It was back to work with me today. And that’s about it for today, really. The weather was nice enough that I didn’t need a jacket at all today, even if there was a chill in the air this evening. But otherwise it was just a normal enough Tuesday.
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Sick day
Any thought that my Monday would be more productive than my Sunday was wiped away in the first few minutes, when I realized, hey, I think I’m sick, and I decided to call the doctor for an appointment rather than go into work. What I have seems to be a slight sinus infection — no real fever to speak of, but chills and tiredness all day, a general feeling of ugh. I probably would have shuffled off to work despite all that, if it hadn’t been for the slight pain along my left jawline that seemed to suggest sinus infection rather than just cold.
So I spent most of the morning sleeping, off and on watching more television — the current season of Supernatural, mostly, though also the latest episode of The Killing — and I’m on antibiotics for the week, which will hopefully kick out anything and get me feeling better.
I’m going to try to turn in early tonight — I’m still pretty tired — but I expect to be back at work tomorrow.
In which my Sunday is spent mostly watching TV
I was going to join my weekly writing group, then go see Thor with them afterward, but our plans fell apart. Maybe next week. I spent the day mostly watching television, or at least it seems so in retrospect. I watched the last two episodes of Fringe — which was a lot of fun, if in the end a little disappointing — the latest episode of Doctor Who — which had its moments but…well, next week’s Neil Gaiman-penned episode looks really good — and a couple episodes of Supernatural and Misfits. Oh, and the most recent episode of How I Met Your Mother. I think that’s it. On paper, it sounds horribly unproductive, but it was a pleasant enough day off, lots of good weather all around. I went for a walk, and listened to the Selected Shorts reading of Dan Chaon’s “The Bees” — a haunting story that knocked the wind out of me even though I’d read it before. And I more or less finished the Sunday crossword.
So, maybe not the single most incredible or exciting Sunday — I’d have liked to have done more writing, more reading — but nevertheless enjoyable.
And a happy Mother’s Day, to mine and yours and all mothers.
A pleasant Saturday
Not a terribly exciting day, but one with gorgeous weather, and sometimes that’s really enough.
I cleaned a little, watched a little television, picked up a new propane tank for the backyard grill, and went out with my parents to celebrate Mother’s Day. It doesn’t sound like a lot on paper, but it was a pleasant enough day, and I enjoyed it.
Squirrely
Today wasn’t exactly what I’d call an exciting, or even particularly interesting day. Oh sure, somebody wrote a weird and nasty comment at the Kaleidotrope website, and then this evening I saw the squirrel in the backyard. It seemed to be having trouble getting out of the backyard, which is the only reason I bring it up. Either the squirrel was injured that I couldn’t see, or it was just too young to be skilled at climbing fences. (It was on the smallish side.) I had our dog with us in the backyard, so I had to make sure, at the very least, those two didn’t cross paths.
But, really, besides those two not very exciting things, nothing much happened today.