This Whole Sickness Thing

I just had to make a brief interjection here to tell you some more about this whole sickness thing that's going around our household. I just couldn't fit it all into the whole 'thankfulness' theme and wrap it in a nice little bow. It doesn't exactly fall into that, um, category. The category of 'thankfulness'. Oh no, it does not.

To start off, we all have it, and it pretty much sucks. Sorry, I said 'sucks', but it does. It sucks. Take this very moment, about two seconds ago... Miss Peaches came over to receive some comfort for a little problem she was having. I bent my head over to talk to her for a few seconds. When I lifted my head, I felt like my ears suddenly filled with fluid, my cranium felt like I was underwater, I saw a few black spots, had a wave of wooziness, and then felt really hot.

Actually, it was more than two seconds ago, because I had to get up, walk around, and fan myself a little before I could type again.

I just thought I should clarify that.

All this to basically say...

It sucks.

On the other hand, it has been interesting... We've caught up on informercials (and we're convinced that we do indeed need a new vaccum), I have gotten massages and caretaking from Miss Peaches, who is leading the pack on getting well and giving the rest of us hope.

We have also had all the family togetherness that I wrote so fondly about, and we've actually had plenty of laughs as well. It's good to be able to laugh at yourself when you're sick. It's good to be able to laugh at the fact that you decided to go to the Walmart on the very first night you were coming down with this monster, the Walmart that is very far away, that you had to go to because they accidentally sent your Christmas cards to that store instead of the one that is only twenty minutes away, and even though they were supposed to forward them to the correct store, they never did, so you finally gave in and drove all the way to the far-away Walmart, because this is the first year in awhile that you actually got them ordered in time to hand out for Christmas and get in the mail, and they specifically say 'Merry Christmas', and nothing about 'Happy New Year', so it would be a travesty to not get them out on time, and while you were headed there anyway you decided to get all your grocery shopping caught up before the big weekend, but before you left you decided you didn't really need to put a bra on or style your hair, because you felt kinda cruddy, and you'd be wearing a winter jacket over a t-shirt and a sweater, so no one would see your chest area anyway, and your hair wouldn't be seen either, because, again, it's winter and you could just keep your stocking cap on in the store, and of course, since you're going to the far-away store, the chances of running into anyone you knew were very slim, except for when you actually arrived at the store and were waiting in the photo center line to pick up your Christmas cards, and feeling a little hostile anyway for having to drive all the way to the far-away Walmart, you then experienced a wave of dizziness, hot flashes, and almost passed out, at which point all you really wanted to do was rip off all those layers and stocking cap, but you just couldn't do that lest you would expose your sagging... self... and crazy, messy hair, so you took some deep breaths and powered through, and then, even though you thought surely you wouldn't run into anyone you knew, you did, in fact, run into your eighteen-year-old niece and her friend, who were there buying ugly sweaters and turtlenecks for 'Ugly Sweater Day' at school, and you pretended that all was well and that you hadn't just almost passed out, then you deliberately strolled around Walmart at a very slow pace, because every time you went any faster than that, you experienced the lightheadedness, which you were somewhat worried was due to your sore throat swelling and closing up, but you took a bit of comfort knowing that your niece was in the store, and hopefully she would come help you if you needed it and not be too embarassed at her auntie's messy, no-make-up, sagging appearance.

I'm just saying, it sucks, but at least we've had some laughs.