achoo!

I've been sick. IM conversation with dianthus from Saturday:

Me: I am sick.
Me: Not sure if it's what you have or what skydancer has or something else.
dianthus: aw
dianthus: Hm... that would suck if it was different from skydancer's thing.
dianthus: Until this I thought it was the same and you were typhoid jen.
Me: heh
Me: 'cause I made others sick but didn't get sick myself?
dianthus: yup
dianthus: it's not like I saw much of skydancer.
dianthus: and we both saw you.

What I have is one of those sinus-y things where I feel like I'm drowning due to copious mucus production. Between Friday and Saturday I emptied Kleenex* boxes at work, in the library, the TV room, the library again, and our bedroom. This left us with only 1 newly-opened box upstairs, 1 newly-opened box downstairs, and (gasp!) only one box in reserve. By yesterday I was convinced that we would run out at any moment.

(jw1776, of course, was confident that we had plenty. Jen wasn't using as much now, and sure, she'd gone through one box, but really - why so worried?)

(Gah. Need to communicate. Words. Words good. Use your words.)

( State of the cold + hot toddy recipe )

Things to read

Coping with depression by baking 106 types of Martha Stewart cookies in 2 months. "All about the time I attempted to bake 106 different kinds of Martha Stewart holiday cookies in two months. People laughed and said I was crazy. Well, I was crazy."

The Martian Child, by David Gerrold. It's a funny and sweet story about a single dad adopting an eight-year-old. It's based on David's adoption of his son, so you get exchanges like:

"Did you read all these books?" The inevitable question of the nonreader.
"Even worse. I wrote all those books."
He gave me a look of disbelief. "Nuh-uh! No, you didn't!"

I've also been reading more fun mysteries. Most recently Sharon Kahn's series about Ruby, the Rabbi's wife. Actually, even in the first book she's a rabbi's widow - but everyone at the temple expects to act as if she still was a rabbi's wife, up to setting her up with the new rabbi. If you like comedic cozies, check it out.