Back amongst the living

I managed to make it into work today; however, I did not manage to make it here until 10am, 2 hours late now that we have these short holiday hours going on. Fortunately, we do not get penalized for taking sick hours that are under 4 hours, so no matter! I simply could not wake up at 6:30 freakin' a.m. because I could not get to sleep last night until after midnight, although I went to bed before 10! Here's why: I have been suffering a sore throat for the past 3 days and, as of Tuesday night, a sporadic dry cough. So yesterday I called in sick again and spent almost the whole day on the couch, drinking hot tea, eating soup, and chain-sucking cherry throat lozenges. When S got home he brought me a big box of yummy black orange tea, so I drank some more of that b/c I really felt I need to stay hydrated and lubricated in order to get completely well. So last night, although I tried to put myself to sleep early, I literally, without exaggeration, had to get up every 10-15 minutes to go void. (I'm trying to be clinical here.) After about an hour of this it became a very unfunny joke. I considered seriously going downstairs and eating something substantial, like some jelly toast, b/c when I have an empty stomach I have to void way more often. But I didn't b/c I'd already brushed my teeth, and flossed! Anyway, here's why S calls me "The Justifier." Since I was not able to get to sleep until after midnight, I could not wake up today at 6:30 am. Therefore, since this lack of sleep was directly related to my sickness, I needed to sleep in, especially in order not to compromise my immune system.

They're lucky I came in at all, but to be honest, I wanted to come in as this will be my only day to work this week since we're closed tomorrow. My mailbox was overflowing comically, and I really need to get some serious work done on my health website. Plus, I just saw my ex-boss, I guess she is still cleaning out her office. She gave me a gift bag today, filled with Play-Doh and a Play-Doh activity kit for the baby! This is great, especially since the baby left her play-doh out this weekend and when you do that it turns rock-hard, so we are need of new play-doh. Yay!

I'm so glad we have tomorrow off as I have a lot of errands I need to run. I thought about taking care of some of them yesterday but instead decided to concentrate on laying low and getting well. By early afternoon I was feeling well enough to dust, sweep, and mop the entire downstairs. I spent the rest of the time on the couch, finishing the Johnnie Cochran book and starting my new book (Devil's Knot, the true story of the West Memphis Three murders), and as luck would have it, they were showing an all-day marathon of Season 1 of Project Runway! (Cue me rolling my eyes at myself!) Man, that's such a guilty pleasure! That show has got it all! Talent, drama, backstabbing, fashion, my ex-neighbor, and Tim Gunn!

So X-mas for us starts tomorrow. R. is coming over for a seafood dinner and fun! We'll also watch the exciting new Monk. Me and DH can't get enough of that show. Saturday more fun with baby, Sunday we'll visit M. and his bad dog Lucy, and then Monday will be spent at my aunt's house. Whew!