it’s not about you

I’m home sick today. I felt it coming on yesterday, that scratchy tickling in the back of my throat that makes me constantly clear it, and then the vaguest feeling of tightness in the chest. Full-blown coughing came on last night and I’ve decided that Nyquil is nothing more than a thick-tasting placebo. It certainly doesn’t help me sleep any better.

Judah came into our bed around six a.m. We couldn’t figure out what time it was at first because our power had gone off sometime during the night. That might explain why I had been waking up so cold all night long and why my little girl’s body was shivery when she curled up next to me. I called in to work around nine, and Joshua went and found the breaker, restoring our electric. It’s better now that the heaters are running. I’ve spent the day coughing crap up out of my lungs, curled up on the futon with a blanket and endless mugs of tea, reading news and blogs on the internet. I’ve got the latest Observer and the Chronicles of Narnia to help my sanity.

Joshua suggested I get out of the house for a bit, so we went and had lunch at All Good Cafe, ran by the post office and stopped at Blockbuster to get a couple of DVDs, or as Judah calls them, “JBs.” I don’t know why she calls them that. I can hear her waking up from her nap now, rolling around in her bed and saying, “morning, Mommy.”

I’m planning to return to work tomorrow. I’m hoping I’ll feel better, cause it would really suck if this got worse.

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