The First Week of 2026

On the whole, it hasn’t been a great start to the year health-wise. I was sick every night for the first four days of the year and still have a rattling cough that occasionally makes me feel like I’m drowning when I lie down. From other people’s posts, it seems to be the tail end of that nasty flu bug I had just before Christmas. I am improving every day, however.

Being ill and various other factors haven’t helped my mental health this week, but like the physical stuff I am getting there. And I expect to feel better about things once this bug is truly vanquished.

Despite all of the above, I have managed to be productive. I have restored posts from long-departed blogs and added them here as an archive of what went before. I have experimented with making embroidered pendants, I have rebuilt a website on a different platform to make updating it easier. And I have done a lot of laundry.

Once I feel fully better, I hope to get on top of the housework and start to look forward to some adventures for the New Year.