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Pickett's Cold
Mar. 28th, 2011 08:08 amFunny enough, the real act of hubris wasn't airily stating last Saturday, "I don't get colds, I have a fabulous immune system!", it was working a full day on Monday, even though I could tell I was getting sick, bc I was to take Friday off to go climbing and it would be unprofessional to take a sick day and a climbing day in one week. I thought the cold might be a day or two longer than the usual 1.5-2.5 days, totally do-able if I was climbing on Friday, right? *sighs* By Weds it got much worse, such that both Evil English and TWH told me I looked like death warmed over; my boss said, in what I later realized was a kind concern rather than grouchiness at my day off, that perhaps I should spend a day in the infirmary, rather than on the rocks. I wouldn't've gone to work on Thurs, except I knew my boss had things that had to get done. On the plus side, I got to have dinner with TWH's mum, so in one week, I met =both= her parents. I win!
This cold is a doozy. I read on the couch for a few hours on Fri, then slept the rest of the day and felt worse. My sister claimed she was coming over to borrow my camera, but brought over Fish for sitting. I was vastly amused that she was wearing head to toe black, including booties: this from a woman who complained I dress like a witch. HA!
Her borrowing my camera also meant I had to get the Ecuador photos off, which kicked off some productivity. I have 240 photos from my two weeks there, once I deleted the bad extra shots. 32 are from the 2 hours I spent rafting; 2 are from Antisana *cries* I'm half seriously considering buying a helmet cam. Someone looking at the photos would think I spent most of the time in markets and/or eating :( Next week I'll upload the other half of the shots to Flickr, tell my fellow adventurers, and give Snapfish a try. ( computer productivity ) Then I can buy a new computer and Sims Medieval, although maybe I should finish my Rainier photobook first.
AISOT, TWH and I had a lovely week together. Contrary to her dire predictions, I still have tons of tea - in part thanks to my dear Dr. Froshling - although my kettle gave up the ghost Fri night. My Roku arrived on Weds, so we got to bond over the first three episodes of She-Ra, which has held up far better than, say, Babylon 5, even though it's 25 years old. Cuddling on the couch as we watch tv rocks! and is much easier on sick people than activities that make me gasp ahem. Also, I discovered it's possible to have Alice's Tea Cup for breakfast on my way to work if I just get up early enough. whoa.
After she left, I tried going for an easy run, but didn't even make it half a mile before I doubled over coughing. It was in the high 30s, but apparently my lungs are really sensitive. Lack ofaudiobooks exercise is driving me crazy -- and I have no idea how I'm going to run a half-marathon on Sunday given that I haven't run a mile in 10 days now.
I read a lot less than expected too. I'm only halfway through the first chapter of the new T. E. Lawrence bio after 3 weeks :( I still can't understand why I don't think twice about paying $20 to go hear the author chat at the NY Historical Society (with Kissinger and Adam Gopnik), but won't pay half that to buy the book rather than borrow it from the library. Especially since I've only understood Kissinger one of the three times I've heard him speak. bah. I did however discover MI-5 and made it through three episodes this weekend.
Yesterday my mum stopped by to drop off food - and then called a few hours later to invite me to late afternoon brunch at Nougatine. ( ah, family ) She's also talking about bringing my 4yo cousin for a play date, if not sleepover next weekend. Speaking of which, the Roku turned out to be an =excellent= babysitter for my father, who adored MI-5 as much as I do (thriller! with no bad language or kissing!). In the end, not a terrible weekend after all.
This cold is a doozy. I read on the couch for a few hours on Fri, then slept the rest of the day and felt worse. My sister claimed she was coming over to borrow my camera, but brought over Fish for sitting. I was vastly amused that she was wearing head to toe black, including booties: this from a woman who complained I dress like a witch. HA!
Her borrowing my camera also meant I had to get the Ecuador photos off, which kicked off some productivity. I have 240 photos from my two weeks there, once I deleted the bad extra shots. 32 are from the 2 hours I spent rafting; 2 are from Antisana *cries* I'm half seriously considering buying a helmet cam. Someone looking at the photos would think I spent most of the time in markets and/or eating :( Next week I'll upload the other half of the shots to Flickr, tell my fellow adventurers, and give Snapfish a try. ( computer productivity ) Then I can buy a new computer and Sims Medieval, although maybe I should finish my Rainier photobook first.
AISOT, TWH and I had a lovely week together. Contrary to her dire predictions, I still have tons of tea - in part thanks to my dear Dr. Froshling - although my kettle gave up the ghost Fri night. My Roku arrived on Weds, so we got to bond over the first three episodes of She-Ra, which has held up far better than, say, Babylon 5, even though it's 25 years old. Cuddling on the couch as we watch tv rocks! and is much easier on sick people than activities that make me gasp ahem. Also, I discovered it's possible to have Alice's Tea Cup for breakfast on my way to work if I just get up early enough. whoa.
After she left, I tried going for an easy run, but didn't even make it half a mile before I doubled over coughing. It was in the high 30s, but apparently my lungs are really sensitive. Lack of
I read a lot less than expected too. I'm only halfway through the first chapter of the new T. E. Lawrence bio after 3 weeks :( I still can't understand why I don't think twice about paying $20 to go hear the author chat at the NY Historical Society (with Kissinger and Adam Gopnik), but won't pay half that to buy the book rather than borrow it from the library. Especially since I've only understood Kissinger one of the three times I've heard him speak. bah. I did however discover MI-5 and made it through three episodes this weekend.
Yesterday my mum stopped by to drop off food - and then called a few hours later to invite me to late afternoon brunch at Nougatine. ( ah, family ) She's also talking about bringing my 4yo cousin for a play date, if not sleepover next weekend. Speaking of which, the Roku turned out to be an =excellent= babysitter for my father, who adored MI-5 as much as I do (thriller! with no bad language or kissing!). In the end, not a terrible weekend after all.