Perfect timing - not!

[wiseheart]

Am sick like a dog again. Have been for four days already... barking like an asthmatic dog, no sleep all night because of said barking, being dim-witted from the lack of sleep all day.

Why couldn't it happen during school time? I so hoped that I would come to a little rest during these holidays, but with no sleep, it's kinda hard to achieve.

Well, at least is spared me the trip to the cemetery so far. Even Mum agrees that leaving the flat isn't an issue right now. I still hate it, though.

Comments

WAHHHHH!!!!!

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

Barking like a dog to get out of the cemetery trip? That's a new and clever ploy. Unfortunately, it requires you to actually *be* miserable, so I think we shall have to come up with a better plan. Also, we must work on the timing: you are supposed to be home sick from work AFTER the Something arrives, as you will need a couple days to, um, appreciate it properly.

We've had a little family crisis that has taken some time and energy, but I expect to get to the Post Office with the other presents tomorrow. And I'm looking forward to FINALLY indulging myself in a Halabor marathon! I hope you feel much better Real Soon, so you can enjoy the rest of your holiday break. [hugs and a glass of Something Strong to quiet the cough and help you sleep]

[jastaelf.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear you're sick my dear! I hope it passes swiftly!

May all soon be well, not the least of it all, your own self!

Hugs,
Jasta

[skyfiery.livejournal.com]

*hugs tight* Try not to be online too much. Rest more.

[jen-rock.livejournal.com]

Ugh, getting sick always seems to happen at the worst time. I hope you get over it soon. ~hugs~

[mistry89.livejournal.com]

Getting sick seems particularly unfair when one is on holiday, but I suspect it isn't accidental - as we relax, our body says "Yay! Downtime, I can indulge".
I hope you feel much better very soon and are able to enjoy the break.
Cheers!

[jilba.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, not you too! I know just how you feel, we're both sick with bad summer colds here. Get better soon!

Re: WAHHHHH!!!!!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Family crisis? Oh, my, I hope everything is all right!

As for the Halabor marathon, don't worry, it will wait for you patiently. I'm very curious what you'll say to it - it has so much to do with original fiction, aside from the ending and a few familiar names, that it's perhaps more the Beloved's thing than yours. Although it's possible that he'd be screaming in pain at the probably completely foolish consequences I've pulled from my research. *g*

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I'd love to rest, but I can't. As soon as I lie down, the coughing starts. In a vertical position, it's somewhat easier.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

True. The timing annoys the hell out of me. I've so hoped that I'd get to places other than school during the holidays. You know, such exotic places like the English bookstore, that is, unfortunately, in a far-away corner of the city, so that I just can't manage to get there during working days. But noooo, I had to "celebrate" with being sick - again!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Somehow it's hilarious to imagine that you're having a bad summer cold, while we're freezing our asses off over here. Yes, I know it's the opposite end of the planet, but still.

Sending healing wibes your way. Hoping they would work for me, too...

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Our bodies are idiots. They should "indulge" during working days, so that we could take sick leave. *grrrrrrrrrrr*

But I swear, if I'm not 200 per cent okay next Wednesday, I'll go to the doctor and *not* to work next Thursday.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Jasta!

[the-wild-iris.livejournal.com]

Sorry you're feeling rough. It's always the way - while we're at work, adrenaline or something keeps us going. Once we stop working, we fall apart :)

Take care of yourself and relax as much as possible. Hope you feel better soon.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It's just so annoying, you know. I hoped to get out of the house a bit, other than trodding the same path between work and home all the time, but... well, it obviously wasn't meant to happen.

[crowdaughter.livejournal.com]

Hi! Sorry to hear you are sick; get better, soon! I'm out of town right now and visiting my sister, with limited intrnet access only sporadically and at Internet cafe's, so in advance: a very happy urning of the year, and IU hope you had pleasant holidays despite the cold. Try hot citrus and hot tea, and I wish you all the best for getting bettr!

