I’ve been taken down. Again.
Friday night was movie night – we showed Ratatouille – and I spent the whole movie alternating between riding the volume on the remote control and ducking out of the main hall to indulge my coughing fits. My dinner that night? Cough drops and water (and a late bowl of soup upon arriving home). I’m not going to even discuss Ratatouille, because I hated it, but I think I mostly hated it because I felt like crap and just wanted to be home in front of the wood stove with a cup of tea and a cat in my lap.
Lisa told me that I “have a weak constitution.” Harumph!* Seems to me I was barely sick at all last winter. The real problem is that I work with kids – lots and lots of kids, of all ages – all day, every day, and my poor beleaguered system can’t get a chance to recover and become healthy. Fifteen toddlers and their moms in a small story room on Mondays: that’s a lot of germs. A similar number of infants and their moms on Tuesdays. Six or so preschoolers and their parents listening to my stories on Thursdays: even more germs. All the elementary school and middle school kids who sneak usage of my phone while I’m away from my desk: I don’t even want to think about those germs and their direct access to my immune system (and so much for training the kids to only use the phone in my office – the minute I’m away from my desk, they use my primary phone. grrrrrrr).Â
And then there are the books. I had to go buy a new paperback copy of Magyk by Angie Sage to read for the upcoming book group meeting; the library copy that I brought home is BEYOND disgusting. A hardcover petri dish. Blech.
Thank goodness for this three-day weekend. Lots of OJ and rest are on my schedule for the weekend, and nothing else.
* and Lisa, if this doesn’t prompt you to leave a comment, I don’t know what will! 🙂
This is your annoying big sister talking. Eat better: More fresh veggies, lots of V-8, mega-vitamins. Cut down on the sugar and white flour. Fresh fruit. Go sparingly on the high fat. Eat lots of capascin (red pepper) and cinnamon. Drink lots of water. Green tea. Seriously! This works. And use hand sanitizer religiously.
Hope you feel better soon!!!
Ah, yes, the big sister.
Are you saying that I need to give up my diet of cotton candy and Milk Duds? And what’s this about veggies and fruit – me no know what those things are…. 🙂
BUT, I do need to take serious exception to the hand sanitizer. Regular hand washing with regular soap is far better, along with not touching your eyes, nose, or mouth. Hand sanitizer is the work of the devil! Many doctors think that over-use of that stuff is contributing to the proliferation of all those anti-biotic resistant bugs!!!!!
Thus speaks the little sister.
It looks like your perfect storm of events came with a perfect storm of germs. How long has it been since either of us had a good night’s sleep? I know the trip to Portland was October 24th and you were waylaid the week before, so we are almost up to a month now.
Flu Shot, shmoo shot – I said more germs
I’m sorry to hear you’re under the weather. I totally agree about the hand sanitizer. I’ve always avoided it. I do, however, have to attest to the wonder of those swabby things that deliver medication right to your nostril. They’re over-the-counter, and I can’t for the life of me remember what they’re called, but last time I had a cold, my colleague gave me a couple and they worked wonders!! I’ll see if I can find them on the web and send you a link.
Chicken soup is the ticket in the meantime. Feel better soon.