May 30 2005

Ah…the flu…

Published by Mugwug at 19:59:12 under General

Hmmm, a few booksOk, so the last few days have seen Lisa and I knocked down by the flu.

Thankfully Jillian seemed to have ducked it, and we sent her off to her grandmothers both to limit her exposure to the hacking, coughing, sneezing and sputtering and to provide Lisa and I a chance to recover.

Much over the counter medication was taken, and we appear to have passed the worst of it (I hope). Still suffering from chills and sweats, and still coughing like my body is attempting to eject my lungs altogether, but I’ve gone a full 4 hours now without chemical assistance, and while I feel far from “healthy” it no longer feels like my head is stuffed with cotton, and that my brain has taken a short vacation to a distant land.

Of course despite this we began the process of packing our belongings prior to the move at the end of June. Despite our feeble condition we successfully packed all my books into six boxes, and dismantled the bookshelves they live in. Can’t wait to move.

I hate being sick.

10 Responses to “Ah…the flu…”

  1. # Ianon 31 May 2005 at 05:43:42

    Send me your email address, I’ve got some quotes for you and I really don’t want to try and type them into this little box.

  2. # Mattion 31 May 2005 at 15:32:55

    Drat!! I forgot to give you a buncha stuff when I saw you … meant to clutter up your move even more ;-)

    See me after you’re settled into your new place, and I’ll give you the accumulated pile-o-stuff.

  3. # Derekon 31 May 2005 at 20:23:04

    I haven’t been sick since I almost died from a head cold and fever last february… Damn, did that ever suck.

    I can’t do it. I can’t sell my SKS. The budget is really screwed now!

    The C7 is all armalite from wolverine with the elcan 5.56

    The collection is becoming quite respectible.

    I’ll send some pictures i took of my collection.

  4. # Derekon 31 May 2005 at 20:29:07

    I can’t find your e-mail again… I finally set up my e-mail account at home. Normally only use it at work where my directory is.

  5. # Danon 02 Jun 2005 at 11:41:00

    Good luck on the move.I’m doing the same thing myself.I can’t believe that all your books only fit into six boxes.

  6. # Mugwugon 03 Jun 2005 at 04:59:51

    Where you moving to Dan?

  7. # Danon 05 Jun 2005 at 18:17:03

    Would you believe Surrey? The wife keeps telling me that this would be a good time to get rid of my books. Yeah right.

  8. # Mugwugon 05 Jun 2005 at 22:36:07

    Hehe, yeah right…

    “You can have my books when you pry them from my cold dead bookshelves!”

    Have I mentioned I hate moving?

  9. # Patrickon 06 Jun 2005 at 00:18:02

    How many boxes worth of books did we throw out the night before your move back to Toronto Mon? …along with your printer and scanner (I think I kept the scanner)…

    I think I subsequently “donated” at least two small refrigerator boxes worth of your books to VGH after your departure.

    I currently still have a small percentage of the remainder sitting on my bookshelves.

    Hey Dan, when are ya movin’?

  10. # Gregon 07 Jun 2005 at 01:32:01

    The wife keeps telling me that this would be a good time to get rid of my books.

    All right, if any of you mooks rats me to Traci on this, I’ll burn you by making something up nasty about you(Or, more likely, I’ll simply spread a rumour taken directly from my life but insert your name instead).

    I’ve discovered since going back to school as a history major, my book collection’s expansion is far easier to conceal and justify.

    “That’s not a book I wanted dear, I needed a post-modern quick reference on the exploits of Drake which isn’t cluttered with too many primary source references.”

    And no, I don’t believe for a minute that she believes me, she is just still figuring out a way to kibosh this strategy.