I am out of the house
I managed to get to work today and I did complete one knitting project. That’s it though.
Seriously, I don’t even care. I am so glad to be at work today that everything else pales in comparison! Hooray!
I managed to get to work today and I did complete one knitting project. That’s it though.
Seriously, I don’t even care. I am so glad to be at work today that everything else pales in comparison! Hooray!
So I have been quarantined in my own house since Friday night. It’s miserable. I have the flu, which means extreme tiredness, muscle aches, sore throat, coughing, runny nose (and resultant sneezing…not because of the flu, but because I sneeze whenever my nose runs) and fever. Being stuck inside might seem like an impromptu stay-cation to some, and the first day it didn’t seem too terrible. I watched the entire third season of Monk and began a new knitting project because standing up for five minutes drained me so much that I couldn’t bear to do it for less-than-necessary items of business, which only left things like putting in a new DVD and getting a new hot drink. Biggest drawback of the day: I missed the Old Town Cleanup event, which I had been looking forward to for months.
Sunday proved somewhat less fun. I missed church (and when I say “missed”, I mean it in the physical and emotional sense) and Faith’s baby shower (sad, but non-negotiable since one can’t be getting pregnant people sick in good conscience). Finishing off season four of Monk and getting to the halfway point on my knitting project doesn’t seem quite as bragworthy as you’d think such investments of time would be. Thanks to Courtney, the bright spot of the day was playing a little Dr. Mario. I don’t get enough opportunities for that, so even though I was sick, I appreciated it. I hope Courtney doesn’t get sick as a result of being in the house with me!
Monday was a complete wash. I felt awful the whole day and had nothing to show for it. I felt too exhausted to do much of anything, so even knitting was pretty well out. Lucky for me, I didn’t have to take a sick day at work since Mondays are always my day off. I did, however, miss out on an opportunity to help a woman out who needed a ride to a doctor’s appt…Mom had to take her instead. Kate and I also had to put off making bread until next Monday; we were going to make Cheddar and Toasted Sesame bread (from this bread book) and it was going to be GOOD! I also missed my usual Monday night hangout with Taryn because she can’t afford to get sick at the moment, though she was kind enough to drop some popsicles (Breyers Pure Fruit bars,–swirl variety pack–which are amazing) and the Chronicles of Narnia, BBC style, outside my door. The one productive thing I managed to do was to cover a powdered coffee tin (the little General Foods International brand* ones) with wrapping paper to make it a little more attractive. I plan to use it to hold hair rubber bands.
Today, I have been longing to be at work as, at this point, I am bored out of my skull by being at home. I have done nothing worth mentioning. If I can’t go to work tomorrow, I feel certain I will go insane.
I suppose this boredom has allowed me the time to post on this blog (it has been some time since the last, hasn’t it?), so in that sense I am coming up for air after being submerged in a sea of “Things To Do”. In quite another, however, I am hoping to come up for air…more the literal sense, I’d say. Having been coughing all weekend, my lung capacity is seriously reduced and my throat is too ripped up to allow for a full breath, anyway.
By tomorrow, I hope to
Will it work? I’m not sure I want to promise to let you know how it goes.
*This is not product placement. I just want you to know what size tin I was working with. Disclaimer: This is not my normal coffee of choice. I keep these on hand for emergencies only. I guess it’s important to me for you to know I’m kind of a coffee snob.
