Friday, December 08, 2006

She lives.

Barely.

Well, I am back on my feet. You can't have four kids and stay down long. I still feel like crud, I am so tired I can't believe it ... but I am movin'.

The good things about being sick – in theory:

Sleep – I didn’t get any extra, but some people do. Although I didn’t wander far from the loveseat …
Magazine – I have a ton, I don’t normally get to read them, but this week I did.
Books – I finished TWO!
** For One More Day (Mitch Albom, author of Tuesdays With Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven) ... it was a good sick day book!
*** The Ice Queen (Alice Hoffman, author of Here on Earth, Local Girls and too many more to add) ... a strange, strange, strange book. But good.
Chicken Noodle Soup – Nothin’ says ‘I’m Sick’ better than Campbell's.
Sweet cards and notes – I got quite a few from the brood and friends. Not to mention a phone call or ten. (Miss church for a couple of weeks and people begin to wonder if you’ve turned into a heathen.)
A good excuse – to miss the Christmas party, candle party, jewelry party, makeup party … whatever … that you didn’t really want to attend in the first place.
Weight loss – well some people benefit in this way. Frannie – not.so.much!
Ginger Ale – I love it, but normally shun ‘regular’ soda (Diet Pepsi only!) … but when you are sick 7UP, Sprite or Ginger Ale are must haves.

The down side of being sick:
Missing – all the juicy gossip in blog, celebrity, neighborhood lands.
Cooking – your family still expects you too.
Chills – I can’t seem to get warm enough.
Laundry – no one does it if MaaMaa doesn’t do it!
Feed a fever, starve a flu – I can never remember which … it seems that neither works anyway.
Bills – you still have to pay them, but your memory is so blurry you just might forget.
Tagging – yep, you wander off for a few days and people just come out of the woodwork and tag you with things like 'list 6 weird things about yourself' – thanks a lot Drew!
… just kidding, I accept your challenge ...

Here goes:

1. I have had 7 (or 8?) names, but I have only been married twice (divorced once) and I do not have any sort of criminal record (at all, I am really, really, really boring for someone with soo many AKA’s on her credit report).

2. I experience Déjà vu frequently. Even though I am fairly used to it, it can still freak me out when I go somewhere I have never been before and I know where the bathroom is.

3. I don’t like yogurt. I can’t stand the texture. But I can eat tapioca, couscous, cottage cheese – but yogurt really grosses me out. (I have a lot of other 'texture' issues as well; flannel, warm towels, playdough, chalk ...)

4. I actually worry about the chain mail karma thing. What if I don’t send it and something bad happens … I know it’s crazy, but true. I am getting better about not forwarding them, but now I wonder why I got so sick ... hmmm ...

5. I have an incredible memory for useless information. It is sad the things that I can remember about pop-culture, past indiscretions of loved ones, or the likes. But ask me about history or geography and I got nothin’.

6. I laugh when I am really nervous, scared or sad. I hardly ever laugh when something is funny – even if I think it is really funny.

There you do. Now I tag: Iris/Rissy, Mackenzie1975 ... and TTQ have you done it yet?


Peace my friends ~
Frannie

I want kids to understand that strength doesn't come from what goes on around you. It comes from inside you, and that comes from Jesus Christ. -Willie Aames, a.k.a. 'Bibleman'
(ok, is this the same WIllie Aames from Eight is Enough?? anyone, anyone? just wondering here.)

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm glad you're back to the land of the healthy-ish once again!

I have food texture issues too - mostly with grits and oatmeal though!

Drewpy Drew said...

Didn't you list #2 some time before?

Yes it is the same Willie Aames. And don't forget that he was also on Charles In Charge.

Anonymous said...

Glad you're a little bit better...and yeah, mom's never really get a break even when they're sick. The laundry and meals won't take care of themselves.

That Deja-Vu thing is really freaky...gives me goose bumps when it happens.

Anonymous said...

I so know what you mean about ginger ale. I always drink it and 7UP when I'm sick.

And I don't like yogurt either. That isn't weird enough...you have to come up with another one!!

Drewpy Drew said...

Didn't you list #2 some time before?

Yes it is the same Willie Aames. And don't forget that he was also on Charles In Charge.

Frannie Farmer said...

Bre - healthy-ish is right. I had the sniffles again this morning and was not happy. Funny, I can do grits .. but even thinking about yogurt makes me want to hurl!
Drew - Probably :) Who can forget Charles in Charge?
Trish - Yep, no breaks - EVER! I get the goose bumps too. It's freaky!
LeighAnn - 7Up rules! but I discovered ginger ale during one of my pregnancies and it works better for me.
Not weird enough?? Hmmm. I am gonna have to think on it..
Drew - Probably :) Who can forget Charles in Charge?

xxxx said...

Try the yogurt whips ... different texture and much better! I'm partial to the chocolate cherry ones, but I think they might be an acquired taste ;)

Anonymous said...

OH FRANNIE!

I am sorry I missed you tagging me! I guess I will have to do this tomorrow! Thanks!