I started feeling the effects of a summer cold today. Or it would be a summer cold, if England were experiencing summer. Sore throat,light-headedness, sweats and chills, fatigue. I am disgusted. I have never, ever had a cold between the months of May and October. But I spend one summer in England and bam! Summer cold. There was an item on the news last night that there is a summer cold going around and the number infected is higher than normal. People have been blaming the cold weather. Others the nasty germs spread around by the flooding. But that's not the reason. It's got to be the terrorists.
Anyway, since University employees on my level get 10 sick days a year and we're told if you "don't use them, you lose them", I came home at lunch today. On my way out, my colleagues told me "don't feel like you have to come in tomorrow - the sick day count only starts with your first FULL day off sick".
Ah, England.
About Me
- B & B
- Leeds (aka Bumtown, UK), West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
The Idiossey - Definition
Odyssey n. An extended, adventurous wandering.
Idiocy n. 1. A condition of subnormal intellectual ability in the lowest measurable range. 2. Something extremely foolish or stupid.
Why would two people leave their loving families, fun friends, excellent careers, nice house, comfortable lives, familiar surroundings and the greatest country in the world to move to a city Charles Dickens referred to as the most disagreeable in England?
I direct you to the definition of Idiocy above.
But its not that simple. There were opportunities in England which were not available in The New World which we were compelled to pursue. So we did. Now we'll make every effort to see the best and worst of the lands of our ancestors while we also attempt to take the most advantage of the aforementioned opportunities.
I direct you to the definition of Odyssey above.
We hope that this blog will be a chronicle of our Idiossey and allow us stay close to those of you who will be missed by us.
