Sunday has been cancelled on account of plague.: seanan

Sunday has been cancelled on account of plague.

I had a great many plans for yesterday. In fact, I had two complete plan 'packages,' allowing me the choice of a) spending the day at the Sacramento Zoo with my mother, my sister (Melissa), my sister's wife (Mary), and my sister's three step-kids, or b) staying at home sipping faux-Mimosas -- Crystal Light orange mixed with Diet 7-Up, DON'T JUDGE ME -- while starting the end-to-end rewrite on Late Eclipses of the Sun and prepping the next few 'Velveteen vs.' stories.

Instead, I spent the day either a) face-down in the toilet, praying for the sweet embrace of death, b) face-down on my mattress, praying for the sweet embrace of death, c) passed out on the bathroom floor, praying for the sweet embrace of death, or d) at the urgent care, where they gave me IV fluids and scolded me for spending so much time unconscious before seeking medical care. Being as I don't have a car, and the buses on Sunday are practically non-existent, I bore my scolding with valiant disdain, and concluded by throwing up on one of the attending nurses. Sorry about that.

The zoo would have been a lot more fun.

In other news, all of my deadlines for the week have officially been pushed back two days on account of plague, which ate my Sunday and has turned Monday into 'invalid recovery zone' territory. I am keeping fluids down at this point, and may even risk such extravagant splurges as Saltines and a shower. Sometime. Soon. Not now, however, as my head is still full of angry weasels, and I'm still not sure I'm over that whole 'praying for death' thing.

Plague: much more fun to read about than it is to experience. Seriously.

mabfan

September 29 2008, 17:29:23 UTC 8 years ago

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A wish for you to feel better and as soon as possible.

seanan_mcguire

October 1 2008, 14:05:00 UTC 8 years ago

Thank you.

branna

September 29 2008, 17:36:57 UTC 8 years ago

I am extremely sorry about the illness suckage, and the fact that we were too far away to be of any help :(

October 1 2008, 14:05:10 UTC 8 years ago

It was so not the best weekend ever.

spectralbovine

September 29 2008, 17:49:35 UTC 8 years ago

Aaaaack. Get well soon, you.

October 1 2008, 14:05:31 UTC 8 years ago

I'm feeling well enough to go to the office and breathe on people now, which is a nice change.

dornbeast

September 29 2008, 17:53:36 UTC 8 years ago

Crystal Light orange mixed with Diet 7-Up, DON'T JUDGE ME

...um, actually, that sounds good.

Okay, I'd probably go with orange juice instead of the Crystal Light as well as going for the full-force high-fructose corn syrup, but I'm decadent that way.

October 1 2008, 14:05:54 UTC 8 years ago

That much sugar would knock me flat for days. Or turn me into a hummingbird. Either way, not totally good.

gwynnega

September 29 2008, 18:27:54 UTC 8 years ago

Oh no! I hope you feel better soon...

October 1 2008, 14:06:15 UTC 8 years ago

I'm at least upright now. It's a lovely change.

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October 1 2008, 14:06:25 UTC 8 years ago

Thank you. I feel worlds better.

October 1 2008, 14:06:36 UTC 8 years ago

And I appreciate that.

jennifer_brozek

September 29 2008, 21:28:10 UTC 8 years ago

I'm glad you're OK now.

October 1 2008, 14:06:44 UTC 8 years ago

It was a scary Sunday.

amberley

September 29 2008, 22:56:37 UTC 8 years ago

Sympathies and best wishes to feel better soon. Perhaps it will inspire "Velveteen vs. the Martian Death Flu."

October 1 2008, 14:07:07 UTC 8 years ago

I don't think six pages of Velma throwing up would be all that entertaining. Then again, the Tick fought mucus...

October 1 2008, 14:07:21 UTC 8 years ago

Tigers take poorly to this behavior, dear, and I enjoy being unmauled.

shantak

September 30 2008, 03:22:56 UTC 8 years ago

oh no! I hope your system is back to normal as soon as possible. I don't recall if you can eat yogurt to help get the good intestinal bugs back on track too. Sending healing thoughts your way.

-shanta

October 1 2008, 14:07:52 UTC 8 years ago

Yogurt, no, but pro-biotics, blessedly yes. All hail tiny bacteria pills!

yolandasfetsos

September 30 2008, 11:54:11 UTC 8 years ago

I hope you feel all better soon! :/

October 1 2008, 14:08:02 UTC 8 years ago

vixyish

September 30 2008, 15:47:03 UTC 8 years ago

I might have to try a faux-Mimosa sometime.

October 1 2008, 14:08:12 UTC 8 years ago

They're tasty. Also fizzy.

talithakalago

September 30 2008, 21:50:34 UTC 8 years ago

I hope you're better now. Dry crackers and lemonade for a few days, m-kay?

I actually did the same thing two days ago, but refused to get in the car to go to ER. It's my bowel obstruction and I'll stay home and bleed to death if I want to.

October 1 2008, 14:08:31 UTC 8 years ago

I figure once the passing out kicks in, the pride has to go. But I'm feeling way better now.

8 years ago

interesting how small my world is...

wilson_jackson

October 1 2008, 05:01:59 UTC 8 years ago

I have no idea how I found your journal but I saved your post on the books that changed your life and have been slowly finding them at the library. Today I perused your site a little and found out you must be near Sacramento to consider the zoo (but missed it due to the plague). I too live outside Sacramento!

All that long windedness to say I'm glad to have found a kindred spirit in Sacramento!

Re: interesting how small my world is...

October 1 2008, 14:03:52 UTC 8 years ago

I'm actually up in the East Bay, near Mt. Diablo; I come to Sacramento once a month to meet with my high school D&D group (yes, we've been together more than a decade). But the Sacramento Zoo is so much better than the local zoos right now that it's the road trip destination of choice.

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interesting how small my world is...

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And the world shrinks

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college park?

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