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Date: 23 April 2008 17:03:27
I got various domestic tasks done, I went out to a delicious Indian lunch with a delightful friend who gave me red tulips, the sun was shining as I walked home, and I got out several games of my new Patience game. Even the sight of an empty bird's nest on the patio didn't discourage me that much - I thought I might possibly write a poem about it (which would be the first for about three years).
Then - I made the mistake of looking at my screen instead of my desk when putting down my freshly made cup of tea. Hot tea all over my top, all over my jeans, and copious amounts of it in my keyboard. I ran to the bathroom and with a damp flannel managed to sponge the worst. Then I got changed into a new top and newly washed jeans which would hardly do up, and went to attack my keyboard with a large number of cotton buds. Then I sat down at the computer again (feeling decidedly constrained by the too-tight new jeans.). After a few minutes noticing that odd things were happening on the screen, in particular unexplained flashing in the web address field, and refusal to type a capital T (how significant) I noticed something else. My posterior was feeling decidedly damp. I had failed to notice that the posture cushion on my chair was also soaked in tea. Now I'm sitting here with wet legs and a wonky keyboard. And there's hardly any tea left to drink. Do I dare to risk making another cup? Oh well, I've managed to type all this, which suggests the damage isn't huge.