It got me!

Exactly one week to the day that I turned down a flu shot at my annual check up smugly stating "Oh, I NEVER get the flu- and I've NEVER had a shot" - the nasty bug that went thru my son's family (in my 4 previous blogs) bit me on the butt and laid me out on the couch for the requisite 24 hours. Ick. Nasty. And yes, I'm a couch sickie. Have been ever since I was a kid when being sick was the ONLY reason we were allow to lay out on the couch - and then it was all pillows and blankets, soup form Mom and a new stuffed animal from my Dad. (Well, I think my brother s got a more 'manly' gift, but, I don't recall what it was- and anyway - this blog is about me.) Because when you are sick it is all about YOU. So there I was camped out on the couch, with my soda and my crackers and my T.V.

Now, the bathroom is closer to my bed (important consideration with the flu) - and my bed is more comfortable that the sofa- but old habits die hard and we regress to what is comfy when we don't feel well. I did notice however, that my preference for being alone when I'm sick is probably more of a "lay your offerings of warm soup and gifts at my feet and then go somewhere behind that wall where I can't see or hear you - but, know you are there" than actually alone. And it's stressful for my kids when I'm alone and sick - my son called to check on me, and sounded worried and sad that his munchkins germed me up (we work at the same company and it's hard to 'go missing' for a day without him knowing even though our offices are over 100 miles apart) - but, I only communicated with my daughter by txt that day- and as good as she is- she's not clairvoyant.

I kept up the stuffed animal thing with my grand daughters and my youngest still has a white cat I gave her- called 'Sickie Kitty". That darlin' girl lent her to me once to make me feel better. Maybe that's what I needed...Sickie Kitty.....or maybe my grand daughter. In any event I am better and back on my feet and back to work and blogging - and so is the rest of my California family! Hope it doesn't travel to Colorado!