Holidays and sickness
Dec. 30th, 2006 11:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
terrieWell, Christmas went okay here. We had 20+ people in our house Christmas day. Too many for my taste. I spent part of the time hiding in my room. I meant to just go up and catch my breath, but the cat was curled up on my bed and I curled up with her and fell asleep for about an hour.
We had my aunt and uncle staying with us over the Holiday as well. Personally, I'm tired of them. they always want to stay wuth us. They're terrible at managing their money, so they can never afford to stay in a hotel. And we have a big house, so it's not a problem, right? Except, with my brother and a former exchange student here as well, someone ended up sleeping on the floor of the study. We thought they were staying for two nights, but they ended up staying for four. Additionally, my aunt and uncle are fundies and so we spent the whole time watching what we said/did. My uncle found my library copy of The
Zombie Survival Guide, and proceeded to take it very seriously (he suffered brain damage in an accident years ago and has zero critical thinking skills). Until my aunt made some comment about satanic influences and he meekly put it away. This is fairly typical of a visit from them.
My aunt was also sick and gave it to me. No shock there. When we get together with family for Christmas, I ALWAYS get a cold. Always. So I've spent the last week pretty miserable. Seriously, I can see how a fever helps fight of disease, but what good does producing enough mucus to choke a horse do? And I'm not the only one sick.
Yesterday, my mom spent the whole day in bed when she wasn't throwing up. She came down with one of those 24-hour Norwalk viruses (often known as the 24-hour stomach flu). Ick. Thankfully, I don't think I picked it up from her. One thing is enough.
In worse news, a close friend of the family had a stroke. Apparently, he wasn't completly sure of his state, so he called a friend and asked "Do I sound drunk?" When the friend said yes, he replied "Oh, well, I've been drinking." He then called my dad, admited that, despite sounding drunk, he was sober and my dad took him to the emergency room. When my dad showed up, he proceeded to give my dad all his meat. (A whole turkey, a whole chicken, some beef, some prok and a whole duck). We still don't know why. Turns out our friend had diabetes. No real shock there. He's... well, he's fat. Obese and probably morbidly obese. Has been for years. Anyway, the whole thing sucks.
Hopefully, New Years will go better than Christmas did.
We had my aunt and uncle staying with us over the Holiday as well. Personally, I'm tired of them. they always want to stay wuth us. They're terrible at managing their money, so they can never afford to stay in a hotel. And we have a big house, so it's not a problem, right? Except, with my brother and a former exchange student here as well, someone ended up sleeping on the floor of the study. We thought they were staying for two nights, but they ended up staying for four. Additionally, my aunt and uncle are fundies and so we spent the whole time watching what we said/did. My uncle found my library copy of The
Zombie Survival Guide, and proceeded to take it very seriously (he suffered brain damage in an accident years ago and has zero critical thinking skills). Until my aunt made some comment about satanic influences and he meekly put it away. This is fairly typical of a visit from them.
My aunt was also sick and gave it to me. No shock there. When we get together with family for Christmas, I ALWAYS get a cold. Always. So I've spent the last week pretty miserable. Seriously, I can see how a fever helps fight of disease, but what good does producing enough mucus to choke a horse do? And I'm not the only one sick.
Yesterday, my mom spent the whole day in bed when she wasn't throwing up. She came down with one of those 24-hour Norwalk viruses (often known as the 24-hour stomach flu). Ick. Thankfully, I don't think I picked it up from her. One thing is enough.
In worse news, a close friend of the family had a stroke. Apparently, he wasn't completly sure of his state, so he called a friend and asked "Do I sound drunk?" When the friend said yes, he replied "Oh, well, I've been drinking." He then called my dad, admited that, despite sounding drunk, he was sober and my dad took him to the emergency room. When my dad showed up, he proceeded to give my dad all his meat. (A whole turkey, a whole chicken, some beef, some prok and a whole duck). We still don't know why. Turns out our friend had diabetes. No real shock there. He's... well, he's fat. Obese and probably morbidly obese. Has been for years. Anyway, the whole thing sucks.
Hopefully, New Years will go better than Christmas did.
