Actually really quite properly ill 🙁 I started sneezing last night and feeling rough throated and stayed up til nearly 2am on the basis that all the time I was blowing my nose every 2 minutes there was no point in lying down and disturbing Ady too. I was right and I seemed to have barely slept four hours later when Ady’s alarm went off at 6am. I did manage to get a couple of hours sleep and emerged just before 9am feeling utterly dreadful.
Scarlett took it upon herself to ‘look after me’. She had the very best intentions but this mainly consisted of her piling about 7 blankets on top of me and warming two wheatbags in the microwave (with me feebly calling from the lounge to be careful), fetching my pillow, bringing me a pile of books (funny mix of cookery books and knitting books) and lamenting not being able to make me a cup of tea. I was able to manage a firm ‘no’ to that. Aswell as to her wanting to light me a fire. Bless her.
Davies has been equally attentive if a little more low key.
At 11ish I realised we had no bread or anything for lunch and there were no drugs in the house either so we had to walk round to the local shop. Davies did offer to go for me but I said I thought they wouldn’t sell drugs to children which Tarly was very indignant about. I do think sending a small 8 year old during school hours to buy over the counter remedies might have attracted some unwanted attention though 😆 That small excursion really took it out of me and actually the stuff didn’t really have much effect anyway. I’m hoping the nighttime one will help knock me out in a while though.
We had lunch and I decided that there was very little hope of a proper recovery before tomorrow when I’m supposed to be at work. The very thought of doing Storytime, reading books and singing nursery rhymes to a load of under 5s had me feeling queasy so I decided to let work know today rather than wait for the morning to let them get cover and also set my mind at rest that I don’t need to set an alarm when I go to bed. It’s early closing day for most of the local libraries on a Wednesday so it took some time and a couple of phonecalls to track down one that was open and had a senior member of staff to report my intended absense to. She was very stressed and I felt quite guilty but I’m sure it was the right decision, and better made today than throwing them into chaos just before they open in the morning.
I also rang my Mum who should be here tomorrow afternoon with Davies and Scarlett. She was warmly sympathetic and said she’ll ring me in the morning and will come over anyway if I want company. 🙂
Davies and Scarlett did various things – drawing, legoing, DSing, Xboxing.
At 4pm Ady rang to say he was on his way home so could cook their tea and take them to Badgers at which point I gave in and went to bed with a hot toddy (spiced tea, honey, lemon and brandy). I didn’t manage to sleep but did rest and read a book for a couple of hours while Ady sorted out pancakes for their tea and organised them getting changed for Badgers. He did send Tarly up with a hair bobble for me to do that though ;). After they’d headed off I ventured back downstairs and enjoyed the peace that an empty house gives.
They came home, watched a taped Clone Wars episode in lieu of stories although Ady then read them a chapter of a Ben 10 book Davies has got too and they went to bed. Scarlett is coming down with it too and fell asleep really quickly, I’m hoping she doesn’t feel as rough as I do tomorrow. Davies still isn’t asleep and just appeared with a notebook filled with a 15 page illustrated story about the adventures of a recycled paper bag at the recycling point 🙂
I had a bath, Ady cooked a curry, which I didn’t manage to eat much of but was very nice anyway and we watched the earthship Grand Designs which I’m in love with.
Right, going to take one of these knock-you-out-at-night tablets and hope for a decent nights sleep and a less snot and splutter filled day tomorrow.
How are you doing now?
Comment by Alison — 26 February 2009 @ 9:59 pm
Just doing a blog catch-up. Really sorry you’re poorly, hope tomorrows better x
Comment by Wednesday Helen — 26 February 2009 @ 10:34 pm
aw hugs also!! i am sure warmed port helps…
Comment by HelenHaricot — 26 February 2009 @ 11:36 pm