Sunday updates

My cold/flu is worse. We were supposed to go to an open house party and a silent movie, but no such luck. As a remedy for colds ‘The Scientific Statement of Being’ is a flop. I am now taking Walgreens cough/expectorate syrup as well as tea. Tea is the panacea of all ills; do not dare to question this. Admittedly I am still sick but tea makes it less unbearable.

People get awfully queer about what to do when sick. When I fall ill I don’t eat anything. From experience I know this doesn’t do any harm in the long run. My loss of appetite is a sort subject of Someone who feels I should be eating something. He doesn’t go as far as making something for me ho ho ho; it is more the principle of the thing. When I am sick he suggests I stay home from work but he doesn’t do likewise when he is ill.

When sickness cancels your day, all the chores come to a screeching halt and the world doesn’t seem to worse for it. Someone bug is 24 hours ahead of mine; he is feeling better enough today for him to go the open house, which suits me fine. I can have the house to myself. Silence Sunday seems a good idea.

Another perk about being too sick to do anything is catching up on my reading. I have several back issues of ‘The New Yorker’ and ‘Cooks illustrated’ to get through. These along with ‘GAMES’ are the only magazine subscriptions I still have, and it is an effort to keep up with them. I have piles of untouched GAMES magazines in a cupboard in The Dragon Room, more than I can do if I were to retire today and do nothing but puzzles.

With that said I may make a box of M&C, something I haven’t ate in ages. If there is a smidgeon of appetite of something, I should take the opportunity. The stuff is nasty and not at all good for you but it sure tastes good when you are sick and down in the dumps. It makes a strange accompaniment for reading ‘Cooks Illustrated”.