Not Really What I Had in Mind...

...when I said I needed a stay-cation.  Instead, I've been somewhat leveled by a virus/flu/allergy juggernaut - oh yeah.  So instead of filling my days crafting, writing, and just enjoying my house, I'm coughing, napping, and grading.

It's hard for me to be at home but unable to do all the things I need or want to do because of my flagging energy levels.  I'm prone to overdoing it or being too ambitious, thereby delaying my return to health.  I'm working very hard on getting better because we fly to Nashville on Friday morning (hoorah!), and it would suck to be sick there. I'm encouraging the lady friend to take as many preventive measures as possible to avoid taking up the mantle of "sick girl." 

I myself am mixing homeopathic/folk remedies with good old Tylenol and Nyquil - yum!  Tonight's soup should also do me good.

How I Have Spent My Sick Days

My three main activities over the last five days (oh my god!) have been sleeping, reading, and, to a far more limited extent, eating.  Mainly I've been sampling chicken soups.  Unfortunately, I didn't have any homemade in stock (believe the last family illness wiped out our supplies), so I had to rely on commercial products.

Wolfgang Puck soups are perfectly serviceable.  I had both the Chicken with Egg Noodles and the Chicken with White and Wild Rice varieties.  My main comment is that when they're not piping hot, I find they take on a more viscous texture.  I like mine a little clearer.

I wasn't quite sure how I'd feel about Imagine Organic Creamy Chicken Soup because, well - it was just a dairy-free creamy soup with no chunks of anything in it.  However, I was pleasantly surprised.  I found it quite tasty and didn't miss the chunks, but that also may have to do with the fact that I was often sipping it out of a coffee mug.

What I really wish I had was some good matzoh ball soup.  Not some tired grocery store variety, but something that came from Ratner's or the Ratner's cart that I used to go to when I worked on Wall Street.  Yes, it's true.  I worked on Wall Street and got matzoh ball soup from a cart.

You Give Me Fever

Yeah, that's right.  Sing along.  Another possible title had been "Rattle & Hum," referencing the sound of phlegm in my chest, but thankfully that's gone now.

However, still sick.  Not going into work tomorrow, but the real tragedy is that I'm not in the third row of the HSBC Center in Buffalo cheering on my beloved Rangers like I should be!  Instead, I'm sitting at home, watching it on the computer.

Yes, I'm feeling a little sorry for myself and sharing that with you.

What I'm Wearing to Teach Today: 19

It's a sick day, and I'm not teaching.  Just recovering.

Robe:  Puella
Pajamas:  Charter Club
Slippers:  unknown
Face:  Sean Penn on the cover of T Magazine (New York Times)