Sick.
It’s been a crap day.
Got up fairly early (for me), and Gemini had already made a nest on the sofa. This is a bad sign. Gemini doesn’t like to take naps, she’s hated them since she was a toddler, and when she was about 2, I gave up. And this morning (yes, it was still A.M. when I got up), she had made a nest on the sofa of her pillow and blanket. She was sick. Scouser texted me during the weekend to let me know she was sick, but I had hoped it was a passing thing.
Libra said she felt completely fine, that she was perfectly healthy – she just had a cold. No fever, though. At one point, Gemini’s fever hit 105.9, and I started with the fever reduction in earnest, including forcing liquids. She was wilted on the sofa, glassy-eyed and lethargic, she even took a nap. Libra took a nap too, but that was more out of not wanting to be left behind. Libra is a big fan of naps, more often than not.
Then Scouser came home. He made a nest on the sofa too, with his pillow and blanket.
They were all in bed by 9pm. Scouser is probably calling in sick to work today. With the cold and the snow, i don’t think he’s going to be very motivated to go out into the world.
It was a crappy weekend too. Engineer was great, don’t get me wrong, but I felt crappy. The trip down there… For most of the way on I74, there was a single track in the middle of the expressway… the bus driver was at wits’ end trying to keep us on the road and moving forward with all the snow coming down. Note: When semis are caravaning and only going 30 mph in a 70 mph zone, don’t pass them. The driver and I ( I was sitting close to the front this time) watched three SUVs try to pass the semis and go off into the middle ditch. Oh, and if you were expecting a delivery by Fed Ex this week, it’s probably along I65 or I74. I saw four of their semis in the ditches, and two were jack-knifed. Oddly, no UPS or USPS trucks… There were other trucks on the sides of the roads, but for the most part, they had the names of trucking companies on them. I lost count of the cars early on… just glad that I wasn’t in one of them. The other odd thing was that we didn’t see any police presence, of all the cars we saw, we didn’t see any flashing lights except for the one overpass that was closed for two jack-knifed semis.
I arrived in Kentucky just in time for the worst of my cycle to hit. THAT was fun. I ended up sleeping most of Saturday. And then the digestive issues began on Sunday. The trip back was uneventful. I slept for most of it, because the book I thought I had was missing from my bag. The bus driver pissed people off (many of whom were from Indianapolis) when he announced as we were approaching the station in Chicago that the Saints won the Superbowl. Evidently they wanted the suspense of not knowing.
I love spending time with Engineer, but this weekend, I was definitely not at my best.
I’m looking forward to having a girls’ day out with Pachamama. She and I are planning to get pedicures and go out to lunch. She doesn’t get many breaks like this, as her husband is often working out of town so she has the kids. It will be fun. Dammit.
