Oh happy day! My swine flu blog is my second blog to achieve the fame of having two comments. What a momentous day! :)
I’d like to thank the Academy and my supportive family.
speaking of them, today I was thinking it would be fun to tell you all a little about the people that must share my world.

TH (the husband):
if you’re new to my blog, you may not understand why I call him this…but a lot of knitting bloggers seem to call their husbands DH for dear husband and I’m just not that warm and fuzzy, so I’ve decided I like TH. :)
you probably have got an idea of him in your head from your religious blog following, so I probably don’t need to say too much here.
I get to see a side of him that not many ppl do and it’s a blast. :)
he’s totally a genius (and not just cause he was smart enough to marry me). :)

Syd (Sydney):
her hobbies are jogging, chasing deer, running through the mud and tall grass, eating, staring at me and trying to make me read her mind….oh, and her fav. pastime is laying her head in my lap while I blog. :)…..seriously, she’s doing it right now. :)

my mom:
my mom is the sweetest and she’s very handy in a hair emergency (think cosmetology). She is learning to be a fan of inside pets thanks to Syd (and 6 mos. of training) :).. my mom has a great smile……and she is my favorite partner for 42.

my dad:
my dad is truly unique. he is an accounting whiz, a GREAT storyteller, can sew, bake, grow all kinds of plants, and likes to shop…he’s the best.

my brother:
my “little” brother has grown up to be a lot taller than me. he got married last year and I’m still in shock that he’s an adult. he still acts like a kid a lot of the time. I’m very proud that my obnoxious cute pest of a brother has grown up and found a job that not only suits him, but helps everyone else too… he’s a firefighter.

my sister:
she lives out of state, and has 3 great kids.

I include more ppl than this when I think of my family, but I think that is enough for today. I hope everyone has a great Friday! and to those out there that faithfully comment on the blog (and you know who you are), my sincerest and deepest thanks! :)

(3/18/2010 10:24 pm)

Mon. evening (3/8/2010) – I don’t feel like a rockstar, but I still feel good enough to knit on the entrelac baby hat, so, clearly, I’m not sick. :)
TH, on the other hand, has decided he is sick.

Tues. morning – hmmm. feeling even less like my awesome self, but this might be allergies and I have a LOT of very important meetings, so I’ll head off to work and think good thoughts and hope for the best.
noon – nope, I feel like a rockstar’s roadie. I’m going home.
2pm – go to bed and decide I may not really care what happens to the rest of the planet.
TH was smart and worked from home all day so as not to infect his coworkers. He’s so considerate.

Wed. – this is even bad for being sick. I’m going to call the doctor and make an appt at 8am.
I oversleep and TH calls Dr. at 8:15am. He snags the last appt. and I have an appt. for Thurs. morning.
TH drives himself to the doctor around noon. He gets a little lost on the way to the doctor and a little lost on the way to the pharmacy. He should not be operating a vehicle and that was before he added codeine to his diet.
Dr. prescribes antibiotics and codeine for the crazy bad cough.

Thurs. – I drag myself out of bed and go to the doctor.
I tell Dr. I’ve had fever for 2+ days.
Dr. does swine flu test. This is invasive. If you haven’t had one, you’re missing out. I can now check “got labotomy” off my life list.
When I get home, TH indicates that he thinks we have swine flu b/c the antibiotics are not improving things.
Dr. calls with results around 2pm. I have tested positive for Flu Strain A – “which one’s that?” I ask…to which I hear an apologetic, “swine flu.”
TH and I road trip for Canada Dry, and flu medicine.
I take the meds and get an upset stomach b/c I didn’t eat enough with it….great! the one flu symptom I hadn’t had yet….check!
Doctor has indicated that if I test positive for flu, I should lay in bed through the weekend…..no problem. I can do that.

Fri. – lay in bed
leave bed to make soup and take medicine. only bother to eat because the medicine upsets my stomach if I don’t.

