Easter. As we’ve never previously known it, but at least there is still chocolate and plenty of time for quiet contemplation while eating prawns and drinking chilled wine.
My joke of the week is Easter themed:
Everyone is using zoom these days…
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In passing:
Just to update you all on my oldest son. Tests came back as positive for glandular fever but he’s not doing too bad. The tonsilitis has cleared up but he’s doing a lot of sleeping, which I understand is to be expected. I figure it’s best just to leave him to it, even if his waking and sleeping schedule is a bit topsy turvy.
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Movie of the week:
I needed a break from the real world so I watched this, even though I don’t have young children to use as an excuse for having done so. And it was very good, although, there’s a scene where Elsa belts out a number and the whole combination of song, costume and special effects put me in mind of Eurovision!
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I’ve read three ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reads in a row this week. That must be some kind of jackpot.
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Until next week… 😊☕📚
Theresa Smith Writes 
I’m sorry to hear about your son Theresa. Resting is good, and make sure he doesn’t try exercising suddenly when he feels better – just a very gentle, gradual return to more activity. (Speaking as both an ex-GP and as a ex-glandular fever teenage patient!)
Thanks for the star reviews of the 3 books pictured – am about to read 2 of them and now may have to read the other, too.
Have a lovely Easter Theresa.
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Thanks Fiona, wishing you a lovely Easter also. I hope you enjoy the books as much as I did. He seems to have had a few days of feeling better but then last night he was not well, fatigued and sore in his throat again. I expect that it will do this, from what his doctor indicated. Most people who have told me they have had it seem to have been afflicted in the mid to late teenage years. Coincidence, or is it actually more common in that age bracket?
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Never great to have glandular fever but at least he can rest, sleep (which is really the only way to recover from it) without worrying about what he is missing!
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That is the silver lining! He’s in year 11 too, so I’m quietly glad he has the option to learn from home next term.
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Hi Theresa, good to hear things are looking better for your son, even if it is glandular fever. I see you have given Lauren Chater’s book 5 stars. I really enjoyed The Lace Weaver, so it’s good to see she has followed it up with another winner. Interesting title. I’ll be looking out for it. Hope you all have a Happy Easter.
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Happy Easter Karen. A very different offering from Lauren Chater this time, but excellent. I loved the Lace Weaver as well!
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I am intrigued now. 🙂
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It’s good to hear that the young man is better, though as you say, it’s early days yet.
I bought The Yellow Bird Sings just this week:)
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I’ll be interested to know what you think. I found it remarkable. A rare ‘read in one day’ book for me. Just struggling now to write a review on it. I always dither over the books I like the most!
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Got to love a reading week like that! Hope your son is on the road to recovery. Not easy for him I’m sure.
Happy Easter to you and yours.
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Happy Easter! 😊
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LOL I watched Frozen 2 with my 15yo son – at his urging 🙂
I actually didn’t sleep a lot when I had glandular fever though I felt tired most of the time, my brother who got it about 2 years after me at roughly the same age(15) however slept for like 18 hours a day for a few weeks from memory.
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Eek hit the submit button by accident.. To finish,
Wishing you and yours a Happy Easter 🐰🐣
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That what Brent’s like! And then he still says he’s tired. I watched the first Frozen with Brent last year and he might have watched the second with me too if he was awake long enough! 😁
Happy Easter to you all! 🐰🐣
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LMAO @ that Last Supper pic! Got my fingers crossed for a speedy recovery for your son, glandular fever is the woooorst. Hope the Easter Bunny brought you extra chocolate treats (and extra chilled wine 😉) to help you all cope.
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I thought you’d appreciate that pic! 😄 Thanks for the well wishes for Brent. He’s very much in an up and down mode at present. Sometimes good, most times like the wind has been knocked out of him.
Funnily enough, the bunny brought lots of extra little Lindt eggs, chilled wine, and Pims! What a bunny! 😉😂
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