I went on my first cool assignment yesterday. I tried to throw what I could together once I got home, but it’s not going as well as I’d hoped and so I need some of today to finish it off. You will know something about it later today.
The in-progress anthology project I took on as editor (which is not, in fact, one of the cool things I was squeeing about on Tuesday) is proceeding apace. Two-thirds of the people I contacted have responded, most in the affirmative and the others to tell me they’re thinking it over, and I already have one submission in hand. I rock.
The bad news is I am very, very sick. I had a sore throat yesterday and the chills, but by last night I was in complete misery. Fortunately orchestra was cancelled due to the storm, which took the difficult decision to cancel my own attendance out of my hands. I slept awfully, which is to say not at all, and got up around two-thirty to take two ASA tablets. They eased the swollen, painful throat and headache, but landed on an empty stomach and proceeded to make me utterly nauseous as well.
This morning I am shaky and still ill and the golf-ball-sized swelling of my soft palate around my lower sinuses burns every time I try to swallow, and lurks malevolently in between. HRH took pity on me and left late for work in order to be the one to drop the boy off with the caregiver, because I can’t stand up long enough to get to the car and drive. I have a long list of things to work on, none of which include Orchestrated, and because of the freelance assignment I missed practising yesterday as well as orchestra so I need to rearrange things in order to make sure I do at least some simple cello work today.
So I’m going to make more chamomile tea and get to it. Or maybe I’ll go with peppermint, made with mint from Ceri’s garden.
Eesh. Sounds like the Martian Death Plague that felled my father two weeks ago. Get LOTS of rest and drink LOTS of fluids, ’cause this one is a nasty, nasty bug.
This will be my only comment of the day on this post, since I’m on IE at work. ;)
*hugs*
I’m sending get-better vibes as hard as I can.
Thank you! It looks like it’s hitting HRH too, which is a bad, bad thing. I’m crossing my fingers and hoping the boy doesn’t catch it, too, because that’s almost as draining as when I’m sick myself. The good news is I’ve handed in a first draft of yesterday’s assignment and I’m editing some of the anthology now, so even though I feel awful I’m getting things done. I suspect there is a nap in my future, once the bread’s out of the oven.
Urgh. Fingers crossed that the MDP avoids everyone else and that you recover speedily.
See? At home, I can post multiple comments! :D