KaiserTales

Can I take a re-do?

Last weekend was amazing. It was a three-day weekend, thanks to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and we partied it up with all sorts of fun folks… Marina had her birthday, and now she’s now an old bat at 25.  My family all got together to celebrate my grandmother’s birthday, who’s really an old bat at 82 (but she’s as youthful and full of life as Marina is at 25 ) And we had a “sleepover” with the Swifts at my family condo on Snoqualmie Summit. Galt had a BLAST playing with 9-year old Alison in the snow, and we even took in a few tele-turns.

But last week sucked, and I want a do over. Sadly, it began the moment the long weekend started to wane–on the way home from the Summit. I felt a little nauseous (not uncommon for a pregnant woman), and I started to develop a headache. The uncomfortable state of the car ride home only worsened as the evening and week went on. By the time the Tuesday work day ended, I was begging for an appointment with my chiropractor, whom I was certain would help abate the raging pain in my temple. The chiropractic adjustment worked just fine, but it was out with one ailment and in with the next, so to speak. As soon as my headache abated, my throat got a little itchy, my nose started to run, and I came down with an awful head cold.

I thought I’d be tough, stick it out for a couple of days, and get better by the weekend, but that hasn’t happened. In fact, this damn head cold has kept me up at night and made it really hard to breath. I was fine to lose a few weeknights last week, but I’m PISSED to have lost this whole gorgeous weekend to a stupid virus. When I talked to the pharmacist on Thursday, she advised me to take Tylenol or Loratadine (Claritin for those of you who prefer brand names). But after suffering for the past five days, I’ve decided further action is needed. I need something to knock me on my pillow and give me more than 2 hours sleep at a time. The doc says I can start with Benadryl and we’ll work our way up from there. If I graduate to Sudafed, I’m not supposed to take it for more than a couple of days… all because of Dim Sum. (If it weren’t for Dim Sum, you know I’d be taking the Nyquil, sipping the Theraflu, and popping the Codine.)

So yeah, this weekend was pretty much a wash for me. If I could rewind and have it play out differently, I’d be much happier.  It DUMPED today on all the mountains at all the local ski resorts, and I’ve been home sick watching it from my television and reading about it on Facebook. I tried to console myself with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a chocolate chip cookie, and I couldn’t taste a THING. What a waste of calories and a good cookie!

If there was a bright side, at least I got to go to Teatro Zinzani last night. And I didn’t have to pay for it. The show was super fun and I laughed the whole way through… even though my nose was running the whole time. Nate’s new company is pretty cool to have treated its employees and their significant others to dinner theatre for their holiday party. Guess there’s always a silver lining.

So here’s hoping next week is waaaayyyy better than this last one.