The discourse around the Israel-Palestine thing has reached a very specific nadir.

I got harangued by strangers while I was out because my mobility scooter is an Israeli brand.

I get it. I do. But there aren’t that many alternatives for mobility aids that actually do what I need them to do. Please do not shout at me for using the scooter I’ve owned for ten years.

This is a super intriguing series. There’s also a TV adaptation with a banging soundtrack

I just had my veg guy step in to pull me out of the fridge. Apparently the extent of my blergh is visible from the other side of the shop

The sun is shining, flowers are coming and I’ve just had a very productive conversation with my folks about the house hunt, their expectations, my expectations and so on.

The hunt is back on. We can coexist. There’s some context I didn’t have before which I now do, and things make a lot more sense.

No, but the floodgates in my sinuses opened. Just what I wanted

That was bracing 🌶️🔥

I have very high tolerance for spice, so I often request properly spicy. Right now it’s medicine

I’m about to head out for some Thai food, in the vague hope that I can nuke my sinuses with chilli and holy basil

I lived. Ten days of time off begins…now

All I have to do is get through today

I survived work.

I’m going to do my Duolingo and have some soup, and then I’m going to bed

I would very much like a nap

Oh shit. I’m so sorry

The snottening continues. Ugh

Oh yeah, I’ve got cotton buds. I’ll get some cotton pads

I have, in a burst of productivity, redone my first aid kit.

Thrown out the old/borderline expired stuff, added some items for the kind of incidents I know I have and so on. I have

• 1x pair nitrile gloves, for dealing with anyone else’s mess if need be
• 2x alcohol disinfectant wipes
• 1x roll strapping tape
• 1x gauze dressing pad
• 1x small bottle of Betadine
• 1x box GOOD bandaids
• 1x small roll Hydralyte tabs (5 doses) for the “I’ve been pukey, now dehydrated AF” experience
• 1x box Panadol
• 1x tube aloe vera gel for burns
• 1x pack throat lozenges, my preferred
• 1x pair tweezers
• 1x pair scissors
• 1x eye drop guide thingy. I hate putting drops in, I flinch away if anything gets too near my eyes, but if I put this over the neck of an eye-drop bottle it’s less of an issue. I’ve had it for years, but now it’s in a known spot
• 1x thermometer

Please weigh in, DT? Have I forgotten anything, or put something redundant in?

Fortunately I booked leave for next week BEFORE I got sick, so if I can get through Friday I have ten days to put myself right

Between Monday and today I have slid VERY quickly into the snot apocalypse. I feel sick 😫

Chef,can I have some honey and lemon?

I have rewarded myself for a challenging day with iced-vovo gelato.

I’m going to turn my brain off