalie Portman. But I did make it back in time to witness the cringe worthy snog between them. However on the upside Tom Hiddleston has now replaced JJ Field from the top of my celeb man crush list. And no he did not play Thor. He was the baddie with a dreamy voice :) Once this flu is firmly shifted I'll have to see him in the War Horse.

On a final note, this song has been pretty much been played on my itunes while I work away in my office trying to deny all thoughts of flu. I may not be working the pace that I'd planned for January but I'm still making it to the desk. Take that flu!

Anyway photography related news and updates resume Monday! Happy flu free weekend to you wherever you are xo