Monday, October 1, 2007

A Day In

Yesterday I started to feel a little throat irritation and today I have kind of a chest cold -- a possible gift from Uncle. We had planned to go out for the afternoon with the Hank Taylors and the Ringers (Uncle and Ann have gone north to the Cotswolds), but we decided it would probably be better to stay in out of the rain and try to nip this thing in the bud.

So, we have been in this afternoon napping, watching our new-carpet fuzz ball grow, and sitting by the fire reading Three Cups of Tea and drinking three cups of tea. It isn't as exciting as going out, but it has been good and hopefully and salutary.

Our new (installed just before we arrived) carpet
has been extra generous with its fibers --
we have only been saving fuzz since Maren and Gavin left

Our cool (hot) electric fire is very convincing, n'est ce pas?

I like this book, but I never seem to make and end

There is nothing quite like blackcurrant tea

More exciting reports as the adventures happen.

OXO

D.

7 comments:

Emily said...

Ohhh yuck. A cold. Impressive fuzz ball! See you soon!

yziecg, Emily

Maren said...

Do you have any airborn or the like? hope you are feeling better!
twgsvqhv (see what I mean I always get long ones)

Anna said...

I remember one time whilst we were in London we had new carpet that gave off a ton of fuzz....lots of rubbish races!

yhswtf
except i messed up so
yerpq

also amen to airborne

Unknown said...

I have taken one dose of Airborne, but perhaps a little late. Only time will tell. The sore throat thing seems better, it is just sinus and deep chest cough, something I always get since our last outing here in London when the whole world had terrible chest coughs. Thank you for the good wishes and positive thoughts.

D.

David and Kris Taylor said...

David -- don't know how we got to "kris said..."

D.

will said...

Here's my philosophic conundrum. Anna types "yhswtf" but then informs us that she messed up and had a new word-verification. How do we know that she didn't mess up when she typed it into her comment? Was it ever really "yhswrf?" How do I know if any of these word-verifications everyone is typing are the original? How do I know if any of them were ever in a forest while a tree was falling?

As for sickness, there is a wicked flu going around UNC. As soon as I had my first symptom, I filled up my water bottle and hopped in bed. I missed a couple of days of school, but I never got as sick as everyone else and recovered quickly.

In short, I approve of your convalescence-methods.

millie said...

It is a wise thing to do... stay in that is. And it is quite admirable when someone can admit that they need it, and actually follow through.

Thanks for letting me know about the "ytyqxpk". I was feeling so left out. Come to find out, I was just a bit slow. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

ytyqxpk… I almost always get a Q.