Frangipani Update

Hello All

Well Adam and I are both feeling a lot better now although Adam is still suffering from the Dengue side effects a bit. He gets pretty tired but is definitely on the mend which is great. I played netball yesterday and WE WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes I know. That was like a minor miracle really especially as we had only 6 players on the court! Means we get up off the bottom of the table though and with a bit more luck we will beat one of the other teams too before the end of the season (in 2 weeks time) so will end up about 4th overall.

Anyway I wanted to give you an update on my frangipani. I have uploaded a couple of photos for you. My bare sticks that are stuck in yogurt pots and are sitting on the kitchen bench have begun to sprout much to Adam's amazement!!! He did not believe that bits of stick would grow. Anway I have been talking nicely to the sticks and now we have results!! When they get a bit bigger I will transplant them to pots outside on our verandah. I have managed to score a maroon colour, pink with orange centre, another pink from the tree at work and the traditional white with yellow centre. Can't wait for them to start flowering. I'm eyeing up a yellow one but so far haven't plucked up the courage to go raiding bits of stick from in someones front yard - will have to wait til the dead of night!!

Oh yes and just to finish off with I've put up a picture of a bloody big spider that went running into the bathroom from our bedroom (hate to think what happens when I'm asleep) the other night and freaked me out!! (Photo for Virginia!!)

The Dengue and the "Treasure"

The "Treasure" as my mother calls him has come down with Dengue Fever. I'm blaming it on the site visit he had to make for work which was near the pongy drain obviously full of Dengue mosquitos. Mind you if jandalls weren't the footwear for site visits here then maybe his ankles wouldn't have gotten bitten?!

He has been suffering. Firstly it was the splitting headache and not being able to think straight that drove him home from work. Then the other aching began. Backache, neckache, leg ache, ankle ache, wrist ache and oh yes eye ball ache!! He spent 3 complete days and nights on 4 hourly panadol which was the only way to get through. We have not been to the doctor as the threat of having to have a blood test to confirm that it is Dengue was a bit too much but we have had plenty of good advice from others who have had it and the symptoms are classic.

In the last couple of days he has been feeling a bit better though. The rash is breaking out now all over which is apparently the end of the cycle. He can drop off to sleep just like that and is mighty annoyed that he can't get to the end of the Star Wars movie in 1 go and also has to read the same page of his book a number of times before it sinks in. Apparently the fatigue and tiredness will go on for a few more weeks but I'm very happy that the worst seems to be over. The "Treasure" describes his experience as being like a bad flu without the coughing or runny nose.

Luckily it wasn't the hemorrhaging variety which can kill you. Phew.