It is winter.
Everywhere else that most of my family lives it is cold.
Ship stuck in the ice-jammed shipping channel in front of cabin. Coast guard to right
From a few days ago – ice-breaking report
Not so much in Seattle.
But that did not stop me from getting a cold.
Last Friday I was exhausted coming home from work.
Saturday I barely left the house, and Sunday it was just a slow day.
I did go to work both Monday and Tuesday, but was not moving quickly.
So I stayed home Wednesday and slept most of the day.
And then just could not get myself up on Thursday either, although I did manage to work some in the afternoon.
Friday I had a mandatory work meeting so I begged a ride in with my carpooler and spent the day.
There were moments of near normalcy, moments of exhaustion, and moments of coughing.
Saturday has been a bit better, I even walked a mile in the Seattle drizzle.
That is what I call a lost week.
But I am going to sleep in a bed tonight, and not on the couch.
(It seems wrong to sleep on the couch when you are the sick one, but Carl uses an electronic contraption, so I am more readily portable.)
I need a bed. And I hope my continued coughing will not keep others awake.
AND ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
We had an unexpected visitor Monday. A cousin’s eldest was stranded in Seattle on her way to Hawaii (school). We were able to stand in, and she got to tour Seattle with Carl and Sagan. I was at work, which given my cold was probably best for her in the long run.
