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[listersgirl]

My body was in revolt yesterday. NOT FUN. I ended up not buying groceries after work because I didn't think I could be away from a bathroom that long, although I had nothing in the house, so I did stop by the world's best corner store to get some necessities. And also bread and peanut butter, because toast and peanut butter was about the only thing that sounded edible (besides, of course, tinned pineapple, which my brain thinks is the cure for all ills).

This is when it would be very useful to live with someone, so that when I am sick, I could come home and throw myself in bed, and have someone buy me ginger ale. Taking care of yourself when you're sick is lame.

I think I'm mostly better today, although things still feel a little unsettled. It didn't help that my apartment was so hot last night and this morning that I couldn't really breathe properly. I had to moisturize in the living room because I thought I was going to faint if I stayed in the bathroom one more minute. I think there's something wrong if I'm sleeping with no covers and contemplating turning on the air conditioning in MARCH. When there's still SNOW ON THE GROUND.

Hi! I'm apparently grumpy today! Let's blame it on not enough sleep and the prospect of having to cover the front desk because too many people are away.

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[orionnebula.livejournal.com]

My apartment was a sauna all weekend, so I had to open all of the windows, put on all of the fans, and also seriously considered the air conditioning. It's just insane.

I hope you're feeling better today. *sends you virtual ginger ale*

[listersgirl]

Isn't that bizarre? I'm happy that it's warming up outside, but why that translates into sauna-apartment, I don't know.

And I seem to be feeling better, hooray. *crosses fingers*

[carpetofstars.livejournal.com]

taking care of yourself when you're sick seriously sucks. *sends ginger ale*

[listersgirl]

It does! Although I do appreciate having the bed to myself when I'm sick, so I can flail in peace.

[somepeople.livejournal.com]

Awww. The next time you're ill, we're going to pack you very carefully in styrofoam peanuts and whisk you off to Chicago to take care of you. I'm very good at puchasing crackers and all-fruit popsicles, drawing luke-warm baths, and perparing room-temperature water with a bendy straw. Carey is excellent at tucking-in and piling on blankets (in the case where you've got the chills while your body is revving up a nice fever).

Or, perhaps, we should whisk ourselves to Toronto, since your hospitals don't charge $1,000 if you should have to hit the ER for IV fluids.

I hope both of you are nicely on the mend, anyway. (Carey just slept through the night! Woo-hoo!) If it's any consolation, our apt. has been pretty warm of late, too, since the radiators are apparently on a timer, not a thermostat.

[listersgirl]

And again, I say teleportation is the answer to all things. Especially if it involves being coddled by lovely people!

I can't believe how far and wide this bug is moving. I hope you escape it. :(

[canirl.livejournal.com]

I think there is something to this pineapple thing. It's the first thing I think of when I want to eat something nutritious, and I've often wondered why.

Hope you get back to 100% soon!

[listersgirl]

Ooo, it's the secret pineapple cure! Maybe we could market it and become billionaires.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

oh man, i know how that goes. most of the time i am okay not having anyone around, but there are times when someone to make an apple juice run while i am slowly dying would be nice.

covering the front desk is also for the lose. i hope your day improves!

[listersgirl]

Last time I was truly sick, I ran out of toilet paper, which, considering I had enough snot to cover Canada, was not surprising, but it was still a pain to have to leave the house.

[pomma-penses.livejournal.com]

My first apartment in Boston was totally like that - I had the windows open all winter long. :P

[listersgirl]

It's so irritating! Not to mention that I feel guilty about the wasted energy. But I have no control over the radiators, sadly.

[pomma-penses.livejournal.com]

The wasted energy bothered me lots! But on the other hand, I'd rather that than have owner-controlled heating that is not enough, like in my last apartment. :P

[sarcasma.livejournal.com]

Hey! This is why you have friends in the neighbourhood! I would gladly pop by with some soup & ginger ale if you like.

Particularly because I'm sure you probably caught whatever I had last week. :( Although I'm glad to hear it seems to be passing more quickly.

It's been really hot at our house, too. I'm wandering around in tank tops and behaving very violently towards the duvet in the middle of the night.

[listersgirl]

Which is especially crazy given how cold your apartment was during the winter! I'm blaming it all on crazy weather patterns brought on by global warming. You should too, and then you have another excuse to be irritated by all the cars in your neighbourhood.

[sarcasma.livejournal.com]

I'm wondering if maybe the radiators have simply taken four months to heat up. Now begins the four-month cooling-off period, I assume. Bleargh.

This is a lesson to me never to ignore the promptings of the brain. I had to go out to a meeting yesterday evening and on my way home I was tempted to call you, but didn't, because it was like 9:30 and what would I have been calling you about? But I could have said "how are you?" and you'd have said "sick as a dog" and I'd have popped by with supplies as easy as pie. Now I feel bad. :(

[listersgirl]

Aw, it's fine - I knew that I wasn't going to go home and magically find someone there to pamper me, so I bought everything I needed. Except I could have done with some ice cubes, because LORD.