Sore feet, sore throats

Luca is off school today on a "sickie". He's much better than yesterday (where he shivered and snoozed through the whole day) but is still coughing several times a minute.





Rotten photo above, but his colour is coming back and he's a little more chatty now. Although is that a good thing?

I bailed out of our illness infected house yesterday, destined for a 10k race in Nairn (near Inverness). The weather was surprisingly nice (was that really sunshine we witnessed?) and I posted a personal best time too. Conversely, however, I was still a little disappointed having been training at faster paces recently. Que sera sera.

Having received many chides for the long sleeve tips I invariably wear to events, I at last addressed this. Deciding on the extremist opposite approach, I chose a sleeveless top to accentuate my inner gay man. Carole was appalled when she viewed pictures from the race, see link below:-

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gurnnurn/8525548672/in/set-72157632907064900/lightbox/

There'll be more to report later, but right now Luca in insisting I watch the movie "Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopus" with him. Yes, this is a real film. But I'm. Not expecting Citizen Kane.

**Useless fact of the day - The largest octopus ever discovered was (only) 4 metres long**