Friday, September 14, 2012

Just hanging on ...



 Sick? I've been so sick it's not funny. I've taken the last three days off work and only now feel well enough to get out of bed.

Talk? I couldn't even talk.

Strep throat? I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

The only thing I've been able to stomach is tomatoes and vegemite on toast.

Soggy? I couldn't swallow the crusts.


Death? At one point I thought I was on my death bed, but I managed to drag myself to the couch to watch a couple of episodes of our family favourite TV show Horrible Histories. Laugh?

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  1. RachelSeptember 14, 2012 at 4:50 PM

    Oh my! I hope you're up and kicking again!

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  2. Dana@Mid2ModSeptember 14, 2012 at 7:07 PM

    So sorry you've felt so bad! I hope the fact that you got out of bed to post means that you've dragged yourself away from death's door and will start to feel better soon.

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    1. MakeminemidcenturySeptember 17, 2012 at 2:04 AM

      Again, feeling better. Still popping antibiotics, but back reading mid-century blogs. Thank you!

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  3. annieSeptember 14, 2012 at 8:03 PM

    Ah Horrible Histories. One of the few shows I can truly share with my 'orrible pre teens...that and Deadly 60! Hope the plague stops with you and not the whole family! Chin up. buckaroo!

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  4. PippaSeptember 14, 2012 at 8:03 PM

    Poor thing, we have missed you! :( keep up the fluids they say!

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    1. MakeminemidcenturySeptember 17, 2012 at 2:06 AM

      Maybe I need a macrame owl?

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    2. PippaSeptember 17, 2012 at 4:28 AM

      Yes you do, I'm working on big Aunty at the moment but I can dye the twine to your preferred colour if that helps the recovery process? xx

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  5. Sarah BSeptember 14, 2012 at 11:44 PM

    Oh that's no good at all - vegemite on toast is though, as is tomato on toast, not I'm not sure about them both together?
    xx

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    1. MakeminemidcenturySeptember 17, 2012 at 2:05 AM

      Tomatoes and vegemite on toast. You should give it a go. It's something delicious. A work colleague recommended it to me years ago because he said the taste was fantastic, and I was a sceptic, now I have it all the time.

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  6. FionaSeptember 15, 2012 at 2:46 AM

    Wish I lived closer.
    (We don't mind a little Horrible Histories here too).

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    1. MakeminemidcenturySeptember 17, 2012 at 2:06 AM

      Yes, I think your kids would get a kick out of that show.

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  7. KimmieSeptember 15, 2012 at 4:39 AM

    Hugs
    xxx

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  8. DebSeptember 15, 2012 at 9:04 AM

    There's nothing worse than strep throat. I felt like I was laying on a bed of nails for a week. I hope you feel better soon!!!!

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    1. MakeminemidcenturySeptember 17, 2012 at 2:07 AM

      Strep throat is an absolute shocker. I dread getting it again, but I think it's like cold-sores, once you've had it you lose some resistance. I need a trip to Paris.

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  9. DMCSeptember 15, 2012 at 3:08 PM

    I'm really sorry you have been so crook.
    Poor wee thing.
    You are probably invisible side on now.
    I hope it .settles soon and you get your appetite back.

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  10. CurlyPopsSeptember 15, 2012 at 5:53 PM

    Hope you're feeeling better - vegemite cures everything (I'm quite sure).

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  11. ...C o w R o a d...September 15, 2012 at 7:07 PM

    Oh boy, no fun whatsoever. I hope they gave you tons of drugs... (and no, vegemite is not a drug) ;-)

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    1. MakeminemidcenturySeptember 17, 2012 at 2:09 AM

      I may go back for stronger drugs I think. Tonnes of them!

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  12. Anna BartlettSeptember 15, 2012 at 7:18 PM

    Get well MMMC!

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  13. brismodSeptember 16, 2012 at 3:35 AM

    You poor thing. I hope you are on your way to recovery. And I'm with Sarah B. What's with the vegemite tomato combo? I must try it out before I judge...xx (it will probably be good...?) xx

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  14. objects of whimsySeptember 16, 2012 at 7:18 AM

    sounds awful
    hope you a fighting fit soon.

    Helen :)

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  15. Reader 3September 17, 2012 at 1:32 AM

    Are you still unwell? Can I help? See if you lived closer - I would have known this. All this time I have been imagining you tap tap tapping away on a computer, yelling "Objection your Honour", hailing yellow cabs while talking on the mobile and, of course, sushi and martinis at lunch and a stiff elderflower cordial at the end of the day with the 'gang' from work ... and the reality was you were unwell, eating vegemite toast (topped with a fruit!) huddled at home. I am so sorry to hear. Let me know if your still at home and need a visit.

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    1. MakeminemidcenturySeptember 17, 2012 at 2:13 AM

      Reader 3, am on the mend. Have even done some sewing. Am back at work tap-tapping letters to prisoners and solicitors and sometimes solicitors who are prisoners. Still going cold-turkey on the elderflower cordial as well! I'm a new woman. You should try tomato on vegemite toast it has 'Reader 3' written all over it!

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  16. elegancemaisonSeptember 17, 2012 at 3:13 PM

    So sorry to hear that you've been ill. From what I read from other Down Under Bloggers as well as my own longhaul Family - Australia is rife, yea rife, with unsanitary stomach bugs at the moment.

    I'm interested to read that Vegemite is proving a comfort to invalids down there with you. As you probably know, Marmite is considered to be the only Real Thing among British Expats wherever they are posted around the globe. But on my recent visit, in order to preserve the Marmite supplies smuggled inside our baggage, I volunteered to try the local product on my morning toast and must admit that I enjoyed it. ( But please don't tell.)Cx

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