Well I have to say this flu has totally knocked me sideways. And right on the back of my flu vaccination too. Someone somewhere has a warped sense of humour. Feeling better each day but just have an annoying cough that starts up when I'm trying to go to sleep. I know it will go away in a few days though, and hopefully my energy levels will increase as well!

Had a quiet weekend. Went to see a play called Blue Eyes and Heels at the Soho Theatre on Saturday afternoon. One of the three roles was played by Martin Freeman from the Brit TV series 'The Office'. It was billed as a comedy but I found it more a drama with a few laughs. It was very good, but quite sad at the end. It was about a TV producer trying to bring back onto TV screens wrestling a la WWF style. Odd, but it worked.

Caught up with Cath and Bill on Saturday night and tried a new little restaurant called Little Bay, which was just lovely. Sunday I went to a newish farmer's market in Queens Park with Cath and Bill, which had fresh organic fruit and veg and baked goodies. Picked up a few bits and pieces, including a delicious celeraic that Stu used with dinner tonight. It still had mud on it, and there was something so wholesome and healthy about vegetables still having the earth they grew in on them. I'm far too familiar with the hosed-down and pre-packaged supermarket veg now.

A university friend came over late on Sunday afternoon and we went over some of the staistics techniques we covered in class this week (the Linear Regression Model - yay), as well as talking about our current assignment. He is the genius who helped me through the exam last year and he can explain things in such a clear way.

My wonderful Stu made a gorgeous dinner tonight - fillet steak poached in Barolo (red Italian wine) and stock with celeraic mash and savoy cabbage (thanks Jamie Oliver for the recipe). It was melt in the mouth flavoursome and divine.

And where did the weekend go? It's time for some cough mixture and bed, and wondering how many emails are waiting for me after I've not been at work for three days. My bet is more than 80!

Speaking of bets, can someone put $10 on Mayke Diva for me in the Melbourne Cup???