oldbloke's mutterings

So, L's lurgi seems mostly gone.
I came down with a cold - or a cough and some snot, anyway, on Thursday evening, and on Friday morning briefly considered not going to work, but that would have meant Jack being at home with us and L didn't need the hassle given her lurgification. And there was stuff I wanted to get done at the office. And after a coffee and a shower I knew it wasn't /that/ bad.
In the morning I discovered I was still well enough to swim a kilometre - 5 this week, but I don't expect to lose any weight as I've had a couple of units of alcohol more than planned (rum&coke for my throat on Thursday, and a post-poker-wind-down Baileys on Wednesday) this week. So I bought some Mentholyptus and struggled on with my document listing the differences between the local McAfee config and the installation defaults, then picked J up from nursery and took him swimming.
Poured him into bed about 7:15 (tempting to take him swimming every day, makes bedtime SO much simpler), ate curry and had a pint, fell asleep on sofa.
L woke me about half ten when she went up to bed, and I recall mumbling that I was comfortable and didn't want to move, and I'd come up later.
Woke enough to go and switch the lights off about half an hour later.
Next thing I knew it was 05:15... Went to the loo, had a big rehydration drink of raspberry fizzy, dozed for a bit and then J woke at 5:45, so brought him down. And thought I might as well write this while he watches 101 Dalmatians.
I still have a cough but the snot's much improved.

I've just had some potato salad.
I opened the tub and thought, I know that smell.
Took me a moment to place it.
Polyfilla.
Tasted a bit like it, too.
And the potato pieces were too hard.
Name&shame? Morrison's cheapo range.

Only had 2 oz of arborio left, so having to use 4 oz of Thai jasmine rice...
And instead of 1/4pt madeira, it's 1.5floz madeira and 3.5floz marsala
Wish me luck!