five days no post

[derien]

Haven't had much to say, really. Still sick.

No, wait, I lie. We went up to visit littleredhead and groundctrl on Friday and had a great time with them. They have a female yellow cat! I thought that was almost impossible. There was a very good meal at King Eider's in Newcastle and a stroll around the adorable downtown, there, with a turn through the library garden, and they showed us the sewer 'drian' (the sewer lids are missprinted!) then ice-cream, and much conversation. :) Also, fangirlsquee over the Swallows and Amazons books, and I borrowed "Peter Duck" from Littleredhead. :)

Saturday I went to hang out with my cousins and celebrated my birthday with them. :) They got me Chinese food and tickets to see South Pacific at Hackmatack Playhouse, where my cousin (Jepdog) and I used to work. It's a family business sort of thing, and I think that may be it's downfall - I think our grandparents' cousin had good vision and his son's track record so far is rather spotty. Although Jepdog and I, having worked there, can be hypercritical. Still, the evening was fun, overall - in fact, sometimes it can be a lot of fun being hypercritical with your cousin and former co-worker. ;)

Um. And the last two days I've gone to work and had no energy at all and slept 10 and 11 hours each night. That's about it.

I was ahead this morning, and now I'm behind.

I've got this sort of helpless feeling right now about the next chapter of "Swept Away." It's just not possible and I don't have the energy to stress too much about it. There's stuff written, so it's beginning to feel as though I do have somewhere i can go with it, it's just not going to be on time. I'm bummed.

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[mizzmarvel.livejournal.com]

*hugs you times a million* I hope you feel better.

[derien.livejournal.com]

*snuggles you back* Thank you - I feel better already. ;)

[littleredhead.livejournal.com]

that is one persistant cold - ick. I spent all Sunday sneezing but I think it was a reaction to the dust I stirred up on Saturday at work, because I've felt pretty normal since then. we had a great time too though, thanks again for braving the drive up!

here is the one little S&A future-fic I had read last year, I think: http://www.yuletidetreasure.org/archive/26/noend.html (no spoilers as far as I can tell - can you even warn for spoilers for books written 70 years ago?)

I hope you feel better soon...more tea!

rallying cry!

[derien.livejournal.com]

More tea! I think what happened to me (once again) was that it was initially a cold (I pretty sure of that because of the way it hit) and then allergies affected me, so last night I took Tylenol PM - which Eor points out has just as much allergy medicine in it, just as a sleep aid, as the pills sold as allergy med - and I woke up feeling chipper this morning! I suppose possibly it could have been allergies all along, but the first two days were so awful and came on so fast that I find that hard to believe. Still, makes me wonder what I would find out about my general health if I were to have an allergy work-up done.

Re: rallying cry!

[littleredhead.livejournal.com]

there is definitely something blooming somewhere that hates me. goldenrod? ragweed? are they the same thing? I guess with plant-related allergies, my hesitation (besides the financial output) about getting tested is something like "ok, I'm allergic to *this* type of pollen. what am I going to do differently, stop breathing 2 months out of the year?" (since it's a given that I'm keeping the cats!)

(and yes, that was a mist-inducing little story! I'm glad you liked it though - I'm inordinately pleased to have someone to squee with about this most obscure of fandoms.)

[derien.livejournal.com]

*sniff* Okay, my eyes are running again. It's a good little story!