Can I have another tissue, please?I've had an obnoxious headache the past two days and my nostrils are burning (no wonder I dreamt I was a fire breathing dragonnette last night)! I was exposed to some pretty snotty kids earlier this week (and last, actually, but same daycare home) and then (and I'm not blaming, just saying) the daycare provider has bronchitis (the poor dear - she got really ill, too). So, my husband has been hacking as if he has given up a seven pack a day habit for the past few days, culminating in his coming home early from work today. He offered to sleep on the sofa last night, but I declined saying all sorts of sweet shit, but actually running this through my mind: I'm going to get this anyway seeing as how you just sneezed all your shit all over me just now.
I've been exposed. I'm dealing with beginning symptoms. I hate it. Dern it! I thought I was getting off so light this winter, too, what with one earache already. Well, it ain't the end of the road yet - and I'm not about to drown myself in orange juice now. Thankfully, I don't crave it. When I crave it, I know I'm done for. Isn't that weird?
I scraped the driveway off today. My shoulders are done for. A few minutes ago I spray-painted my youngest boys car (another pinewood derby, this time with the Boy Scouts) so I smell the paint - it followed me in the house. I actually like it. Is that so wrong?
I drove to the Px to get some books. I got my girl a book and got myself the new one in the 44 Scotland Street series by Alexander McCall Smith (the World According to Bertie) and the follow up book to The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet called World Without End. Of course, because I already have a stack of books to read, it will be a long while before I get to them unless I put off that stack. I got some exercise, too. Rather than drive over to the commissary, I walked over, shopped and walked back to my van. It was a walk very few would have chosen to take, actually, being as we live in lazy times and it's bitterly cold out. I felt invigorated! And, justified ('cos I bought a big tub of ice cream for the sick-o in the house, of course! shhhhh! I may take a few scoops).
The oldest goes back to school tomorrow and things in the home school will return to normal. No more kid sitting interruptions and hopefully we'll get the third quarter tests all done tomorrow. I'm all for PUSHING this agenda. Reality is: we'll finish the testing Monday with most of it done. I'm okay with that, too, because after all, progress is progress where progress is concerned.
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Cool! I didn't know that that book had a sequel!! Well, I guess I can get it right away and put it on MY stack of books that I will never get to. I love buying books and craft items, somehow it makes me feel like I've done something just by buying them!
Hope you feel better, load up on the C.
Maybe you will not get it as bad? Hoping you will be feeling your great self tomorrow!!
Just as we are getting past our cold stuff, my 5 year old threw up! Gonna be a great weekend! Guess I will go peruse my stack of books!
Hey, you sound just like my husband when you sneeze. :oD I read The Pillars Of The Earth when we lived in Japan. Thanks for the info about the sequel.
Feel better soon! I listened to Pillars on audio books. It was fantastic. i'll have to plan a roadtrip to finish WWE. Best of luck in the Derby. Could you paint a papal shield on its side?
i wish i could send you some fresh squeezed oj. i've been cramming it down the kids' throats, i mean, sweetly serving it to them thrice a day.....i'm sure i'll be next, though, as a niece we had a visit from yesterday quipped to me, "auntie regan, i threw up at school today". just what i LOVE to hear from someone who is touching things in the same room i'm in.
rest and read dear, sweet girl.
it's a good thing your such a book lover, eh? just don't take too much cough syrup.
btw. thanks for all your sweet compliments today. i am speechless...awww, who am i kidding, i am never speechless!
Y'all know I was searching for the word "sequel" but it wasn't forthcoming at all, at all! So, thanks for filling in that blank. My brain doesn't function well when I'm super duper tired, as I am. I appreciate all your kind comments here. This morning I am feeling a tad better, but still tired thanks for my hubby's constant twisting and turning, up and down coughing all night gymnastics. :-) But, my symptoms aren't any worse so that's good.
Therese and Regan - puking is fun, huh? I will swallow hard for a very long time before I throw up, but that fight isn't easy. I have going through my head: if I puke, I'll feel better faster, but if I puke I'll get those awful red spots all over me 'cos I puke too hard. Plus, just being bent over the latrine is just disgusting!!
Karen - He could paint it on the top. I'll take pics of the finished car . . . it started out as a hotdog for the cub scout races, now it's a very thin black razor of a car.
Oh, I feel well enough to go to a daycare job . . . that should set Jamie to some peace about my well being. If I'm well enough to do that, I am well enough. Fortunately it's not 'til 1pm. I can lie about and read. I'll write about what I"m reading in my newest post.
Been meaning to ask you about your TMJ. I have that too - but no pain anymore - I wear a splint at night. Ever thought of that or been suggested by your dentist? It seems to help. I still "click" or "pop" but it doesn't hurt anymore....
(guess what my word verification is? "lostham" I think that's hilarious!)
Alexa - those splint guards are about $500, and I may have a loophole with my dentist to get my insurance to pay it 100%. The loophole? It is an emotionally (ie mental) issue why I clench: extreme stress, which manifests with clenching at night - not grinding. First I have to follow up with my husband about our coverage which he discovered was dropped when he re-enlisted/extended his tenure in the Navy. Dernit! This is the stupid red tape crap of the military. Ach! Nonetheless, I will BEG my dentist to use the loophole. I'll definitely write about it when the time comes.
BTW, Alexa - that is a funny word verifcation (being as you know my last name). :-)
I didn't even think about your last name, Sarah! But that makes it even funnier! Yeah - about the splint thing - it did cost about that much, but Rob's insurance covered 80% I think, which was better than great! Good luck with that loophole!
We got the boogers her also. My cute son looks pathetic with his super red nose and chapped lips. Totally got some bad bug from the water park.
Hang in there!!!!!
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