sick

feeling pretty bad today. scratchy throat, congestion, general malaise.

i buried myself under my grandma's afghan for most of the day and watched decorating shows on HGTV. for sustenance i made some potato soup, which turned out smashingly well. so, bolstered by that success, i also decided to try baking something called a "cardamom roll", which also came out well... it's like a long cinnamon roll, but, uh, with cardamom. tasty sweet. apparently when i'm sick (and by all accounts should be sleeping) i like to cook.

the cats like it when someone is home with them all day. in fact, i like it when i'm home with the cats all day. i get to lounge around on the couch and they get to lounge around on me. it's a win-win situation. except for the aches and drippy nose, i mean.

i have to be careful not to get the flu. my boss requires all of us to get a flu shot each fall. i strenuously object and have never yet gotten one. so if i come down with the flu i'm going to have to face a bad case of the i-told-you-so's. it's not the flu, though. i'm sure it's not the flu. it's not the flu, it's not the flu, it's not the flu...