This is beyond not funny. Fat Tuesday: I was sick with something cold/flu-ish. Easter Sunday: I am *again* sick with something cold/flu-ish. Okay, it's not like I actually spent all of Lent being sick but it does seem wrong that I should be quite so unwell, with quite the same symptoms, twice within forty days. But, yes, it could be worse and I ( Read more... )

It's possible this will be that rarest of beasts, an LJ post from me that lacks photos. I don't swear to that, of course. I really have no idea what this post is going to be, other than an update on the status of the quilt. Which has just led to using Myrna's built-in camera to snap a photo. See?


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I am oddly tired for before 10:00 at night but the day included an hour or more at the dentist and I'm thinking maybe that accounts for it. I'm most of the way toward a third crown which I am oddly pleased to note maxes out my dental insurance benefits for the year. You'd think I'd be glad to think that I won't be having more dental work done but ( Read more... )

I started coughing on Friday night and I woke Saturday a bit less than tickity boo but we'd decided we'd go to the Fill since we hadn't been in ages and I figured I might as well get out one last time before the pleurisy/typhoid/cholera killed me entirely. I don't think it was an entirely bad plan and I'm doubtful that the light rain that fell on ( Read more... )

Today I called in sick which, as it turned out, was what my astrologer recommended:

After a few days of doing everything for everyone else, why not do something for yourself today? You could do something as major as book a day at the spa, but you don't have to go to quite that level of expense to get the emotional recharge you need. Simply finding ( Read more... )

Oh dear lord, so tired. Probably because of the allergy pill I took shortly after getting home after my eye puffed up for Absolutely No Reason. Or it could be that this morning's birds were oh so very exciting and that, combined with the truly tiresome day at work and the angst of Our Mutual Friend, has my body convinced that Sleep is the only ( Read more... )

So this morning I had two more "looks like avian pox" emails from the Tweeters list so I took down all but the hummingbird feeder and put them into a nice bleach bath for the day. In my distracted and unhappy state I put the two thistle feeders into the water half-full of seed which really wasn't so bright; it truly has been traumatic both thinking ( Read more... )

I woke this morning, much against my will, and called in "out for the day." An hour or so later I found I had a nasty sore throat, a bit of a cough, chills, and still less pleasant symptoms so I'm thinking "out" = "sick." Sick didn't stop me from bundling up and sitting outside with a steaming mug of tea to a) keep an eye on Gradka, b) keep an eye ( Read more... )

It's 9:45 pm and I believe I've already fallen asleep once this evening. I was certainly asleep by this time last night. Could I have contracted malaria or been bitten by tsetse fly and what does one get from being bitten by tsetse fly*? Honestly, I'm too exhausted to say. Instead (and you saw this coming, oh Imaginary Reader) I'm going to list ( Read more... )

With apologies to CCT, I start with the list of this week's birds:American goldfinches ( Read more... )