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You guys are the awesomest. Thank you so much for all the lovely comments on my last post. You made me cry a little. Of course, that could also be the hormones. I watched Beaches today. Big mistake, since it's a sob fest even when I'm not biologically inclined to burst into tears at the drop of a hat.
Alas, I am not at Retreat this weekend. In between writing that post and leaving for Retreat, literally overnight, I was blindsided by a horrible cold that has me laying around moaning and wheezing with the back of my hand to my forehead, wondering when the invisible person with the sledgehammer will stop smacking me in the chest. It's not the flu, thankfully, just pretty much the perfect storm of twitchy asthma, a hijacked already-allergy-weakened immune system, exhaustion, losing 10 pounds from the nausea, rapid weather changes, all pushed over the edge by the H1N1 vaccination. My body just up and decided enough was enough. Gestating another person is hard work, yo, and it wants some acknowledgment of that. So I am acknowledging, and taking it easy, which isn't hard, as I get dizzy if I stand up for more than ten minutes.
I am very bummed to be missing Retreat. It's the first one I've missed in the eight years we've been doing it, and I'm sad to not be hanging out with the awesome Feral Writers crew. But they have kindly been tweeting quotes for me, so I can at least enjoy the experience vicariously.
But the kid will be hearing about this, let me tell you.
Alas, I am not at Retreat this weekend. In between writing that post and leaving for Retreat, literally overnight, I was blindsided by a horrible cold that has me laying around moaning and wheezing with the back of my hand to my forehead, wondering when the invisible person with the sledgehammer will stop smacking me in the chest. It's not the flu, thankfully, just pretty much the perfect storm of twitchy asthma, a hijacked already-allergy-weakened immune system, exhaustion, losing 10 pounds from the nausea, rapid weather changes, all pushed over the edge by the H1N1 vaccination. My body just up and decided enough was enough. Gestating another person is hard work, yo, and it wants some acknowledgment of that. So I am acknowledging, and taking it easy, which isn't hard, as I get dizzy if I stand up for more than ten minutes.
I am very bummed to be missing Retreat. It's the first one I've missed in the eight years we've been doing it, and I'm sad to not be hanging out with the awesome Feral Writers crew. But they have kindly been tweeting quotes for me, so I can at least enjoy the experience vicariously.
But the kid will be hearing about this, let me tell you.