I thought I'd post a message while I was eating my breakfast. I had prepared some porridge but forgot it was cooking, and it was on the stove for over an hour but thankfully didn't burn. However it has taken on a consistency somewhere betwen thick wallpaper paste and glue. It's not at all unusual for me to completely forget what I was in the middle of doing. Cognitive dysfunction is a big feature of CFS and has really impaired my decision-making, and has made me very forgetful and 'absent-minded'. This sometimes has comedy results, such as forgetting breakfast, but can be very frustrating and even distressing at times.

I've been feeling quite a bit stronger for 3 weeks ago now. It's been such a relief not to feel ill every moment of the day and to be able to get outside; the fact that there's been a lot of sunshine over the past couple of weeks has made this even more of a pleasure.

Being able to do spontaneous things has been a joy too. When I'm at my most ill I can't cope with any changes to routine, but over the past couple of weeks I've had a couple of friends pop round at a few moments' notice, went to the pub with one of them, and on Thursday got a call from a very old friend, whom I've not seen for a couple of years, and went to meet him for a coffee. He's suggested coming up this weekend and should arrive in a couple of hours. Will still have to ensure I get time to rest and don't get sucked in to doing too much just because it's fun. (I'm going to ask him to do some tidying up for me while he's here, because this place is a tip.)

Happy weekend to everyone.