Murray Ceff's Blog

Last night we sat down as a family and watched the Ron Howard movie of Apollo 13. Apart from a bit of bad language, it was a very inspiring movie. Just in case you are in the dark about Apollo13, this was the mission to the moon that had to be aborted as there was an explosion on the ship on the way to the moon. They then had to go right around the moon and use the moons gravitational field as a bit of slingshot to get back to Earth. Maybe about half way back they started to notice the CO2 levels getting dangerously high. This was where the ground crew had to devise a way to fix the CO2 filters so that they guys on the ship could fix it and get back to Earth alive. As you no doubt know, too much CO2 can kill a human. Just as well Julia Gillard was not in charge of that mission. We all know her answer to too much CO2 don't we? PUT A TAX ON IT! That will get the levels down! What a stupid idea!

Well, I have just completed my third week of being a bludger. Now you cannot call me a dole bludger as I am not getting that. I am sure there are just too many forms to fill out. Maybe not, who knows maybe I should do it! Anyway, I cannot really recommend bludging for a living. There is no future in it, and it's boring. Oh, I forgot to mention why I am bludging. I got a positive result to the blood test for Ross River virus. I have the energy levels of a snail and I am full of aches and pains, which seem to vary from one day to the next. I spent the whole day at the shop in Torquay yesterday and had quite a busy day. Sold two boards and a two board day is a really good day! But of course I was on my feet all day and not really walking anywhere. By the time I got home at nearly 7.00pm I could barely walk my feet were so sore. Fortunately I woke up this morning and felt well enough to go to Church. Margot stayed home with Miriam who is still home suffering from this persistent

For almost a week now I have been taking it easy, which as you know, is not like me. I have had a bad shoulder for a few weeks now and started getting treatment from my good mate Darrell Pummeroy, who is an osteopath here in Geelong. My shoulder started getting better but then after I had a spa last Thursday night, I woke up on Friday morning and almost everything hurt. Left knee, right ankle, left elbow, and almost everything in between it seemed. After walking around the house for a few minutes, full of aches and pains, I started to suspect I was suffering from some viral infection. I went to work down at Torquay on the Friday and chatted to some of the guys in the shop. They were suspecting Ross River virus so I did some net surfing and it looked like I had the classic symptoms, except the rash. I called the local medical centre the next day and made an appointment for the following Tuesday. So two days ago I went to see the doctor and by this time I even had the rash. The doc