First of all, some apologies - I had planned to spend the last couple of days getting everyone signed in to the new site and sorting account issues out but I wasn't getting over the flu as I thought, I got worse. I've probably had 4 hours sleep in the last few days. Anything that requires too much thinking isn't going to happen right now. I do know what the issue is though and what I need to do to fix things so please bear with me while I recover and implement the fix..
Angharad had offered to run to the drug store for some flu remedies but I told her not to bother because I'd started to feel better. Bam, big mistake - a combination of cold weather (-25 to -30) and not using the car much over the xmas break and uh oh, it wouldn't start. I knew the battery was on the way out and was planning on getting it replaced this month. Now I really really wanted something to take.
So while feeling unbelievably poorly and bitterly cold, I had to jump start the car and go buy a new battery and some tools and finally some medicine while we were out. What an exhausting morning - I was walking round Costco with my big coat, toque and scarf on (their batteries are so cheap !). .
One good thing - after successfully going through 7 winters I finally discovered that it had a block-heater fitted all this time (doh!) so at least we should be better in future.
So, my apologies again for lack of progress and for failing to reply to emails a promised. It's the worst flu I've had for many years and came at the worst time imaginable - the vaccine is starting to look like a pretty good option for next year.