Of feeling barely better~~~~

Hello Darklings,

I'm only feeling barely better but so weak,  Sis has placed stratigicly bottles of water for me to drink, "Keep hydrated she says", I'm so hydrated I keep running to the bathroom to flush my system out.

I want to be outside but everyone is worried that I'll become more ill, but the yard is warm right now, so I'll take a blanket and lie down on the hammock in the shade,  and I'll take a bottle of water with me too.  

We finished the soup last night except for some that I had at lunch, at least I'm not turning my nose away from it, it does taste good.

Sis is going to pickup Wor Won Ton at our favorite Chinese place.   Then we'll see how I fare tomorrow.

Dear Underground I'd love to watch old movies but for some reason I just do not find any to be palatable to my mind.   The only thing I'm enjoying now is "Perry Mason" while I'm having lunch.

However my Sister has Tivo'd this 10 week summer series called "Whodunit" so tonight I think she will play it for us to keep my mind excerised.  Not all of the episodes have played yet so I'll be able to catch up.  Sis knows that good murder mysteries always keep my mind sharp. 

But right now I just want to be outside,  I have found that Sis made some lavendar lemonade, so that will be refreshing.  Pooh!!  I'm so miserable that I can't even enjoy my "Instyle" magazine.  Not that everything they show I can wear, after all a person of 60 something cannot dress like an 18 year old, that would be silly.

And poor Belladonna is so bored, at least Marrisa's Mom comes by to check on me (at my Sister's request) and she takes her for a walk in the later afternoon, which reminds me I should call her so she'll know where to find me.

And Sis was hoping we could go and see "Red 2" she thought it would be funny to watch.  Maybe next week, right now the smell of popcorn might throw me off.

However I was pleased to see that Kate and William have a baby Boy, Prince George Alexander Louis, Prince of Cambridge,  I thought if it was a boy it would be named George---it would have pleased the Queen to know they were thinking of her Father George VI who held England together during WWII. 

And now Darklings a hammock is calling me.

Later Darklings

Of being sick with a Summer cold~~~

Oh Darklings,

I am so miserable right now.

Over the whole weekend I was feeling fine, but just a tiny bit "off my feed" so to speak.  I thought I was overtired as last week was rather hectic and I had been putting in more hours because of staff on vacation.

But last night I felt a serious chill all over my body and I broke out in a sweat.  Right now my temp is 100 but I'm taking asprine to lower it.  No body aches, just feeling miserable.  It might be a Summer cold.

So I didn't go into work today, called my Boss and he said take as much time as I need to get well.

So I slept, woke up, showered, slept some more, drank some tea and had toast, slept again and now I just had to get out of bed and walk a bit, so here I am.

Doyle is out of town again he called and was concerned but I told him there was nothing he could do,  Sis set up the crockpot when she saw how I was feeling, to make chicken soup with veggies (no tomatoes) just carrots, celery, peas, a little potato for a little thickening, an a touch of onion for flavor, it will be enough for two days.   Saltines tonight, maybe sweet french bread tomorrow night depending upon my stomach.

Camomile tea or peppermint tea with a touch of honey. 

Sis has called to check on me while she is meeting her clients.   The work on her house is coming along quite nicely,  this weekend she is going to be chosing paint colors and wall paper and she wants me involved, if I can right now I feel numb.

Dear Darklings when one gets older getting sick is a serious proposistion,  not to be ignored and monitored closely.  We are not 20 something and can bounce back.

Well I'm going back upstairs to sleep some more, but I'm going to set my CD player (it plays 5 cds) to play quiet music softly,  I have those that have music and bird, water sounds so I'll think I'm in the woods.  Poor little Belladonna she can't understand why Mommy is not taking her for her walk, just sending her outside into the small garden.

Well sometimes the body does say "you need to rest"  I just wish one didn't have to feel miserable as well.

Later Darklings