Watty's got a cold:

Which seems a little unfair, since I hadn't really got rid of the previous one. So now I have two colds. *insert appropriate sound effects here*

Meanwhile, I spent a part of yesterday putting up new curtain track (small boys, long curtains, you get the idea). Having tried several times to patch up the existing arrangement, I finally gave in and bought new track, which actually went up relatively straightforwardly. Straightforwardly, that is, until I reached the point in the instructions which begins:
"Simply..."
So now I have two colds and several gouges out of my hands. And someone's upset the heron outside, and it's squawking.