I also hab a cod.

Cold. Not a fish, or a cold fish (although I would rather take the piscine frigidity than a pre-Xmas and travels cold. I will baby it.)

ION, boy is here!! Yay! My sister got to watch him when we were at work, getting in her first Aunt time ever (she was excited, I think, and made him pancakes) and then he played with DHall evening and watched cartoons, and we decorated the tiny tree we saved in a pretty lurid fashion.

I tried to stay mostly away, since I'm feeling sicky, but he wanted to snuggle and read the 1st Harry Potter before bed, so we did. (I think I am either the best or worst reading companion for a kid; OTOH, I never let him skip or slur words, but OTO, I define all the words, even the magic ones, really well!

I started to guess pleurisy.

A high school friend on FB just namechecked The Glass Menagerie (blue roses). I laughed and laughed, even though it made me cough.

Also, I have taken my codeine and am feeling a little sparkly, trending toward sleepy. So of course Tim decides now is the time to put up the tree. Oh, my ADD man, how I love thee.

I think that codeine puts you in the perfect state of mind to watch him decorate and critique his technique.

the only bad thing about codeine is how fast it wears off. Hrm, i wonder if the pills last longer? I can't sleep more than 5 hrs at a time without a 1 hr break to hack and gag re-dose.

eta: well, that and constipation. easy to overlook with all the pros

i wonder if the pills last longer?

The scrip says 4x a day, so I guesstimate that as ~every 6 hours.

well, that and constipation.

Heh. I made sure to take a calcium/magnesium tonight. (That helps with moving things along in the pooping department.)

And with that, I should take my inflamed pleura to bed.

I think that codeine puts you in the perfect state of mind to watch him decorate and critique his technique.

Yeah. Put on a construction hat and yell "Hey, baby, do you want some fries with that shake!"

Fuck you Heathrow, fuck you very much.

My flight home to Dublin has been cancelled, and so has G's home to Boston.

Merry Sodding Christmas.

Oh, Jars - that's terrible. I'm sorry to hear you've been caught up in the results of snow chaos. Hope you can have a nice Christmas just the two of you.

We're going to see my sister and nieces this afternoon (I'm feeling better enough to go, although not enough to do too much moving around generally). The snow has affected deliveries across the country so much that our presents for them haven't arrived - ordered from Amazon three weeks ago. The Girl's gone to Toys R Us for new gifts.

Steph, pleurisy sounds extremely interesting, but also not fun. I hope the antibiotics help.

Health~ma to the Zmayhem house. This flu is not fun at all.

I blame Al Gore. If he hadn't made that movie about climate change, none of this would have ever happened! Humbug!

(Not to make light of your situation, Jars. But if we can't laugh at life, it will surely drive us mad).

I'm so sorry for all the holiday sickies! It's difficult to be or enjoy the merry and bright when you're all phlegmy and difficult of breath.

Teppy, you want I should bring you some salt? Might it help? I will say Tyco is the absolute bomb for pain for me. Never mind the other, more arcane pain stuff--just gimme the good codiene and tylenol.