When will this sickness end?

I've spent the last two weeks alternating between periods of feverish work and just plain fever. Last week, I had two days wiped out by a stomach bug which left me totally drained. On Friday, I ended up having to abort my journey to work after waking up with a head which felt like it was stuffed with porridge.

Meanwhile, the Big Project that I've been working on - more on this at the end of the week, when I can talk about it properly - continues to crunch away my time. When I wasn't feeling sick last week, I was getting up at four or five in the morning to do a couple of hours work before I actually went in.

The thing is, I'm actually starting to feel too old to do that. When I was news editing MacUser, every other weekend would see me work on Sunday afternoon or evening, and get up at 4am on Monday morning to finish off the news editing which was due that day. Not only could I do it - I actually enjoyed it.

Now, though, it's not so easy. Getting up at that time doesn't feel anything other than a chore, and I'm glad I won't actually have to do it for too much longer.