Well, I've had a very...interesting...past week. The weekend left us with a vacuum cleaner that while being used started to smoke and smell like burning rubber. I shut it off before it could catch fire; which it would have, had I not shut it off when I did.
And of course, almost having a fire in my room set me up with a string of nightmares ever since. There was both a small frying pan catching fire on its place on the wall, which isn't where it's kept in real life; and a flood in the same dream. In another, which occurred on the same night, my brother flicked a giant black-and-brown spider at me from across the table (where it landed after falling from the roof). And finally, in last night's dream there was a rattlesnake by the fridge, and I was pleading with my mom not to go over there and take off its head, and the only compromise she was willing to meet me halfway with was if I went over there and helped her. As if I would know how. So then I shoved her into a bedroom and told her not to leave it, and I would call SPCA. And of course my phone is in my room, past the fridge...and then I woke up.
And now, after there are two apple pies baking in the oven; I've noticed a scratch that inexplicably appeared on my arm. And maybe I'm imagining it, but it seems like it's growing.
...Thankfully I have had my flu shot. The doctor barely touched me with the needle - he put it in and then before I could count to one he was pressing the cotton ball against a mark I couldn't see. But, I did feel the tiny sting of it going in; so hopefully I am protected.
And of course, almost having a fire in my room set me up with a string of nightmares ever since. There was both a small frying pan catching fire on its place on the wall, which isn't where it's kept in real life; and a flood in the same dream. In another, which occurred on the same night, my brother flicked a giant black-and-brown spider at me from across the table (where it landed after falling from the roof). And finally, in last night's dream there was a rattlesnake by the fridge, and I was pleading with my mom not to go over there and take off its head, and the only compromise she was willing to meet me halfway with was if I went over there and helped her. As if I would know how. So then I shoved her into a bedroom and told her not to leave it, and I would call SPCA. And of course my phone is in my room, past the fridge...and then I woke up.
And now, after there are two apple pies baking in the oven; I've noticed a scratch that inexplicably appeared on my arm. And maybe I'm imagining it, but it seems like it's growing.
...Thankfully I have had my flu shot. The doctor barely touched me with the needle - he put it in and then before I could count to one he was pressing the cotton ball against a mark I couldn't see. But, I did feel the tiny sting of it going in; so hopefully I am protected.
...A scratch that growls? Maybe it's been a lot longer than a week since you slept properly, sis!
ReplyDeleteAs for the flu shot, I haven't been getting one since leaving Mission - I've heard that a lot of people who get them end up far sicker than anyone else, and it recurs, coming back every year!
(I hope I haven't just cursed myself; I've had colds, but not the flu!)
I didn't write growls. But you're right, I have been missing out on sleep. I used to actually sleep from 7AM until supper, and then after I ate I'd go back to bed until 10 or 11. It was depressing, but I was getting all the sleep I needed and I felt healthy. Now that I have routine, the bags are back under my eyes and I'm sluggish, and I'm the only one who's not feeling great about being awake all the time. Everyone else thinks I'm doing so well, but it feels terrible.
DeleteI avoid the flu every time I get a flu shot. I don't know, maybe it just works because I want it to. Train of thought, or power of thought, or whatever it's called. I'm just glad I haven't had the flu in many years.
And actually, you have had the flu. You were just a kid, but we were all sick.
DeleteHaha! I thought for sure it said "growls"! Guess that proves I'm the one in need of sleep!
DeleteOh, I know that - I actually meant since I stopped getting the flu shot. Yeah, I definitely remember having it as a kid...it was awful!