Week 3 - Fun to Cold

I had no problem with too much free time this week because I was in Lincoln on 3 days this week. Unfortunately I picked up a germ somewhere so had a monster cold by the end of the week.

Monday was Rene's birthday and we were having a kool aid dye day at Anne's to celebrate. I loaded up the car with totes with every color of kool aid and pans and yarn and headed south. Rene picked up Chinese and we got our yarn soaking before eating lunch. We each dyed 2 skeins and it was lots of fun. Rene's skeins were definitely the prettiest. With the yarn drying outside (it was pushing 60 degrees), we had brownies with ice cream and Rene opened some presents. It was a super fun day and ended with Monday Night Knitting.

Tuesday was my friend Cindy's birthday so I started the day with a zoom chat with her then got busy finishing some chores. One of my yarns had turned out drab so with chores done, I got out a pot and overdyed it, which brightened it right up. After reading in the front room in the sun that afternoon, I had a library board meeting and called it a day. I was home Wednesday too and ran Wahoo errands and brought all the amaryllis upstairs, topping them up with good potting soil and getting them in the sun by the slider. Hopefully they'll wake up soon and give me some nice flowers this winter.

I had been invited to an Emeriti/Retirees Association board meeting on Thursday afternoon so had scheduled lunch with Dodie beforehand. Of course I thrifted on the way in and found some sock yarn at Goodwill to start the day. Lunch was great and I had time to pick up book club books at the Library Commission and grab a cookie before heading to east campus. No one knew I would be there except Don who had invited me (sheesh!) and other than talking to Don for a few minutes after the meeting, there was no point in me being there. Oh well. I was home in time for a cup of tea in the front room just before the sun went down.

Friday was my last Lincoln day - this time for an appointment with the oncologist. I drove right there via the bypass and was in and out in 15 minutes. I had time to grocery shop before meeting Darla for lunch at the dorms, which is probably where I picked up cold germs. It was a nice lunch and all I did afterwards was grab gas at Sam's and so was home early.

Saturday was the annual Back to Basics at spinning but it was super cold out and I don't spin (yet) so don't have much to share so wasn't feeling it. I also figured there woulnd't be many people out and about with a high of 13 degrees not taking windchill into account so decided not to go. I hunkered down and got a few things done inside. It ended up being a good thing that I skipped.

I had a slightly scratchy throat when I woke up on Saturday morning but didn't think anything of it. Big mistake. I woke up on Sunday morning with a full blown cold, feeling like my head was going to explode. I was supposed to feed cats at the shelter but texted the cat group and someone covered for me. Of course I had no ClaritinD on hand and wasn't up to a 60 mile round trip to get some so took a single, way out of date Claritin and took some also old sudafed over the course of the day. They knocked it down a bit and I did something I rarely do - took a nap and actually slept. And it didn't impact my ability to fall asleep when I went to bed. My plan was to be at Wahoo Pharmacy at 8:00 when they opened to get some drugs.

So, it was a busy week with lots of productivity and fun before I was brought down with the cold. Hopefully it wouldn't last too long and I didn't have a jam packed calendar for the next week so I could rest and get over it. One of the benefits of not working is not having to push through and tough out a cold. If I feel like crap, I can stay home and cozy. Wish me luck for a speedy recovery.