"the return of the brenda" or "love in the time of consumption"
i'm baaaaack. that's right. utah can now breathe a sigh of relief. i have returned from BFE idaho.
i went up to idaho on december 27 so that i could lend my sister, heather, and her husband, david, a hand with the house and kids while heather had her baby. when i got there, heather was on strict bedrest and had to be down pretty much 24/7, so i was in charge of cooking, cleaning, and the like, while david got the kids off to school in the morning and put them to bed at night. there was much playing of pacman and pole position and a fairly good time was had by all. on january 6, heather had her baby, naomi marie anderson, and, for a day or two, i was THE ONLY parental figure in the house. this meant that i was in charge of getting the kids to school and doing homework and potty accidents and everything. a mother i am not, let me tell you. then, heather came home, and i became an occassional cook and cleaner. my job was mostly to keep heather amused and help out when i was needed.
and then... the plague struck. it started with david, then went to heather, then to my nephew benjamin, then my niece kristin, and finally... to me and naomi. (my nephew tyler is just starting to get it.) for me, it started with a stuffy head and a lot of sneezing, then turned into acute chest pains. the chest pains were relieved when the cough started. that was three weeks ago, and i still... STILL have a cough. i wasn't scheduled to come home until the 22nd of February or so, but heather and david decided (and i agreed) that the best thing for me would be to go home and see my own doctor and get better in my own bed. so i flew home and... dah dah dah DAAAAAAA!!... here i am.
i tried to tell everyone that i had consumption, as i find consumption to be terribly romantic and tragic, but the reality is somewhat less romantic. i went to the doctor today and found out that i have bronchitis, a sinus infection, and strep throat. woooo doggy. good times, let me tell you. so now i get to sit around and feel very cross indeed, and complain about the (expletive deleted) at borders who won't give me my job back. (expletive deleted repeated for emphasis).
but oh... OH... the icing on the cake is yet to come. in the interest of keeping these posts a reasonable length, i shall include it in a different post. oh... i am insensed, let me tell you....
to be continued...?
i went up to idaho on december 27 so that i could lend my sister, heather, and her husband, david, a hand with the house and kids while heather had her baby. when i got there, heather was on strict bedrest and had to be down pretty much 24/7, so i was in charge of cooking, cleaning, and the like, while david got the kids off to school in the morning and put them to bed at night. there was much playing of pacman and pole position and a fairly good time was had by all. on january 6, heather had her baby, naomi marie anderson, and, for a day or two, i was THE ONLY parental figure in the house. this meant that i was in charge of getting the kids to school and doing homework and potty accidents and everything. a mother i am not, let me tell you. then, heather came home, and i became an occassional cook and cleaner. my job was mostly to keep heather amused and help out when i was needed.
and then... the plague struck. it started with david, then went to heather, then to my nephew benjamin, then my niece kristin, and finally... to me and naomi. (my nephew tyler is just starting to get it.) for me, it started with a stuffy head and a lot of sneezing, then turned into acute chest pains. the chest pains were relieved when the cough started. that was three weeks ago, and i still... STILL have a cough. i wasn't scheduled to come home until the 22nd of February or so, but heather and david decided (and i agreed) that the best thing for me would be to go home and see my own doctor and get better in my own bed. so i flew home and... dah dah dah DAAAAAAA!!... here i am.
i tried to tell everyone that i had consumption, as i find consumption to be terribly romantic and tragic, but the reality is somewhat less romantic. i went to the doctor today and found out that i have bronchitis, a sinus infection, and strep throat. woooo doggy. good times, let me tell you. so now i get to sit around and feel very cross indeed, and complain about the (expletive deleted) at borders who won't give me my job back. (expletive deleted repeated for emphasis).
but oh... OH... the icing on the cake is yet to come. in the interest of keeping these posts a reasonable length, i shall include it in a different post. oh... i am insensed, let me tell you....
to be continued...?
posted by Brenda at 2:30 PM
3 Comments:
OMG, you're home! YOU'RE HOME! I've been impatiently awaiting your return and now I have to wait for you to recover?? What the hell IS this, some kind of conspiracy?
I MISS YOU!
You're back!!! Oh, how I've missed you so. Get better. MWAH!
Yay! I've missed your posts.
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