i feel stupid and contagious

I had to get up at 6ish this morning to get the train down to London for an important power meeting*.

As soon as I got up I could feel that the back of my throat was sore, and that my head ached. As sure as eggs are eggs, as the day has progressed I have felt worse and worse until the point on the way home where your nose is running so badly, you have to have reflexes like Peter Cech to catch the dribbly snot as it appears.

Notwithstanding this, something has happened today which has never happened to me before - I smell ill.

When I walked into the house I thought the house smelt. As I walked around I realised the whole house smelt, and so I asked the Hen if she could smell it. As the smell appeared to be following me round, it became quickly apparent that it was me.

Now normally, I don't smell. (Honestly, I don't - I am really quite nice smelling, normally.) This evening, however, lying in bed (where I have been since 6pm) I really smell like I am decomposing or something. I really don't like it, and it is quite a disturbing development, I can tell you.


* not actually important or powerful