A few days ago, I started feeling a little achy. Then a nasty weight started to gather in my chest. Ugh. <\/p>\n
By Tuesday night, I had been banished to flu-land. Fever, hacking cough, zero energy. <\/p>\n
The truth is, I’m not a very good sicky-y. <\/p>\n
As a kid, growing up in a noisy, overcrowded house, I loved sick days. It was a chance to lounge around in privacy, free of the hub-bub and the dull duties of Middle School. <\/p>\n
But these days, I actually like doing what I do every day. Being confined to bed is boring.<\/p>\n
I have managed to read most of a very thorny and complicated novel — “Anathem,” by Neal Stephenson – highly recommended for anyone who loves math and logic problems.<\/p>\n
But my real recommendation, to anyone who can get one, is to wrangle yourself a flu shot.<\/p>\n
Most years, I don’t bother. I’m too lazy and disorganized — and I usually don’t get sick. But trust me, the bug this year is a tough one.<\/p>\n
One last insult to injury? The day I started getting sick, the skies cleared. Perfect, porcelain blue, day after day. Some of the most gorgeous fall afternoons I’ve ever seen.<\/p>\n
And me marooned on the couch, surrounded by a litter of Kleenexes. Ugh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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