Sick

Let there be Scones

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With everyone in the house in various stages of being sick or recovering we opted to stay in for the day. That meant parts of art projects, Lego building, naps (for the adults not the kids) and of course scones.

MC had been wanting to make the scones for a while. When my friend was visiting a few weeks ago she opted to make muffins instead of scones. That delay provided us much deliciousness today. After dinner Amelia asked for “the things that you made for me and are sweet.” MC and I both assumed she meant the scones. Sadly no butter for her or her sister. I had enough butter for all three of us

Hello Old Friend

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T was up early Sunday morning with a stomach bug. That meant the family went into quarantine. We were going to visit my dad in the morning and then have some of M‘s cousins over for brunch in the afternoon. Everything got canceled. We just hoped T would feel better and that she didn’t pass it on to her sister.

Before T got sick M had prepared a French toast casserole for brunch. With no company coming over food that would go bad we decided to make it anyway. T wasn’t eating obviously however M myself and A had the delicious French toast casserole.

For her size A eats pretty well however in the grand scheme of things didn’t put a dent in this casserole. M did not have that much so that left me to accept the challenge to try to finish this thing as best as I could.

When I told M that she said no, no you don’t need to finish it. I cannot stress how specific she was on the fact that I did not have to try to eat as much of this casserole as I could. I ignored her and tried anyway. I had about three helpings before I had to stop. There’s more than enough for another meal that we will have one day this week possibly for dinner when T is better.

M’s French toast casserole is usually fantastic and this one did not disappoint. It wasn’t however the Paula Dean recipe with some ridiculous amount of butter and pralines in it. That is likely the only reason I am still breathing right now!

Odd Bug The Las Few Days

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I have had an odd bug the last few days.  I would be fine most of the day but then get really sick feeling towards the end of the day.  It started about Wednesday, and got worse on Thursday but today wasn’t as bad.  I dont know what it is.  I haven’t felt sick enough to take a sick day but I came close.  I am hoping I feel better tomorrow so I can go hang out with Rich.

Fathers Day Weekend Sick at My Sisters

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This weekend for Fathers day we went to my sister’s to spend time with her family and my parents for Fathers day.  On mothers day we spent the day with MC’s mom on MC’s first mothers day and we did the same with my family for my first Fathers day.  We drove out to Carries on Saturday morning so we could spend the day and then we stayed over so we didn’t have to drive the entire trip both ways in a day.  We also left my dad’s car there since he is staying at my sisters while my mom is away in china.  We ended up driving back with my mom.

Unfortunately I got a migraine shortly after we got there in the early afternoon Saturday.  Even with the heavy duty drugs I really didn’t kick it Saturday.  I woke up still not feeling great Sunday.  Michael had to help me out a bit.  I was glad he was there.  It is very rare for me to get a migraine two days in a row.  I wasn’t happy that i missed a lot of the time hanging out with my family.  Teagan had a great time playing with her cousin’s.  Thankfully i wasn’t lying down the entire time.  I did get to play with the kids a bit on both days but for large chunks of both days i was out of commission.  I was glad it wasn’t worse than it turned out to be.  MC was fantastic picking up the slack when I couldn’t help with Teagan, and my mom and sister were also great.  I am always grateful for my family but on days like that especially so.

Sick Week

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This week I was sick for most of the week. I took Tuesday off just to have a longer weekend, but it ended up being just a day I was sick inside! I wasn’t too happy about that. I worked from home Wednesday but felt like crap most of the day. I even napped in the evening after work.

I woke up on Thursday and decided to just take a sick day since i was still feeling out of it. I should have done that on Wednesday, but I didn’t.

By Friday I was feeling more myself but a bit congested. I worked, but it was from home. I ran out to Manhattan to look for something at the Apple store, and was aiming to grab dinner. I ended up not buying anything and headed home for dinner. I stayed in the rest of the night and both yesterday and today. Well I don’t count going to the store for food as going out. I wanted to make sure I killed this cold so I could have a normal week this week.

So far I feel pretty good, so fingers crossed for the upcoming week!

Back at Work

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Today was an in the office day for me. I was feeling better than yesterday, but I still feel crappy so I didn’t make my scheduled trip to NJ. I ended up going to my home base office instead. I feel bad not trekking out to Jersey but I don’t want to kill myself. I will go next week. Today was packed with meetings. Talking while my throat hurts wasn’t so fun. I had two hot chocolates throughout the day. I actually used my work mug for the second time since I got it! Not a fan of having to clean it, but it is ecologically more friendly than using disposable ones I guess.

Sick Day

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I took a sick day today from work. It was the first sick day since everything that went on in October. The stupid head cold I had was killing me. I couldn’t breath or talk. The lack of sleep because of the lack of breathing from my noise was the final straw. I figured I would rest up so I could goto the office tomorrow. I am feeling better than I was last night, but still no where near 100% better.

I totally forgot it was tax day. Of course I did my tax’s in February so it didn’t matter to me!

New Headphones

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I felt horrible after work, but I forced myself to run the errands I had to before collapsing. I got a hair cut since I really needed one and that always makes me feel better. This time it did a little but the cold didn’t magically go away. Dam cold. On my way home I ran over to the Apple Store. I needed to replace my Bose in ear headphones. I am kinda pissed that a $99 pair of head phones broke. I can only hear out of one ear sometimes. I did have them for almost two years (or so I think), so I didn’t go shopping for another brand. I liked the bose ones overall so I got another pair. I do bang them up so I think I got my moneys worth, or I am just saying that to justify buying another pair. I just know if I had to go another day with the Apple headphones I was going to go crazy!

I am Sick

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I have a head cold. I started feeling my throat get scratchy on Saturday night. Thankfully I saw the signs and started taking Zicam as soon as I could. By Sunday morning my throat hurt bad. Today at work wasn’t fun talking on all the conference calls, but at least it was a work from home day so I didn’t have to run to and from work. Tomorrow I will have to do that. Actually tomorrow I have to run to my main office (aka the office I am based out of), then in the afternoon I have to go to a meeting at our midtown office. At least I will be closer to home when I am done, but I am not looking forward to running around while I am sick!