*holds thumbs*

EDIT: And I agree, it would have been more fair if you could have had the cold when you had to work, not during the holidays!

Aislynn

[disthrainsdotte.livejournal.com]

For some reason or other illnesses come when they are least wanted. As my grandmother says, "one is never ill when one has time for one never has time to be ill". Just try telling that to the bugs though.

I hope you will be well soon and sends healing vibes your way.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Life is unfair, isn't it?

I'm bravely drinking tea, although I hate the stuff like the plague. Fortunately, we've got some "Rosenblüten und Hibiscus" tea, which doesn't contain, you know, actual tea, so I'm able to drink it. With honey *brrrrr*, and lemon juice.

Have fun with your sister!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Somehow, it seems that the bugs haven't had that class by your Granny, eh? ;))

[disthrainsdotte.livejournal.com]

It certainly does. ;))

[jilba.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is weird! We find it funny you guys have snow, we don't get that at all! This year, we're just happy there's no bushfires...sending healing vibes right back at you, here's to hoping we all get well soon!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Actually, we have *lots* of snow this year - more than in the last five years or so counted together. It's a beautiful sight, when all you have to do is to look at it from the window of a warm chamber, which I can do, as I'm on sick leave. But that also means that Mum has to go out to shop for groceries, and I really don't like the thought of her slipping...

[jilba.livejournal.com]

We get the slippy icy pavements here in winter, or we did in Maffra where the pavements are concrete; here in Newry you just walk on the grass which isn't as slippery! Hope Mum managed the shopping ok.

The snow would be lovely looking out a window at everything white and pretty..

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

It is, indeed. I love snow - I just hate icy pavements. Fortunately, they strew it with sand or salt often enough, but even so...

Mum got back in one piece, thanks. *g*
And thank you for reviewing "The Vault of the Dead" on FF.Net. When you go back to take a look at my French trip entries here, you will see where Faramir will be dragged off. Rocamadour is the place he'll get to see - or rather the Elven equivalent of it

[jilba.livejournal.com]

Ah, that's what we need to do here, put sand or salt on the pavements in bad weather! Pleased to hear Mum made it ok, but I thought she would.

Shall go check it out, but I'm dying to know too, what those elves want with Faramir...not that he's not a nice guy or anything, but they don't want to see him just because he's a sweety! And of course, you're welcome for the review.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Well, I can't tell you ahead of time what they want, but he'll be in for the experience of his life - and it will be nothing too bad, I promise. I do have a soft spot for him. I've always had, long before the (otherwise despised) movies showed me what a great guy Boromir was.

And now that I've found my own visuals for him (Orlando in Kingdom of Heaven), I love him even more. Faramir, I mean. Now if I could only find my own Éowyn, that would be great.

[jilba.livejournal.com]

It certainly was nothing bad, but I'd have never guessed. Now, you know, that's one thing the LoTR movies did for me: made me like Aragorn and Boromir. I used to hate both of them, now I quite like them!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

It's interesting how differently people react to movie characters. The movie made me love Boromir, whom I didn't like before, and it made me hate Aragorn, whom I used to like very much. It also completely ruined Elrond and Galadriel for me.

[jilba.livejournal.com]

I didn't mind Elrond or Galadriel. I really liked seeing Elrond in the Last Alliance actually and loved Rivendell and Lorien. Frodo pissed me off in the movies, he was a whinner like that in the books, plus he was too young.

I think Aragorn became human to me in the movies. In the books he somehow seemed like a mythical hero, not a person. Boromir, well, I've already said I used to hate him, and now I don't. I guess that's what's fun about movies, how we all react differently to them.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

You see, that was my problem with Aragorn exactly. As long as he was a mythical hero, I could accept the necessity for Denethor & family to step down and vacate the throne for him. As soon as I saw this "Woe me, I'll have to become King" loser in the movies, I switched sides and declared the Steward's family the rightful leaders.

I don't. I guess that's what's fun about movies, how we all react differently to them

Exactly. And as long as we can agree to disagree, everything is all right.