Good Day, All!
Hope everyone is doing well today - it's just above freezing here, but the sun peeks out now and again so not too bad of a day. One of my little plague vectors blessed his Mama and me with a rotten cold this past week - how his older brother avoided it, I do not know. At least it was a fairly quick one
Temp of 101.3, no energy, body aches, freezing/sweating, congestion... It was about all I could do to crawl in and out of bed the first day, but at least it's mostly over except for the occasional coughing spell and temp spike - but the spikes are down in to the low 99's at least. Daughter came down with it the day before I did, which was good - she was better in time that there was no need to cancel their trip to Montana; and I didn't come down with it until after they left so could handle the laundry/packing/etc... for the trip.
So far today, I've stripped my bed and those linens and the pair of sheets I put over my recliner are in the washer on the sanitize cycle plus bleach, the pillows are hanging out on the clothesline, and the blankets are bagged for a trip to the giant commercial washer in town. So glad I stocked up on disinfecting wipes when they were on sale during back to school time - so much easier than having to make up my own. I had store bought Gatorade on hand to use until I felt like making my own, plenty of acetaminophen and aspirin to knock down the fever a bit, epsom salt that I infused with a few drops of Thieves oil before dumping it in the hot baths I ran to help with the aches. And Kleenex - lots and lots of Kleenex!! It is good to be prepared!
It's a wonky work week due to the New Year's holiday - not sure if I'll be on call tomorrow or not but last I heard there was a pretty good chance. I'll be glad when the schedule settles back down to it's norm.
I did pop in to CVS to pick up a gallon of milk on my way home from checking daughter's house yesterday - they had minimal holiday clearance, but then - they hadn't had much holiday stuff out to begin with. The Valentine's Day stuff was already out on display on the 26th.
I've not seen the sale ads for this week yet, but my phone has been going crazy with various clearance sales - I have a $40 JC Penney card that I should probably try to use before I manage to lose it, but nothing I saw online (in the clearance or great deals section of course!) has so far has piqued my interest; and the only thing I specifically went looking for - the tee shirts I wear under my scrubs - were out of stock. I suppose I'll stop in to the physical store to see if they have any in stock; if not, I'll check out the bedding department as I've gotten great deals on flannel sheets in January before.
Well, reckon I'd better close this and go get those sheets in the dryer if I want to have enough energy to make my bed when they are dry - still get tired pretty quick from the bug.
Take care all; have a blessed week, and wishing you all a wonderful New Year!
Hope everyone is doing well today - it's just above freezing here, but the sun peeks out now and again so not too bad of a day. One of my little plague vectors blessed his Mama and me with a rotten cold this past week - how his older brother avoided it, I do not know. At least it was a fairly quick one
Temp of 101.3, no energy, body aches, freezing/sweating, congestion... It was about all I could do to crawl in and out of bed the first day, but at least it's mostly over except for the occasional coughing spell and temp spike - but the spikes are down in to the low 99's at least. Daughter came down with it the day before I did, which was good - she was better in time that there was no need to cancel their trip to Montana; and I didn't come down with it until after they left so could handle the laundry/packing/etc... for the trip.So far today, I've stripped my bed and those linens and the pair of sheets I put over my recliner are in the washer on the sanitize cycle plus bleach, the pillows are hanging out on the clothesline, and the blankets are bagged for a trip to the giant commercial washer in town. So glad I stocked up on disinfecting wipes when they were on sale during back to school time - so much easier than having to make up my own. I had store bought Gatorade on hand to use until I felt like making my own, plenty of acetaminophen and aspirin to knock down the fever a bit, epsom salt that I infused with a few drops of Thieves oil before dumping it in the hot baths I ran to help with the aches. And Kleenex - lots and lots of Kleenex!! It is good to be prepared!
It's a wonky work week due to the New Year's holiday - not sure if I'll be on call tomorrow or not but last I heard there was a pretty good chance. I'll be glad when the schedule settles back down to it's norm.
I did pop in to CVS to pick up a gallon of milk on my way home from checking daughter's house yesterday - they had minimal holiday clearance, but then - they hadn't had much holiday stuff out to begin with. The Valentine's Day stuff was already out on display on the 26th.
I've not seen the sale ads for this week yet, but my phone has been going crazy with various clearance sales - I have a $40 JC Penney card that I should probably try to use before I manage to lose it, but nothing I saw online (in the clearance or great deals section of course!) has so far has piqued my interest; and the only thing I specifically went looking for - the tee shirts I wear under my scrubs - were out of stock. I suppose I'll stop in to the physical store to see if they have any in stock; if not, I'll check out the bedding department as I've gotten great deals on flannel sheets in January before.
Well, reckon I'd better close this and go get those sheets in the dryer if I want to have enough energy to make my bed when they are dry - still get tired pretty quick from the bug.
Take care all; have a blessed week, and wishing you all a wonderful New Year!
