And my fund of great stories is pretty depleted this week, given that since the great sprained ankle incident of Tuesday, I haven't been very mobile. Contributing to my overall (let's just say it) misery this week was the fact that I woke up this morning covered head to toe in hives. I have no idea why, and this has never happened to me before.
The situation hasn't changed since then. I am still itchy and miserable and unwilling to participate in human society. The plus side of this is lots of at-home pastimes have been caught up on. Watching four-hour miniseries of Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South? Check. (SO GOOD, by the way.) Working my way through the new biography of Pearl S. Buck, whose books I have never read and never want to read but whose life in China was quite interesting? Check. Starting to re-read Pride and Prejudice on my iPad since my physical copy is still en route? Check.
I have no idea when I will cease to be covered in hives, but I hope soon. I still dream of going to Ikea on Monday, and that is supposed to be an experience. And I guess I should remember that overall I am very lucky and not covered in hives and having great experiences and China is cool:
At the Mutianyu Great Wall, where I thankfully DID NOT fall and sprain my ankle.
3 comments:
I love Mr. Thornton and always watch him when I'm sick too. He makes everything better. Then my husband hates me because I spend the next few weeks randomly saying "Look back. Look back at me." and being sad that he's not all passionate like that :)
Camille, that scene was SO GOOD. (Though I don't remember that line from the book, I won't sweat it for once. :) This miniseries was such a find.
It will get better! That Great Wall is a tricky one - my 3 year old son went sailing down it at top speed face down because he took off running on the 'steps' going downhill, just missed flying out the open water escape on the edge, and came away with a very scraped nose (because it was so cold his body was well padded with clothing, slippery clothing unfortunately that allowed him to bobsled several hundred feet). The hives bit really stinks, though. Glad you have found distraction and a bit of relaxing fun. Hang in there!
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