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I am completely covered with mosquito bites. I forgot my insect repellent on Thursday, and so now I Rue the Day.
Today was a very wet day, and I came home filled with mud and rain, my hair soaked, my clothes soaked and dirty, looking forward to some lunch and a cup of tea and a hot shower. I stopped into the small market here in the village to get some chicken for supper, and ran into someone I used to work with in the city, who is here camping with her family and decided to try to look me up. We talked for about ten minutes but I was horribly, unforgivably rude since I didn't ask them back to the house. I just couldn't. I was soaked, muddy, starving... I desperately needed a shower and to sit for a while, and I knew the house wasn't fit to receive visitors, and it was just all a bit too much for one day. I think she understood anyway, since she said they'd continue on with their drive for the day and hopefully see me for a longer time the next time they come here camping, which I told her would be wonderful. I felt badly for not inviting them back, but I just couldn't today.
I'm not feeling 100%. Very tired, sort of low-level sick. Frankly, it's probably all the bug bites, as sometimes I get a mild allergic reaction when I've had several all at once. I want to just go to bed but I can't let myself; too much to do around here.
Everything has seemed like a struggle this week, every small challenge has seemed like an insurmountable problem. Maybe a nap wouldn't be such a bad thing...
Today was a very wet day, and I came home filled with mud and rain, my hair soaked, my clothes soaked and dirty, looking forward to some lunch and a cup of tea and a hot shower. I stopped into the small market here in the village to get some chicken for supper, and ran into someone I used to work with in the city, who is here camping with her family and decided to try to look me up. We talked for about ten minutes but I was horribly, unforgivably rude since I didn't ask them back to the house. I just couldn't. I was soaked, muddy, starving... I desperately needed a shower and to sit for a while, and I knew the house wasn't fit to receive visitors, and it was just all a bit too much for one day. I think she understood anyway, since she said they'd continue on with their drive for the day and hopefully see me for a longer time the next time they come here camping, which I told her would be wonderful. I felt badly for not inviting them back, but I just couldn't today.
I'm not feeling 100%. Very tired, sort of low-level sick. Frankly, it's probably all the bug bites, as sometimes I get a mild allergic reaction when I've had several all at once. I want to just go to bed but I can't let myself; too much to do around here.
Everything has seemed like a struggle this week, every small challenge has seemed like an insurmountable problem. Maybe a nap wouldn't be such a bad thing...