Sat. – lay in bed
leave bed to make soup and take meds.
have exhausted all of the shows on tivo, maybe I feel up to knitting….nope false alarm, I still fill like the stuff one cleans out of drains.
A good friend comes to pick up our hockey tickets and brings soup rations and hydrangeas (my fav!) and a card. She’s an angel! :) Thanks, MD!!!!! You made my day!


Sun. – lay in bed.
leave bed to make soup and take meds.
people begin to call to see how we’re feeling.
I appreciate the thought, but we have the swine flu. We don’t feel good. You can assume this. and something about my phone ringing was really starting to tick me off.
If it hadn’t been the woman who gave birth to me the last time my phone rang, I’m sure the convo. would not have gone as well as it did.
by this point, Sydney is completely irritated by the lack of activity in our house and has taken to staring at the sleeping people as if she can will us to play with her or take her jogging. riiiight. This is not possible, but I’m here to tell you, if a Lab. could WILL you better, we would have been healed. :)

Mon. – dr. has approved me to go back to work because I have not had fever since Thurs. night.
and Glory be, there has been a time change, so I have to drag myself to work an hour earlier! oh joy! :)
5pm – I leave work. day 1 done! I have survived! someone should write a song about this!

Tues. – got to work a little later than normal in an effort to last the week. Thank goodness I’m leaving early for a dentist appt. I’ve NEVER been so happy for one in all my born days. Maybe I’ll live to see Wed.
I go to bed at 7pm. This might be the earliest I’ve gone to bed. ever.

Wed. – Happy St. Patrick’s Day, sweet world!
I feel human again! :) I’m back! :)
but, I may go to bed early again tonight, just to be sure. :)…….b/c after all, I’ve still got a cough that is legen….wait for it….dary! :)

Moral of the story:
come down with H1N1 at exactly the same time as TH, so neither of you can blame the other one. :)

(3/17/2010 7:09 pm)

Tuesday –
-got up and had breakfast.
-drove to Metro station #1 – there was nowhere to park (normal spots were full of snow).
-drove to Metro station #2 – there was nowhere to park
-got to Washington, BIL dropped TH and I off at WW2 Memorial and we walked to Washington Monument.
-BIL jogged from far away parking to Monument.
-I am afraid of heights and mildly claustrophobic, but it turns out that when it is really cold and windy outside, those things fade in comparison. :)
-We went up in the Monument and I really enjoyed the view – I think my issue may be related to the glass elevators.


-I even enjoyed seeing the decorative stones on the way down. :)
-went to the Reagan building to eat at the food court (had to show photo id)
-went to the National Aquarium (saw piranas feeding)
-went to the White House Visitors Center and BIL went to get the car. THANKS! :)
-got back to the casa and hung out and then went to dinner at the Outback Steakho (the sign had some letters out. :) )….they seated us with a baby at a round table right in the pathway…this was slightly ridiculous, but we were able to make it work and luckily, there were no fires. As we were leaving the parking lot, we stopped to avoid running over some kids crossing the street. The sedan driven by a fiftyish lady behind us honked….evidently, she was in a hurry to get home and wanted us to flatten the kids. hmmm.




Wednesday –
-got up and got on the road.
-had McD for breakfast on the way to Philly
-saw Independence Hall (where they made you open your coat to prove you were not packing heat)

-saw the Liberty Bell (where they also made you open your coat)
-ate Philly Cheesesteak at Sonny’s – I was not that impressed….and SIL was also underwhelmed with Sonny’s food. Next time, we’ll try Campo’s down the block.
-SIL and I saw the Betsy Ross house (& Christ Church); no ghosts were spotted. The gift shop was cute (bought inexpensive bamboo knitting needles). It seems the people of that time were smaller but there were some pretty cool spiral staircases.
-headed back to MD – the hat is as done as it will get on this trip. I need a few double pointed needles to finish, but I’m very excited to be pretty much done! :)
-stopped at 2 McD’s (one for diaper change and one to give baby break and get ice cream and ho. cho. for adults).
-got back to casa
-packed and watched the Olympics and blogged. :)

(2/17/2010 7:51 pm)