last week 6-11 Oct

Realise I'm coming down with illness at the weekend but need to travel abroad. I load up on pills.

I get through Monday ok and go to bed early.

On Tuesday I'm feeling worse and I'm also getting an allergic reaction to the nicotine patches, so I buy cigs. The chemist I go to for medicine sells me a pile of pills and makes me throw the cigs in the bin. I end up buying more cigs later. By the evening I'm going stir crazy so I head to a dive bar I know nearby. It's quite lively and I end up talking to quite a few people. The drink is mixing with the pills and I feel almost stoned.

A DJ starts up at 11 and I end up on the dance floor. In the smoking room I talk to a couple of Australian girls and also a German woman. We have good convos. I notice that after I open them the other guys there start joining in. Ends up like 5-way bi-lingual convo that I can't follow (I see the point now why you need to isolate). I'm not caring anyway by this time. I end up back on the dance floor. I'm enjoying myself and forgetting about being ill.

It's too warm so I remove my jacket. At some point later I realise I've been duped and the jacket is gone with mobiles and plastic on-board.

I go to the police station to report the theft and almost get myself arrested by a rather aggressive cop.

I end up drowning my sorrows in a late night restaurant until 5 talking to the owner and his girlfriend who are still there.

Next day I spend most of the time phoning around to block the plastic and phones.