.... What has been happening while I've been away?
Anyone squashed ML, or out babied Joey yet? Or found Mrs A's secret reading glasses?
I've been on holiday. Not to Tyrol unfortunately. But near enough to Rye I entertained annoyed my family with references to Lone Piners and Tamzin, Rissa and co. We even went on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch railway just like the Lone Piners (and the Wrestling lot too)...
The language never bothered me in the CS books simply because my French is at the "This is the book of the teacher's" level, and my German is worse. Obviously was an advantage.
I can relate to fainting with pain once. I pulled a muscle in my back last year, thought I could sleep it off with an ibroprofin, and woke up to find I could hardly move, all phones downstairs and children to meet from school. So very stupidly, I got myself up to some semblence of upright and decided to walk downstairs to the phone...
About half way down, (sounding like the Bricklayer's story) I went very faint with the pain. Realising that if I fainted on the stairs I was likely to do worse things to my back and possible other injuries besides, I did manage to get downstairs before I went completely.
I will say I do go into shock very easily, and always have done, and I think it was partually shock, but it's the only time I have fainted due to pain. Worst pain I've ever felt.
But actually the best thing is for me is for people around me to go very matter of fact. the way Joey's treated when she goes faint is the worst thing for me, as I struggle to get over it then. I need someone to be bracing and tell me it's not the time to faint. That does actually work. 