I’m home today attempting to get over a cold that just wants to hang around but never get quite bad. The fact that I was having a hard time hearing and speaking yesterday (head full of stuff and voice fading in and out) made me think that staying home and napping most of the day would be a good thing. I also have double digit days of sick leave and I may as well use a day now and again.
The better-half is also feeling bad and I think he may be worse off than I am. I foresee lots of liquids and soup in our future today.
The past week has been full of only middling interesting things:
The Niece almost spent the night on Saturday but a beloved snow globe was shattered and The Niece decided she should go home, bummer.
Monday night we made pasta and I, like an idiot, dumped a packet of herbs and spices into the sauce. A coworker gave me the bag after going to Italy last fall and I figured we’d better use it up. I realized as soon as I dumped it in there that the proportions were off so I added more tomatoes. When I took a bite of the pasta, I choked and could hardly breathe. The spice packet was for Midnight Spaghetti which is some twistedly hot pasta concoction in Italy (note to self, use The Google before dumping packets of whatnot into food). I like heat in my food but I couldn’t eat the pasta.
We went out to dinner on Tuesday night for Valentine’s Day since last night I was in class until 9:40. The food was incredible. We exchanged cards last night and the better-half found the perfect card for me. It may be the best card anyone has ever given me.
Strange thing #1: There’s a guy in our neighborhood who is a ham operator. When conditions are right and my computer speakers are on, I can hear him talking. I can’t tell what he’s saying but I can hear him talking. In fact I hear him right now. Kind of creepy.
Strange thing #2: When the work buddies and I decide to go to the grocery store to buy lunch (great salad bar and prepared foods), should it be considered rude to do other shopping while there? I have picked up a couple of things before but sometimes my coworkers walk out of the store with bags of stuff. Yesterday the store was crowded but I know I waited more than 10 minutes for everyone to get through the line. I was worried my sushi was going to get hot.
I hope you feel better soon. I know so many people who have that lingering cold. Knock wood but it seems to have passed us by.
But, I’m not exposed to little kids anymore and they seem to be carriers.