Still In Isolation

Thank you for all the get well wishes! It was especially nice to read so many kind comments.

Yes, I am still sick. I am still avoiding my husband. Last night we texted each other across the hall a lot. We talked on the phone a bit but it made me feel like I had to cough so that didn't last too long. The good news is, so far he has not shown signs of illness.

Anyway, the glamour of being sick just isn't there anymore. I'm not finding the whole yucky tissue/coughing until my sides hurt/fever/short of breath/pounding sinus headache thing to be that much fun anymore. I'm funny that way.

It sure seems like a lot of people have been sick and it seems to hang around longer than usual. Have any of you been sick recently?

Under the Weather

I started out this week feeling a bit under the weather.  Did you ever stop to ponder that phrase, "under the weather"?  Where did that come from?  Anyway, I guess there was weather and I was under it.  Actually, the weather was lovely but I wasn't really enjoying it much.  Nothing dramatic was going on, just a typical upper respiratory infection (nurse talk for a common cold).  It gave me some down time but I couldn't waste it so I crocheted. I did finish the tunisian crochet baby blanket I showed you a week or so ago.  Not to brag, but I was pleased with the final result.

As I crocheted I also spent nearly an entire day watching Netflix.  I just finished the series "Life".  It is about a cop who is framed, spends 12 years in prison, is exonerated and wins a multi-million dollar settlement and then goes back to work as a cop again.  It was entertainment for me anyway.  

Being sick now is sure different than it was for me a decade ago.  Many of you know that when you are raising kids you don't get to just watch tv and crochet when you are sick, you just keep moving anyway.  Also, if my job were different, I'd have kept working.  However, I don't think it would be kind to pass even just a common cold on to our hospice patients.  They have enough to deal with and there were healthy nurses available to take my place.  Anyway, if felt weird to just sit down and relax.