If only I were missing a Geometry quiz....

I have had a "sick day" today.
I felt bad yesterday,
but we have ramped it up to terrible today.
And it's not even that bad of a sickness, it's just that all I can
take for it since I'm still nursing the babe is unhelpful
wimpy stuff like baby aspirin and Vitamin C.
What I would like to do right now is drink half a bottle
of Nyquil and sleep for twelve hours.
And by the way,
what is the deal with the day time version of Nyquil?
Part of the allure of Nyquil is that you take it and then
you sleep through feeling bad. If you want to take Nyquil
and you still feel good enough to drag your body into work,
then you are not sick enough for Nyquil.
Take something else.

Guess what?
In case you haven't noticed from the first paragraph,
I'm still crabby.
AND now I am crabby and trying to type with a band aid
on my pinky finger. Right on the end of it. This makes
typing full of stupid errors. Which is so good for
the crabby person who ought to be
napping right now anyway.
And I would be napping if I could take Nyquil.
Or anything else strong enough to help me feel better.

My mother did come and get the three big children.
Baby J is asleep right now....and I am trying NOT
to cough right now because every time I do,
he acts like he's going to wake up.
And I'm not ready for him to wake up.

Today has kind of felt like a sick day from
back when I was in, say Jr. High or High school
...whatever age you are when you get to stay home alone
instead of being watched by someone. When I was
younger, my mom would take me to my Aunt Ann's house.
Maybe this only happened once, or maybe it happened
many times. That part I don't remember.
I just remember laying on her couch and watching
PBS all day. I remember watching
The Letter People there.
I loved that show; wish my kids could see that.
My aunt would sit in her kitchen and smoke
and listen to the police scanner.

When I got old enough to stay home
by myself when I was ill,
I would watch game shows on TV all day and eat Campbell's
alphabet soup (still one of my favorites!).
So that's what I did today.
I watched Card Sharks and The Price Is Right. I didn't
have alphabet soup. I had to eat Chicken Noodle.
And instead of being at my parents' house, I was
at my own house. And the kitchen is all piled up because
I haven't done anything today.....except take care of
the baby.....who, I hope, will take
an extended nap this afternoon.
Because I am going to try to lay down again.
Nyquil-lessly.