Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
health & wellness, jake

sickboy

Another health update. If this keeps up, I’m going to have to change the name of the blog. How about “Name that illness?!?”

Well, Jake was sick again last night, so he had to stay home from daycare today. Rather than taking another sick day, I opted to work at home (normally I work in the office on Wednesdays and Fridays, and at home the other days). Jake seemed to feel ok today, so that’s good. Of course, he seemed to feel ok yesterday until he threw up all over the living room last night, so who can say? He kept himself busy by watching the tube most of the day. His eyes should be falling out any minute now. My mom’s watching him tomorrow and Brian’s off Friday, so hopefully this will give him a chance to recover before next week.

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sardonic to the point of bitter*

When this phrase* was muttered on Three Sisters, I knew I found a character I could relate to. Three Sisters was a short lived (about one-and-a-half seasons) show on NBC a few years back. Not only did it deliver one of my all-time favorite lines, but it also had a profound influence on our lives–it was the impetus for the Sunday brunch that is now a staple at the house of Law.

The show wasn’t that great to begin with, but a sitcom’s a sitcom, and it did have its moments. The first season was much better than the second, so it’s no wonder the show ended up cancelled. In the second season, they tried to make the ‘bitter’ sister more likable, and the show went downhill from there. What’s wrong with bitter, I ask?

Just daydreaming about the time when there were sitcoms…

health & wellness, jake

sick day

Not for me, but for Jake. He had a belly ache when he went to bed last night. He woke up at 4:30am with the same issue. This quickly turned into the dreaded “stomach flu”. Unfortunately for me, I couldn’t fall asleep last night due to laying on the couch all afternoon yesterday, so I got a whopping 3.5 hours of sleep last night. In retrospect, I guess I should’ve just stayed up and finished watching the Steeler game.

Anyway, I had to take today off in order to take care of him. He’s doing much better now–he even had some crackers and tea. I think he’ll be fine tomorrow. I’ll be happy just as long as I don’t catch what he has. If you thought I washed my hands a lot before, you should see me today. OCD–it’s for me.

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oh, my aching head

I thought I had a cold last week–it turns out that was just a precursor for today. At 3am this morning, I awoke to a sore throat. I have a splitting headache and my nose has been running all day. I still made it to church today and we had our traditional Sunday brunch, but after that, I laid on the couch for a few hours.

But, there’s always work to be done, so I’m up and at it again. I only hope I feel better tomorrow. I hardly think I’ll need to call off sick, but I have a lot to do at work this week, so I’d prefer if I didn’t feel like crap while I was doing it. And, this is the last week I’ll have to work a Friday until 2005. Brian and I took off the 17th in order to get ready for Christmas. And, we’re off due to the holidays the following two weeks.

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productive day

Brian had to help his Dad with some electrical work at his house today, so he and Jake went there this morning. I expected them to be back by now, but forgot the cardinal rule of Law time management–whenever someone with the last name of Law says something is going to take x amount of hours, you can safely double it.

I’m not complaining, though. In their absence, I accomplished a lot of things today in addition to my usual Saturday chores. All without interruption, I might add. Additionally, I managed to grab a coveted nap this afternoon. All in all, a good day.

Right now, there’s a pot of lamb and barley stew simmering on the stove. Hopefully I won’t have to eat it all myself.