The better part of valor...

[scarlettina]

...or crankiness, depending upon your point of view.

I got up. I showered. I packed. I put my passport in my bag. I took DayQuil. I packed up the car. I went to the gas station to fill the car. I went to the 7-11 to get tissues and water, intending to hit the road.

Inside the 7-11, I ran into my former Wizards of the Coast supervisor who took one look at me and said, "Where the hell are you going? You look like death warmed over."

"Why, thank you, Doug," I said. "I'm going to Canada. cough cough hack hack"

"Um...I think you should stay home. I mean, unless you look like that all the time."

And suddenly I realized that all I wanted to do was lay down. I was sweating in my coat. And was I tired.

So I turned around, came home, called and begged off, at least for today. There's still a slim chance I might go tomorrow. Depends upon how I feel. But right now, the prospect of driving three hours, punctuated by the border crossing is just...unappealing. I feel bad. But I also feel... I dunno. Not better, just a little relieved.

Oh, and DayQuil? Tastes horrible.

Comments

[frabjousdave.livejournal.com]

Try the Theraflu; tastes better and seems to do the trick. I like the drowsy stuff, because that conks me out, which is where the real healing happens.

Get well, lass.

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Good. Rest. Feel better. Know that we're thinking of you.

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you made the right decision.

[hygelakthedread.livejournal.com]

Hope you feel better soon! Just make sure that if you do go, you don't bring the plague back over the border with you, otherwise they might lock you away in Gitmo as some sort of walking biological weapon of mass destruction...

[dianora2.livejournal.com]

Good for you. Sounds like you are making the right decision for yourself. Get lots of rest and feel better.

Great news about your friend, btw, I forgot to comment on that earlier. :)

[ferragus.livejournal.com]

I agree with all the rest, you've done the right thing by at least taking a day to recover.

I've found a good cure for the taste of Dayquil is a shot of cheap tequila!

(Esp if you don't mind sleeping for a few hours)

[twilight2000.livejournal.com]

Driving 3 hours, solo, *and* having to cross the border -- I'd really have to want to go even if I were healthy :>.

Nice to know Doug gets it right now and then :>

We're still inviting you over for dinner and catan sometime later this month...

[lagilman]

Wise Scarlettina. Rest. Get better. _Then_ invade Canada!

[the-monkey-king.livejournal.com]

Get well soon. If you require home delivery of chicken soup, just say the word.