Rainy Friday. Calling all enablers.
May 19th, 2006
The girls are at school, the New England rain keeps pouring down, and I am slumped in my big chair trying to decide between attempting to clean up the house (which is so bad our ghosts have headed to a local hotel) or climbing back into bed. The meds are working some, but last night I had such a coughing fit before bed that I wound up hurling the entire contents of my stomach into the toilet, including my first dinner in three days and last night’s dose of Prednisone and Azithromycinmaxinmississippian. Niiiiice.
There have been perkier Fridays. Tell me it’s okay to surrender and go back to bed. Will you tell me that? Will you? Yes, please. Be an enabler. Calling all enablers.
Entry Filed under: Uncategorized, Time-out. (General insanity)
32 Comments
1. Mir | May 19th, 2006 at 8:30 am
Go back to bed, insane woman. You need sleep to get better, and the more you push yourself, the longer you’ll take to heal.
Hell, I still have a lake in the basement and am seriously considering a nap.
2. mama_tulip | May 19th, 2006 at 8:35 am
Go to bed, please, so I can sleep vicariously through you.
3. Kelli | May 19th, 2006 at 8:42 am
Go to sleep — if for no other reason that there are poor saps like me who had to trek through the rain to get to work & now sit staring at their computer screen desperately longing for their bed. Do it for the rest of us!
4. Laziza | May 19th, 2006 at 8:42 am
My God, of COURSE go back to bed! A woman who might have pneumonia and is hours away from vomiting should be cleaning the house? Don’t be a martyr! Go to bed!
5. the Mater | May 19th, 2006 at 8:42 am
Jenn, this is a no-brainer! I’m humming a maternal lullaby as I write this. However, I never was a good singer … so scrap that and just GET YOUR BUTT TO BED pronto!
The play was a success, you managed to complete two major free-lance projects, you have permission to REST AND RELAX and let your body heal, Jenn, heal :>)
BTW, I dragged myself into the office this morning to meet some deadlines of my own but am still running fevers and the cough is just keeps on giving. Thanks for sharing :>)
Seriously, you need bed rest and quiet house and Tree’s healing psychic energy which should be zapping around you even as I write this. Tree is encasing you in healing bubble-wrap I’m sure!
Love, Mom
6. Spot the Wonder Dog | May 19th, 2006 at 9:09 am
Don’t be too hard on yourself, Jenn. There are A LOT of people who are bad moms.
7. Diana | May 19th, 2006 at 9:11 am
Oh go back to bed please! I wish I could be there now! (In my own bed, not yours. That would be weird.)
8. geogirl | May 19th, 2006 at 9:11 am
Go back to bed Jenn.
You know you want to.
All the other kids are doing it….
9. jennifer | May 19th, 2006 at 9:30 am
dear jenn,
GO BACK TO BED AND STAY THERE.
love,
your lungs
10. Ethan | May 19th, 2006 at 9:35 am
Go back to bed. I’m going back to bed, and I’m not even sick. All right thinking people are going back to bed. The rest have floated away…
11. joycelyn | May 19th, 2006 at 10:15 am
it’s ok to go back to bed. In fact it is preferable to go back to bed so this doesn’t hang on longer. At least that is what I am telling myself so I’ll tell you too.
Hope it gets better ASAP.
JWW
12. Sarah | May 19th, 2006 at 10:17 am
I would carry you back to bed myself, but I’m too busy laughing at Spot the Wonder Dog. Please make your own way back to bed. You may collect $200.
13. Lisa | May 19th, 2006 at 11:29 am
go to sleep my dear girl!
14. Deb | May 19th, 2006 at 11:32 am
Your eyes are getting heavy…..
You feel your body sinking into the chair as your head rests comfortably against the back……
Sleep and heal, my friend
15. Robin | May 19th, 2006 at 11:45 am
go back to bed. if not for yourself, then for me. because my kids have been home sick for 3 out of 5 days, and going back to bed just isn’t an option.
16. Tree | May 19th, 2006 at 12:01 pm
Officially enabling.
17. nolamom | May 19th, 2006 at 1:00 pm
*singing* “Lullaby and good night, go to sleep, Dear Jenn, close your eyes, say goodnight, let your dreams be so light.”
That always puts my almost 4 yr old daughter to sleep, surely it will work for you too.
Pleasant Dreams!
18. Barb | May 19th, 2006 at 1:11 pm
Sounds good to me, rest up for the weekend.
I heard there is a great tagsale, bargains galore, next door to you on saturday.
19. Lou | May 19th, 2006 at 1:35 pm
go ahead. I only got about 4 hours of sleep last niht, so I might head back myself.
20. Tiff | May 19th, 2006 at 2:24 pm
You poor poor thing! Enablers to the rescue! GO TO BACK TO BED!! Rest is what your body needs.
21. Robin | May 19th, 2006 at 3:05 pm
oh god. i just read your previous post — didn’t know you had asthma AND pneumonia! back to bed? don’t even get OUT of bed. and excuse me for feeling sorry for myself, just because i’ve been flying solo for a couple of days!
22. petal | May 19th, 2006 at 4:22 pm
i think you need Target therapy if anyone ever did…. send someone, quick!…. a list of treats and comforts…
23. margalit | May 19th, 2006 at 4:30 pm
Go back to bed and don’t get out until Monday morning. By then the Zpack should have worked it’s magic, and the prednisone should have made your face all round and full. I hate that stuff.
24. marian | May 19th, 2006 at 5:21 pm
yes of course. off to bed with you! is spot your brother? he’s got a decidedly older brother sense of humor.
25. Dawn | May 19th, 2006 at 9:37 pm
I will always enable you Jenn. I promise
26. Simon | May 20th, 2006 at 12:48 am
Jenn, between your lung-butter attack and my hoojackapiffy-ectomy, we both deserve to be in bed. Though by now, me coming, err, arriving late to the game, you’re probably already in bed.
Where I’m going to mince my way now too.
27. Sara | May 20th, 2006 at 2:54 am
As an almost-a-doctor (hey, two years of medical school is almost 4, and 4 = doctor. so there.), I can (almost) officially recommend strict bed rest until you are feeling WAY better.
Seriously, tons and tons of sleep always helps me beat whatever I’m fighting. And get someone to get you some good chicken noodle soup. That helps too.
28. JustLinda | May 20th, 2006 at 9:12 am
Oh, goodness… I sure hope you went back to bed. You poor thing…. when will the madness END?
29. Spot the Wonder Dog | May 20th, 2006 at 12:50 pm
“Jenn, between your lung-butter attack and my hoojackapiffy-ectomy…” hold the phone. Hoojackapiffy-ectomy?
30. the Mater | May 20th, 2006 at 1:41 pm
Alas, ’tis true, Spot … go over and offer some support.
http://simianfarmer.blogs.com/
In meantime, I just heard from Jenn - it’s not pneumonia but she’s still taking meds, has been resting and coughing less and actually ventured out this morning for a short time with David and the girls.
She should now be napping. Me? I’m still in my bathrobe and writing fanfic all weekend! This is my form of pampering myself.
31. Spot the Wonder Dog | May 20th, 2006 at 7:31 pm
Ahhh, ok then. A vasectomy is not at all what I was imagining with that particular phrase.
32. Nancy | May 21st, 2006 at 7:58 am
Darn, I’m way late to this. I hope you went back to bed and stayed there as long as was humanly possible. Rainy Fridays absolutely require that.
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