Floods

Why 'flood' isn't pronounced like 'food' with an 'L' was unclear to me so I etymology dictionaried it. It is derived from the old English 'flod'. A mass of water, sea or wave.

With numerous Sydney harbours worth of water charging down the Brisbane river towards us I am contemplating whether to go to the gym. I have a sneaky medical trial that I'm doing before commencing the new job and I've been instructed not to partake in strenuous activity 7 days before dosing. Another directive said 'no new/unaccustomed strenuous activity', so I'll go with that one. The reason is that physical activity can result in increased liver enzyme production - possibly for lipolysis or other metabolic function - and this drug affects liver enzyme levels so they want a clean slate for a baseline reading. It's an antimalarial, not unlike doxycycline I suspect, as it has photosensitivity side effects.

Rain easing slightly so I might make my dash for the gym now, if only just to escape from spending the entire day in our 40sq metres of unit.

Land ahoy!