From The Deathbed, With Love
When I find out who filled my head with concrete I'm going to have to get petty on their asses and return the favor. It was probably my own kid, so this is an empty- yet still satisfying- threat. I haven't been able to taste anything since yesterday something that makes me get all frantic and panicky like I'm some kind of crazy person.
I didn't think I'd have any energy to do anything but crawl back into bed after finishing work but I have managed to make a soup I can't taste and I got out into the "wintry-mix" on my scooter bundled up like a celebrity dog, and got myself and the kid some elderberry syrup as well as some lemonade for me to heat up with honey and cayenne. My mom used to make this for me when she had us kids fast for a day. Yes, we've already gone over the whole "hippie mom" thing. I still think going a whole day without any food is torture yet in spite of associations I remember the lemonade fondly. I was reminded of it while reading Rosemary Gladstar's recommendation to drink the same beverage.
About elderberry syrup- to buy it costs a lot of money for a little 4 oz bottle. This is why I am going to buy elderberry bushes this year no matter what. I am determined! Just as soon as our next pay check arrives.
That soup had no flavor at all. hahahahaha. Shit. So depressing.
Still, I am trying not to wilt all over the place with my loveliest gown on and my most wistful voice ready to convince you that I am but one step away from death's door.
It is obvious to me that there are plenty more steps to death's door and each one is like living a hundred years in the deepest pit of hell...
Oops. I got carried away again.
Oh goody- the chest is gearing up to hurt and cause me grief too. I'm just one bundle of joy.
So, off topic for a second- I am so happy that Hodgins and Angela love each other!! Aren't you? What an excellent story line. I just know that one of them is going to have to be killed off next season just to punish me for loving a happy story. Either that or one of them will betray the other one*. For now I choose to pretend that nothing bad will happen.
It is now time to go strip the sick bed of gross sheets and prepare to snuggle up with the boy and watch a movie. I'm so tired now I could just fall over right where I am and wake up tomorrow. Ah well. Duty calls.
Please don't get this cold you lovely people- it's truly a nasty nasty one. If my brain doesn't come out my nose today or tonight I will check back in tomorrow.**
*Bingo! Accidentally saw a spoiler so now I know that I am right which is just so cheap of the show to do. So predictable to break up the most promising love stories. Crappity crap. I hate people. I really do.
**But if, by some totally likely chance, my brain actually does exit my head through my nose, please only put roses with scent or Cala lilies on my grave. Those are my two favorite flowers in the whole world.
I didn't think I'd have any energy to do anything but crawl back into bed after finishing work but I have managed to make a soup I can't taste and I got out into the "wintry-mix" on my scooter bundled up like a celebrity dog, and got myself and the kid some elderberry syrup as well as some lemonade for me to heat up with honey and cayenne. My mom used to make this for me when she had us kids fast for a day. Yes, we've already gone over the whole "hippie mom" thing. I still think going a whole day without any food is torture yet in spite of associations I remember the lemonade fondly. I was reminded of it while reading Rosemary Gladstar's recommendation to drink the same beverage.
About elderberry syrup- to buy it costs a lot of money for a little 4 oz bottle. This is why I am going to buy elderberry bushes this year no matter what. I am determined! Just as soon as our next pay check arrives.
That soup had no flavor at all. hahahahaha. Shit. So depressing.
Still, I am trying not to wilt all over the place with my loveliest gown on and my most wistful voice ready to convince you that I am but one step away from death's door.
It is obvious to me that there are plenty more steps to death's door and each one is like living a hundred years in the deepest pit of hell...
Oops. I got carried away again.
Oh goody- the chest is gearing up to hurt and cause me grief too. I'm just one bundle of joy.
So, off topic for a second- I am so happy that Hodgins and Angela love each other!! Aren't you? What an excellent story line. I just know that one of them is going to have to be killed off next season just to punish me for loving a happy story. Either that or one of them will betray the other one*. For now I choose to pretend that nothing bad will happen.
It is now time to go strip the sick bed of gross sheets and prepare to snuggle up with the boy and watch a movie. I'm so tired now I could just fall over right where I am and wake up tomorrow. Ah well. Duty calls.
Please don't get this cold you lovely people- it's truly a nasty nasty one. If my brain doesn't come out my nose today or tonight I will check back in tomorrow.**
*Bingo! Accidentally saw a spoiler so now I know that I am right which is just so cheap of the show to do. So predictable to break up the most promising love stories. Crappity crap. I hate people. I really do.
**But if, by some totally likely chance, my brain actually does exit my head through my nose, please only put roses with scent or Cala lilies on my grave. Those are my two favorite flowers in the whole world.
Comments (8)
Hope your brain stays intact. What happened to the ice cream cure? I guess the weather has sucked so that's why you aren't better. The germs are breeding in the cold. :( Hope you feel better soon. I am going to go antibacterialize after reading this post. :)
Posted by amy | March 9, 2009 7:34 PM
Posted on March 9, 2009 19:34
Hope you feel better soon.
Posted by Mary D in Texas | March 10, 2009 7:48 AM
Posted on March 10, 2009 07:48
Hope you didn't sneeze or cough anything important out. I like the Angela and Hodgins storyline also. I will say no more though. Just know I am with you on the spoiler reaction. Crikey.
Hope you and the kid are feeling better and that Philip stays healthy. --tonia
Posted by Tonia | March 10, 2009 8:52 AM
Posted on March 10, 2009 08:52
ugh, the brain-leaks! i feel for you, hon. movies and boy-snuggles sound like a great idea.
Posted by miss lila | March 10, 2009 9:42 AM
Posted on March 10, 2009 09:42
Yes, that's precisely why I'm planting elderberry too. Natural healing should not be so costly! But I am very happy you found your way to some syrup but my god woman, I can't believe you went out yourself to do it. One more reason to admire your strength.
Posted by Kathy | March 10, 2009 10:03 AM
Posted on March 10, 2009 10:03
Sound like you have influenza, not a cold. Are your ears still hurting? On the rare occasions that mine do, I mix 1 drop of chamomile and 1 drop of lavender oils in a teaspoon of warm olive oil and then either drop some into my ears or soak a cotton ball in the oil and then shove that into my ear and also rub it around my ear and temples. Helps every time and ear aches suck. (Along with all the other aches.) And rosemary and eucalyptus mixed into olive oil and rubbed on your chest is great for chest pain, too. Hope you feel better soon. Let me know if you need anything!
Posted by Lisa | March 10, 2009 4:08 PM
Posted on March 10, 2009 16:08
Sound like you have influenza, not a cold. Are your ears still hurting? On the rare occasions that mine do, I mix 1 drop of chamomile and 1 drop of lavender oils in a teaspoon of warm olive oil and then either drop some into my ears or soak a cotton ball in the oil and then shove that into my ear and also rub it around my ear and temples. Helps every time and ear aches suck. (Along with all the other aches.) And rosemary and eucalyptus mixed into olive oil and rubbed on your chest is great for chest pain, too. Hope you feel better soon. Let me know if you need anything!
Posted by Lisa | March 10, 2009 4:27 PM
Posted on March 10, 2009 16:27
Yeah, that sneak peek about Angela and Hodgins seems like a bummer but it works out ok. Sort of. Other things are much more menacing in Season 3. Which made all of us sad and unhappy. I'm currently rewatching them all with you, although I'm still on season 1.
Posted by pam | March 11, 2009 9:24 AM
Posted on March 11, 2009 09:24