I forget how cruel spring is usually to me in the beginning.
Being allergic to tree pollen, and living within this blooming lush colourful ‘jungle’ of pollen-producing trees is a little like paradise turning hellish – but just a little.
Thankfully I don’t have to endure this forever, just a few more weeks.
The trees coming back to life… priceless
I suspect my immune system has done battle and won (Ha! Winning!)
This is pretty amazing because for the first time in about a week, I feel fine.
I took time off at the start of last week because I was feeling crappy.
And I’ve felt that crappy since then, I’ve had a tension-type headache, a cough so slight and intermittent, a nearly sore throat that lasted a day and weird yearnings for siesta.
Usually these are all signs that I’m about to get very sick, but this time I felt I was on the cusp of illness for about a week and then I recovered.
Outfit details: Jacket – Collective Clothing | Blouse – Gap | Pants – Uniqlo | Rain boots – Benetton | Scarf – H&M
I’m not complaining, this is actually a congratulatory note to my immune system – must be all that healthy living.
I’ve been pretty good about taking my vitamin C supplements too, I swear by vitamin C – I’m not even sure where I stand on the great vitamin C debate, but I think there’s something there.
I really like the effervescent kind…
It’s going to be a quiet and hopefully sunshine-filled weekend for me.
Everyone around me is sick and I feel like I’m coming down with something.
I don’t have the dreaded scratchy throat yet, but I’ve had a few unusual sneezes.
And I’m tired, but that’s probably from lack of sleep.
I’ve gone to bed consistently late this week, I went to bed at 1:00AM last night; I blame it on the holidays.
Next week’s intent is to get to bed early.
Tomorrow, I’ll sleep in…
I’ll read some old favourites and a cookbook; and maybe make something sweet from said cookbook.
I’ll eat the just-in-case-I-get-sick soup, well… maybe even if I’m not sick – soup heals the soul.<,br/>
There’s rice and beluga lentils (that’s like caviar in vegetariana!) in yummy tomato and olive oil broth.
I’ll paint my nails the colour of plums.
And take down the Christmas tree and decorations, albeit reluctantly – I still can’t believe the holidays are over!
And If I’m feeling up to it, I’ll hang out with the little guys and we’ll paint something magnificent.
“Life carries my love into the ocean that swallows everything good”.
I stepped outside into the world again for the first time in days.
I was disappointed to find out that Mieka the cat still hadn’t been found.
Other than that it looks like the world did fine without me.
We got our first snow on the mountains today, and the temperature’s gone down a few degrees.
I’m already looking forward to the weekend and I’ve only been back a day.
I’ve been off sick from work for the past two days.
I’ve been spending my time in bed, with a cough and general malaise.
Being sick sucks, but the good thing is; I’m all caught up on my daytime soaps.
On the extra sad news front, I think my mom told me yesterday that my cousin Sam had passed away.
I didn’t know my cousin Sam very well, but we shared a unique kinship.
I had a feeling we both felt we didn’t belong with these people who were supposed to be family.
The Saint Germain l’Auxerrois church was the church of the Louvre, back when the Louvre was a royal palace.
The ‘Hautes Herbes’ sculpture is in front of the church, and I’m drawn to it.
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