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[slemslempike]

I am back from Tunisia. As today is an Edinburgh holiday I didn't have to go to work, which was good for many reasons, not least that I am still suffering from tummy troubles and don't want to be too far from a toilet. Hopefully it will have cleared up enough that going back in tomorrow will not be too tricky. I am mostly annoyed because I got a discount voucher to have lovely disgusting delicious Dominos pizza, but I don't think it's a good idea so I've been eating cereal and crisps. (That might also not be a good idea, but it is what I have in the house).

I left my phone either on the plane from Tunis, or somewhere in Heathrow. It is a pain. I am not at all hopeful that it will get returned to me, as Tunis Air has a selection of random email addresses, half of which bounce back, and I don't think I can really call Tunisia from work. Oh well. I will get a replacement SIM tomorrow and stick it in an old phone, then I can work out if I need to replace my smartphone, and if so what with. Maybe a refurbished or out of date phone from ebay. Unfortunately I hadn't taken all the photos off the phone, though most of them are just pictures of my books that are easily re-taken. (I use them as a quick reference when in bookshops to try and avoid unnecessary duplication. And for forcing people to look at and admire.) Annoyingly, I looked at the back-up option for the first time the other day, but did nothing about it. Ho hum.

Mostly (I hope) for reasons of holiday comedown and slight unwellness, I have been feeling rather down today. I would probably feel better if I actually had done something that wasn't just lie about watching TV and messing about online, but really, how can one resist the forces of the bed/sofa and laptop? At least I am not actively dreading work, that's always nice. We had a nice conversation about the Mitfords the day before I left. I can't remember why. We're going to go out as a team to a pub quiz soon. There'll almost certain be some cake on the cake table.

I should go and have a shower, but Jess and I squeezed in a hammam before the flight yesterday, and I am sulky about the thought of having to wash myself instead of a lady doing it for me and throwing buckets of water over me. (And instructing us very sternly on how to wash ourselves under our pants. With vigour, mostly.)

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[felinitykat]

I've got end of holiday blues too. Sympathies. And hope your tummy troubles go away (but if they don't, another day on the sofa beckons!).

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Boo - sympathy to you too then. I think that I will have to at least try to go into work if at all possible, as a day off ill after I've been on holiday for a week AND had a public holiday might be a bit too much for people to stomach (PUN!!!).

[katlinel.livejournal.com]

I am sorry about the downness and the sickness and the losing-the-phone.

If the cereal is a non-healthy one (frosties or cornflakes or similar), it will probably be ok for your tummy troubles, but less so if it full of nuts and seeds and wholegrains and dried fruit. Think white foods, like rice and toast.

I will remember to wash under my pants with vigour. As indeed should we all.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

It is weetabix and alpen, which I suppose are healthyish, but that is not why I have them. Oh well. It's stopped giving me horrible stomach cramps, so it's mostly the inconvenience, now.

[yiskah.livejournal.com]

Truly, washing isn't the same when it's not choreographed by a strict Tunisian lady. How am I supposed to know what to wash and when?

I am sorry you are still feeling unwell! My post-holiday comedown is in the form of a cold. I am very put-out. I am supposed to be mostly robot, after all!

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

It is iniquitous, is what it is.

I am feeling slightly more chirpy at work today, though my symptoms are only slightly abated. Sorry to hear about your cold. Even robots get snotty? MAYBE YOUR INNER ROBOT IS JEALOUS OF THE SNOT DOLL!

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

There need to be more hammams with stern ladies in them. I hope you are now recovered! Remember, no work until 48 hours after an upset stomach ;-)

Have you ever been to the Turkish bath in Portobello?

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

I have not! I was vaguely aware that there was one, and now I have had a look at teh website I think I shal have to give it a try. Won't be the same without cross half naked women, though...