I swear.
Yesterday, when I should have been packing and washing and organizing, I was instead sitting on the couch watching the TIVO and all the flowers wilt. I was wilting too. Chalked it up to all the house guests and all the "juice boxes" but still, in some weird moment of self-care and also because I did not want to die on vacation, I called my doctor. (I had to google the name and number of the place because I couldn't remember where it was.)
Gathered the Three Short Drunk people and we arrived at 8:30am ("where are the toys?" shouted the GFYO, "why is everyone so OLD here?"). I mentioned to the doctor that I thought maybe I needed allergy medication (or a nap) and she said, um, no (crazy lady), and then B knocked on the door to tell me that R was gushing blood from her leg and the GFYO was about to pee in his pants. The doctor sorta of nodded, understood me a little better, and quickly scrawled out prescriptions for REAL drugs for my REAL illness.
Turns out the fatigue I've grown so used to is actually a bonafide antibiotic-requiring sickness. Yay me! Yay me for being SICK for three whole weeks and not even knowing it.
Dropped off the prescriptions, took everyone to R's check-up, got a referral for an orthopedic specialist for her arm which is still hurting, learned she outweighs her older sister by nearly twenty pounds but is not overweight but instead "big-boned" (yes girls! it's a real thing! hoorah!), picked up the prescriptions and some other crap, drove home, fed everyone, popped some pills, made a list of things I need to find/pack, put some wash in the machine, and voila! Back on my ass because I am sick, yo.
It's gonna take longer than my usual whirlwind of manic stuff-doing, but I will get everything ready and we will be on a ferry at 10:30 in the morning goddammit, and by this time tomorrow, I figure the meds will have kicked in and I will be on the road to just my usual tiredness.
And searching for wifi. Which is another way of saying, don't expect novels while I'm gone, but do expect a special visitor or two, and maybe some pictures of the GFYO petting a shark. 
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
This is Not an Excuse For Being Lazy
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9commentsBrilliant Person Wrote...
If those drugs turn out to be some good shit - make sure you keep us in the loop? Share Please! :)
Hopefully your anti-biotics kick in quickly so you won't be sick on your vacation!
Oh, and hopefully, they are the kind of antibiotics where you can still have a few cocktails!!!
Have a great time!
Do you NEED an excuse for being lazy? No, but if you did, this is a good one.
I feel ya on not going to the doctor--I hate it. I had what I assume was a sinus infection last winter that caused one of my eyes to be bright red for months, off and on, and I still never went to the doctor. And now it seems all better. But antibiotics are a lot quicker.
Your husband must be STOKED that he's going on vacation with Three Short Drunk people and One Tall Drugged person.
Have fun!
I whole heartedly agree with Jen W on the meds and cocktail mixing.
Lets just say that one time when I was on some meds for some horrid strep, and we went camping with a bunch of other freshly appointed "grown-ups" aka college grads, I mmmaaaayyy have drank my weight and then proceeded to be sick at 4 in the morning while everyone was passed out. And when I say sick,I mean things were leaving my body from any available exit. AT.THE.SAME.TIME.
IN.AN.OUTHOUSE.
WHILE MOSQUITOS BIT ME.
so, ya.
be careful with that.
oh---and have a shit load (haha) of fun! =)
As I sit her contemplating what I know is my imminent very first bad awful flu cold in a few years. Feel your pain sista only you are much more of a trouper than I am or could ever aspire to be - a week! how many beers did you have during said week I'd like to know:)
Know the "look" you reference with the dr. I get that one a lot with three kids out and about too..it's funny like people never saw a few GFAFASASATYOs (Giant Four and Five and Six and Seven And Ten Year Olds).
Not sure exactly how old your kiddies are actually so maybe that wasn't clever. Hope the pills are good ones.
Hope you feel better!
Why is everyone getting sick right now? Are you contagious? Reading this post better not make me sick, Ms. Picket!
Only a MOM can need medical attention for three weeks and not realize it. We live at the bottom of the list.
Oh and the shark, at least it was fake!
I'd tell you to feel better, but there's really no point. Much like LOST, the Island will provide.
As for wifi - if you are anywhere near Vineyard Haven, Mocha Mott's has a great and strong signal. It doesn't hurt that they also have great and strong coffee. I have one of their tshirts because the EVERY DAMN DAY motto was too great to pass up.
By the way, I found my rental for the last 2 weeks of August. I was a little hesitant because the owners live on the same property / different house, but then we all exchanged pictures of our dogs and everything was much better.
I loved it when it turned out that I was, in fact, sick for a month this winter. Yes, it took me a month to hit the dealer, um, doctor; but, I felt so vindicated when I got to say, "I know I've been a little lack luster lately, but, funny thing, I have pneumonia."
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