Better things
Dec. 14th, 2005 03:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
missroseroseFirst and foremost, the Crud (as I have mentally dubbed it) has mostly receded, leaving me with more energy and an only-slightly-aching sinus. This is something of a relief, since I didn't want (and couldn't afford) to miss another day of work and was really getting tired of the whole pain/discomfort/bother thing anyway. NyQuil and ibuprofen will only go so far, after all...and I'd like to think that my battery of vitamins and salt water and whatnot had some effect, if only a placebo one. In any case, I've invested in a box of cranberry flavored Emergen-C to keep here at work - I drink a fair amount of bottled water here, and it certainly can't hurt to drink one or two of those a day.
Secondly, Brian is stuck in Skagway for the night for reasons both convoluted and boring, but which essentially come down to nonspecificity and bad planning on the part of the client. However, they're the one stuck with the bill for his hotel stay and whatnot, so it's not a particularly bad thing...it just means a fairly lonely night for me. On the bright side, though, I called Monica and we're going to hang out for a while. I haven't seen much of her recently (partly due to sprog's presence and also due to the last time I was trying to catch up with people I came down with Round 1 of the Crud), so it'll probably be nice to catch up. It also sounds like she and Eric will be able to housesit for Brian and I, which is one more vacation-related thing done.
Speaking of which, we leave in a week. How the heck did that happen?
In semi-strange news, I had a rather odd dream last night that Brian and I had Neil Gaiman and his wife over for lunch. From what I remember, his wife told embarrassing stories about him and his family, while he mostly sat there and laughed a lot. Although I'm pretty certain said dream was caused by listening to the audiobook of Anansi Boys for a couple of hours last night, it was pleasant enough that I sent him an email inviting him to lunch, should he ever be here in Southeast Alaska, along with an explanation. It'll probably be one of the stranger letters he gets...although, considering the genre of fiction he writes in, perhaps I'm wrong. In any case, I hope he finds it amusing.
Anyway, back to work...or more precisely, trying to find something vaguely amusing online to pass the time until the phone rings...if anyone has suggestions, I'd be happy to take a look.
Secondly, Brian is stuck in Skagway for the night for reasons both convoluted and boring, but which essentially come down to nonspecificity and bad planning on the part of the client. However, they're the one stuck with the bill for his hotel stay and whatnot, so it's not a particularly bad thing...it just means a fairly lonely night for me. On the bright side, though, I called Monica and we're going to hang out for a while. I haven't seen much of her recently (partly due to sprog's presence and also due to the last time I was trying to catch up with people I came down with Round 1 of the Crud), so it'll probably be nice to catch up. It also sounds like she and Eric will be able to housesit for Brian and I, which is one more vacation-related thing done.
Speaking of which, we leave in a week. How the heck did that happen?
In semi-strange news, I had a rather odd dream last night that Brian and I had Neil Gaiman and his wife over for lunch. From what I remember, his wife told embarrassing stories about him and his family, while he mostly sat there and laughed a lot. Although I'm pretty certain said dream was caused by listening to the audiobook of Anansi Boys for a couple of hours last night, it was pleasant enough that I sent him an email inviting him to lunch, should he ever be here in Southeast Alaska, along with an explanation. It'll probably be one of the stranger letters he gets...although, considering the genre of fiction he writes in, perhaps I'm wrong. In any case, I hope he finds it amusing.
Anyway, back to work...or more precisely, trying to find something vaguely amusing online to pass the time until the phone rings...if anyone has suggestions, I'd be happy to take a look.
