“A mathematician, a psychologist and an economist commissioned by British Gas have finally put into mathematical terms what we all knew: that things don’t just go wrong, they do so at the most annoying moment.The formula, ((U+C+I) x (10-S))/20 x A x 1/(1-sin(F/10)), indicates that to beat Murphy’s Law (a.k.a. Sod’s Law) you need to change one of the parameter: U for urgency, C for complexity, I for importance, S for skill, F for frequency and A for aggravation. Or in the researchers’ own words: “If you haven’t got the skill to do something important, leave it alone. If something is urgent or complex, find a simple way to do it. If something going wrong will particularly aggravate you, make certain you know how to do it.” Don’t you like it when maths back up common sense ?”
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I need to pack boxes as you probably know by now. Unfortunately I’m feeling ill due to a cold. Don’t ask me how or why but my system ran down for some reason: running nose, watery eyes, fatigue, slight headache, sneezing. Could also be severe symptoms of hay fever though. I have no idea but it does bother me because I can’t do a thing; I start sneezing for at least ten minutes. I’m on a tight schedule and can’t afford to lose time on being ill. I lost time yesterday already because I needed to catch up some sleep for a while.
I couldn’t sleep at all Saturday night. We went back to CH. at 21.30 to drop off some more stuff and then we stayed till two in the morning. We sat outside in the garden. I had to drive back because CH. and AS. had been drinking. It was 02.30 when we went to bed. I slept for about an hour and then I was wide awake till seven. No fun, tossing and turning. It was way too hot in the house! The heat is staying in the house at night it’s still 28°C so if I don’t use a fan in the bedroom then we’ll be awake all night. It’s the second heatwave in July this year and to be honest, I had enough of it. I’m dying for some rain and thunder!!!
I thought I would feel better when I woke up this morning but I guess I was wrong; I’m still sneezing and I still feel drained although I slept quite well. I have a lot to do today but I don’t think I will be able to do it being in a state of constant sneezing. I have to go and sort out my passport and send some stuff through snail mail. All official paperwork. Well I’d better go and do something… I will split the list in half and do some of the stuff today and some of it tomorrow. Talk later, it’s time for me to get started after taking some meds and making my fav chili/ginger tea.