A new dishcloth and an announcement.
Ok so, I'm pretty sure I have mono.
Seriously.
NO, I'm not 18.
NO, I haven't been kissing anyone except my wife.
NO, my wife doesn't have mono.
Don't ask me where I got it. I have no friggin' idea. Apparently, you can contract it from being around an "infected" who's sneezing or coughing. Worse? It incubates for 4-6 weeks. Yeah, no shit. (Oh and if anyone wants to fess up, I'd sure appreciate it.)
Even worser (I know.. not a word) - Mono takes another 4 - 8 weeks to heal.
Yeah.
So basically, every day when I leave the office, I'll be heading home to get rest. On the weekends, I'll be resting too (am doing so this weekend). No drinking, no activity, just rest and lots of fluids. Sucks.
The only good part? Well, once you have it, you gain an imunity to it - so never again. Yay.
Well, the other good part is I have time to knit. I've knitted two items I can't post here at the moment (because the recipient hasn't recieved them yet and that person reads this blog). I HAVE knitted something I CAN post here - an item for my very own kitchen. It's a dishcloth using a beautiful, rich yellow 100% cotton. I used this Stockinette Triangles pattern, one I've never used before.
A close-up:
So, yeah - the pink eye is a by-product of the mono. It took advantage of my low defenses and attacked me when I was down. My eyes are no longer "red", but they're still dry, they're ultra sensitive to light and they hurt.
Damn.
Seriously.
NO, I'm not 18.
NO, I haven't been kissing anyone except my wife.
NO, my wife doesn't have mono.
Don't ask me where I got it. I have no friggin' idea. Apparently, you can contract it from being around an "infected" who's sneezing or coughing. Worse? It incubates for 4-6 weeks. Yeah, no shit. (Oh and if anyone wants to fess up, I'd sure appreciate it.)
Even worser (I know.. not a word) - Mono takes another 4 - 8 weeks to heal.
Yeah.
So basically, every day when I leave the office, I'll be heading home to get rest. On the weekends, I'll be resting too (am doing so this weekend). No drinking, no activity, just rest and lots of fluids. Sucks.
The only good part? Well, once you have it, you gain an imunity to it - so never again. Yay.
Well, the other good part is I have time to knit. I've knitted two items I can't post here at the moment (because the recipient hasn't recieved them yet and that person reads this blog). I HAVE knitted something I CAN post here - an item for my very own kitchen. It's a dishcloth using a beautiful, rich yellow 100% cotton. I used this Stockinette Triangles pattern, one I've never used before.
A close-up:
So, yeah - the pink eye is a by-product of the mono. It took advantage of my low defenses and attacked me when I was down. My eyes are no longer "red", but they're still dry, they're ultra sensitive to light and they hurt.
Damn.