If you’ve read Impatientchicken lately, you know that I’ve been ill. I’m blessed with a hearty constitution—isn’t that how they used to put it—and don’t get sick very often. This means, of course, that when I do get sick, I become rather mopey and sad and, basically, unable to cope with doing anything more than feeling sorry for myself. I have therefore been avoiding posting to my blog.
See how I always have an excuse for not posting more often?
Anyhow, since jlr and I have both been ill, I’ve been amused at our mutual attempts to boss the other one around. When one of us is ill, the other one shifts into Bossy Nurse mode, becoming rather like the person Anne Cattrell described when she said, “I saw her on The World at War, and she wasn’t fighting for the Allies.” When jlr and I are both ill, then, it becomes a contest about who does a better job of insisting that the other one is more ill and therefore in need of more care (and thus more bossing around). I’ll admit that jlr had the upper hand at first because she didn’t get sick as soon as I did. I’ll also admit to standing in my closet with the door closed to take my temperature because I suspected that my fever had not gone away (it hadn’t), and I didn’t want jlr to know about it—and if she had heard the thermometer beeping, she would have demanded to know what my temperature was. Soon, however, the tables turned. As I got better, jlr’s cold grew worse. I think she might have had a bit of an infection. Might still have, in fact. So now I’m waiting for her to get home so I can boss her around some more. She didn’t go to bed early enough last night. I’ll have to do a better job of monitoring her tonight. I’ve kind of slacked off lately. Bad, rr, bad.
And for those of you who miss the incident reports, I’ll tell you that I hit myself in the head with the phone the other day. It hurt...and it made me mad at the phone. I did have an incident report list going, but I can’t find it. Here are two things, though, that I remember from the list:
1. Tripped over Wally. Did not spill tea!
2. Tripped on phone cord. Spilled tea.
3 comments:
I tried bossing her around for you, but she didn't check her work email last Friday. Apparently, she was home with you.
I would have bossed you around, but didn't for fear that you would pull the whole, "But when YOU'RE sick...". Yeah. It's not about me, but it wasn't a conversation I felt like having before the Quilt Show (and seeing MAM).
Anyway, I hope you are both on the mend. If not, GO TO THE DOCTOR!!!!
Maybe you did spill the tea the first time, but Wally got all the drips before you noticed? :)
I hope you're doing better.
Deals: Ha ha. Yes, she was taking a sick day. And, hey, when YOU'RE sick, you don't even take the day off from work (usually). So no bossing from you. Hope the Quilt Show wasn't too bad.
Lia: That could be. Hope not, poor guy. And I am doing much better; thank you.
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