{"id":5624,"date":"2016-05-06T06:29:51","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T06:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=5624"},"modified":"2016-05-06T06:29:51","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T06:29:51","slug":"thursday-5th-may-2016-one-thing-that-i-have-learnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=5624","title":{"rendered":"Thursday 5th May 2016 &#8211; ONE THING THAT I HAVE LEARNT &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; from these most extraordinary nocturnal rambles that I&#8217;ve been having is that when you lash out in the middle of the night, you really do lash out.<\/p>\n<p>There I was, in Stalbridge Road in Crewe having a crafty little doze at the side of the road in Caliburn when someone&#8217;s hand sneaked in through the open window to grab a small box that was on the passenger seat beside me. I grabbed hold of the hand, broke a finger, exited via the door of Caliburn and gave this person a resounding kick up the backside, which sent my perfusion support, side table and empty bottle of Sprite flying across my little hospital room &#8211; and hurting me on the foot in the process. <\/p>\n<p>And so we learn. And this might also explain a few of the cut and bruises that I find upon myself every now and again.<\/p>\n<p>This wasn&#8217;t all that happened in the night either. Nerina and I were walking along Rope Lane in Shavington near to the Vine Inn, disagreeing with each other as usual, when this monstrous kind of animal turned up and started harassing me. I chased it away much to Nerina&#8217;s disappointment, but this animal quickly showed us why it was so monstrous and as you are probably eating your breakfast right now, I won&#8217;t go into details.<\/p>\n<p>As for my day today, this morning was as usual. Dozing in bed and going to the bathroom was how I spent much of my day. And in answer to a question posed by a keen reader, I have been weighed this morning, and I&#8217;ve lost 8 kilos. I don&#8217;t recommend this illness, whatever it is that I have, as a weight loss remedy however<\/p>\n<p>By though lunchtime, we were off again, and I do mean off. The meals came round and the very smell of the cooking is enough to set me off again and so I beat a hasty retreat into the small common room here.<\/p>\n<p>A nurse brought me another Sprite (last night&#8217;s was delicious and I enjoyed it so much) and here I stayed until about 15:30. And strangely enough, I felt so much better and that three hours was probably amongst the most pleasant that I have had since I arrived here last week.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually though, I needed the bathroom and so off I went back to my room. However, the atmosphere was quite oppressive all the same and so by 17:00 I was back again in the common room. I stuck it out for about two hours before I had to go back to the bathroom and by then I had come apart again and I was so depressed.<\/p>\n<p>But at least one thing is clear, and that is that there&#8217;s some kind of odour or atmosphere in my room and that&#8217;s what&#8217;s making me feel like this. When I&#8217;m elsewhere (like in the common room) I feel so much brighter and so much more alive, and so I&#8217;m going to decamp to there tomorrow as soon as I awake, and see how I feel. If it doesn&#8217;t work, then I&#8217;m no worse off but I reckon that the change of scenery &#8211; any change of scenery &#8211; will do me good.<\/p>\n<p>My room-mate left hospital today so I&#8217;m on my own tonight. I&#8217;m looking forward to a decent night&#8217;s sleep (at long last) which will make me feel even better, but I bet that something will come along to muck it all about.<\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style1 like-5624 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='5624' data-nonce='77883b2e70' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-5624 lc'>+1<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style1 unlike-5624 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='5624' data-nonce='77883b2e70' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Unlike' \/><span class='unlc-5624 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class='status-5624 status align-left'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; from these most extraordinary nocturnal rambles that I&#8217;ve been having is that when you lash out in the middle of the night, you really do lash out. 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