Sick Day
Yesterday I wrote about my vision of the ideal day once I have time off next week. Well strangely enough, I didn’t go into work today because I was feeling sick. Sick Days are much different than Ideal Days. So here’s the miserably boring play-by-play of my sick day.
First, there’s the Sick Day attire, which in the warmer months constitutes a t-shirt and shorts. I’m just thrilled that I got it to match. In case you weren’t aware, I happen to be a touch familiar with the University of Colorado at Boulder.
The fact that the bottom of my shirt flips up like that drives me crazy. Now it shall drive you crazy as well!
I settled into my chair and hoped to make progress on my book or do some digital layouts, but alas…I pretty much went back and forth between Twitter, Gmail, and Google Reader.
I love Seesmic Desktop. It's a great application.
But it paid off because I won a book, The Glassblower of Murano, from the Boulder Bookstore on Twitter today!
Venice, 1681. Glassblowing is the lifeblood of the Republic, and Venetian mirrors are more precious than gold. Jealously guarded by the murderous Council of Ten, the glassblowers of Murano are virtually imprisoned on their island in the lagoon. But the greatest of the artists, Corradino Manin, sells his methods and his soul to the Sun King, Louis XIV of France, to protect his secret daughter. In the present day his descendant, Leonora Manin, leaves an unhappy life in London to begin a new one as a glassblower in Venice. As she finds new life and love in her adoptive city, her fate becomes inextricably linked with that of her ancestor and the treacherous secrets of his life begin to come to light.
While on my computer I watched porn….food porn….I mean, the Food Network. Half-hour after half-hour passed. Everybody between Ina Garten and Bobbly Flay made an appearance.
Cook, Bobby, cook!
It was a cruel thing to do today because my ailment happens to be stomach related. So when all I could eat was a bagel and two measly graham crackers, I watched these chefs make decadent foods.
Plain, plain, plain.
At one point Bobby Flay was preparing a leg of lamb that was larger than my TV, and I was jealous. Clearly, it was just a symptom of being relegated to the plain foods, because I would never enjoy a leg of lamb…ever.
More of the plain.
However, it should be noted that whenever I see or hear about a leg of lamb, I always, ALWAYS, think of the classic Wings episode when Brian thinks Fay is a serial killer, and her method of murder is to bash her victims over the head with a frozen leg of lamb. So hilarious…check out this clip.
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Meanwhile, my cat, Persephone, was like a needy child for most of the day. Constantly wanting to be on top of me. Tapping me incessantly with her sharp claws when she wasn’t. Pushing her head in my arm to hide away from it all. As cute as all that sounds, it was super annoying.
"Cannot let go, ever."
In the early afternoon, I convinced my sister to do a video chat with me. She’s down in Pueblo, working for my dad. Of course, because it’s my sister, we had a hilarious conversation. I even showed her my receding hairline, which is a topic for another post.
Please excuse my Sick Day hairstyle. It's atrocious.
The best part was that we came up with a signal for her to give me if someone came into the office. Of course, we decided on “Tippy Toe” from Seinfeld’s classic episode “The Phone Message.”
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I couldn’t find a clip of the actual tape switch operation, but needless to say George blurted out “Tippy Toe” anyway.
Well my sister got her moment and when she blurted out “Tippy Toe!” I started cracking up loudly, which I’m sure didn’t sound too good over the computer speakers. Oops!
Finally, I took a little time to look through my wedding album today, since Brian and I got married three years ago today. It certainly was a beautiful wedding!
Too bad the marriage wasn't as wonderful as the wedding.
So that’s what my day has amounted to. I’m already feeling a bit better, but I best stick to the plainer foods and avoid the Espresso Chocolate Mousse with Orange Mascarpone Whipped Cream I saw Giada De Laurentiis make today, even though I would give my own leg for it.
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