I am unwell. Not 'unwell' as in 'Jeffrey Bernard is unwell' and not 'on my death-bed unwell'. Just plain 'unwell'. Unwell enough to not really feel like writing the planned follow-up to WwwK XXII, though, which is why you're reading this post instead.
I shall spare you the icky details - suffice to say I wouldn't want to go through Monday morning again - but I will share one thing. I first realised I was sick when I woke up the middle of the night feeling awful. As I began to feel worse and worse this thought started playing over and over in my head:-
As long as I can get bishop to e7 in, I should be OK.
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On a kind of related note, I was visiting someone in hospital the other week - I took the stairs to get to the ward, but used the lift to get back down. Southampton General Hospital uses letters for its floors, so when I got to the main reception level, the automated voice said "C floor".
ReplyDeleteWhich I thought was an OK move, but I'm more of an E floor person myself...
The sanctuary and safety of the closed lopez eh.
ReplyDeleteDear God! Uncanny stuff far too close to home. Really hope all is well.
ReplyDeleteI was seriously ill four weeks back, delerious, delusional and hospitalised. As they scrambled to plug me into wires, machines and stuff, I asked them to stop a minute - I needed to tell them something. The medics paused as I haltingly gasped "don't play ...Bd6; it loses. Promise me!" They looked at each other, nodded knowingly, and got to work.
I'm not kidding; that's how it went. Hence I can scarcely believe what Jonathan has written. I'm fine now. Hope he is soon.
David, sounds like you had it much worse than me. I didn't end up near a hospital or any formal medical help. I just shivered a lot, puked a lot then lay rather listlessly re-watching Generation Kill on DVD.
ReplyDeleteI went back to work today after a couple of days off. Probably a day too early but I was really bored. Should be back to full fitness by Friday, glad you're on mend too.
Weird we should have such similar experiences though.
Back in my youth I had just played some stupid amount of club matches and weekend tourneys without any break. In the last of these I had played Bg5 and the oppo then played e7-e5. I missed Be7 winning the exchange. It was time for a break for a few days after that.
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Like this only not as bad?
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