December 13, 2006
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Back among the living
Hello from the flu ward. We have been having a blast around here. No diagnosis, but it sure felt like the flu to me. After having a flu shot. One would think that those bugs would at least have the decency to wait until the sting of the vaccination had died before laying one low.
Anyway, I am alive, and Stephanie seems to have only mildly been affected. (Mostly, she just stays sleepy, especially in my classes — so, come to think of it, how does that indicate anything outside the norm?) She really wasn’t feeling well, but she certainly did not suffer as much as I have. Thank goodness for that, because I am not a good nurse at all.
Nonetheless, it has been a week since I have been on here. In one more week, Stephi, Lya, and I will be in Tepic by this time, visiting Lorena. It will be the first time in a year that I will have gotten to see her, and I cannot wait. To say I am (we are) emotional about the prospects of seeing her again is. at the very best, a gross understatement. It is depressing around here because Lorena was our hearth-mother. She did the decorating and the mood setting and the carol playing and all the wonderful stuff. I just appreciated it and enjoyed it and loved it and never, ever thought of the remotest possibility that it might ever end for years and years and years. And then it did, and none of us have been the same… Neither has Christmas nor Thanksgiving nor Easter nor birthdays nor life itself. Life goes on, but much of living does not. We tend to exist.
We will call Lorena later tonight. I can’t wait…
Comments (5)
So sorry to hear you have been laid low. Best to have that now rather then when you see Lorena.
Have you got a webcam? A friend of mine was telling me her son going to live in Australia and he has set up a webcam for her so they will see each other.
I can catch your excitement and your low feelings. It must be hard having them both at once. Waiting is so hard.
have a wonderful time!!
amazing how an illness can stop us right in out tracks making it hard to move forward. you are so right….we tend to exist.
take care of you and yours.
Merry Christmas.
The webcam is a great idea, Linda, except that Lorena does not have internet access. I understand that they are trying to get the internet installed there (and have been since about the time that Stephi went down there to live) but as yet that has not happened. Maybe we can get something going now… If she had internet, it would sure save on our phone calls…
So sorry about the flu….I too have have recent set-backs but better again….I hope your upcoming trip a good one….And most of all I would like to cut the two more years to one or less…smile……It will come
Ah, I see.