a shadow of my former self...

"I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better."
Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh, 1903

(not too ill and will be staying home today...still wouldn't call it pleasure)


"If you're going through hell, keep going. "
Winston Churchill

(what?!? tired of going...)




(eucalyptus oil contains substances with strong antibacterial properties...in the coutryside in chile they used to put branches under the bed of sick people. would a photo do?)