I love when a plan comes together. Especially in the dark and rather dreary days of November. I’m not sure what it is about this month but honestly it gets harder and harder to get out of bed in the morning. I use my bike lights on the cycle into work and by the time I emerge again at the end of the work day I have to light them again. I bet if I got my vitamin D levels tested I’d register as half-dead.

My mother rang me yesterday to make that very point. “Nina, are you taking multi-vitamins?”

“Hi, Mum. How are you?”

She sighed. “Yes, yes, hello, I’m fine. Now, are you taking multi-vitamins? There’s a flu going around. Are you getting the jab?”

This time I sighed. “I’m too young to get the flu-vaccine.”

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