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Saturday 25 October 2008

More time off and sequels

I have another two weeks off. After that I can either go back to work straightaway or ask for another week or two. I was offered 4 weeks straight off but felt that was too long. It has improved tremendously over the last 10 days. I can use the computer for longer without taking a break and some of the time doing day to day stuff I even forget I've had a problem with my arm. On the other hand I still cannot lift a kettle full of water and getting food out of a dish and onto a plate can be quite uncomfortable still. My doctor said I must not go back to work until it is all right as once I start using it more it won't heal properly. I have spoken to the boss who seems reasonably ok about it and also said he didn't want me to come back until it had healed properly. Things are still up in the air at work apparently and nothing much has happened.

I am still looking into commercially published sequels to classic novels and more appear out of the woodwork all the time. I have managed to find one for Charles Dickens - it's called John Jasper's Secret: a Sequel to the Mystery of Edwin Drood by Henry Morford. There are various ones for Henry James as well. Joan Aiken has several sequels to her name mainly Jane Austen. The Brontes also seem to be favourites for sequels. There is a sequel to E F Benson's Mapp and Lucia novels and even one to The Secret Garden. It's a fascinating subject even if most of them seem to have sunk without trace.

3 comments:

Keith (kcm) said...

Glad the arm is mending OK, Jilly, but sorry to hear you still need more time off work -- you lucky devil, you! -- and that the medics are being sensible. Think of it as practice for retirement. :-)

Anne Brooke said...

Pleased to hear you're getting better slowly but surely.

:))

Axxx

Jilly said...

kcm - yes I am looking at it as a practice retirement - trouble is I'm getting to like it too much!
Anne - I actually do notice progress pretty well every day now.