In which I lose my appetite
On Friday I barfed three times, at ever-shrinking intervals, for no good reason. My appetite disappeared entirely, and I shrank into a pathetic heap on the sofa and in bed (alternatively, in between trips to the bathroom). I passed the day and the night seeking to remain as still as possible, slipping into a vampiric stupor, a vestige of my true self (me! the one obsessed with rich food—ice cream and fruit pies, nachos and fettuccine all’Alfredo, Chianti and Fat Tire, curried peas and precious roasted garlic!) I missed the apparently awesome vault by my favorite OSU gymnast, Mandi Rodriguez, at the last home meet of the season.
Scott came to the rescue with a bottle of nuclear pink pepperminty slime-dicine, and yesterday I managed to choke down (and keep down) a few glasses of Cran-Raspberry, a small bowl of granola, and six stale water crackers. Still bereft of all epicurean desires, I pulled Twentieth Century Eightball off my bookshelf and burrowed into the sofa to enjoy the misanthropic pornography of Daniel Clowes. Late in the afternoon, I got the crazy notion to do something useful and decided to cut the grass. So when Scott wasn’t looking, I hauled our new old reel mower out of the shed and set to work. Maddy ran wide circles around me as I staggered across the back lawn, stopping to catch my breath and steady myself after each pass. Not the bliss of before.
The good news is that I ate a full plate of peas and pasta for supper (though sadly recoiled at Scott’s objectively wonderful garlic sauté) and Inland Empire is playing at 3:00 and 6:40 today. Depending on how lunch goes, I may just be ready to take it on.
March 28th, 2007 at 8:05 am
Actually, no comment would probably be the most prudent comment. But really, how can one resist? How lunch goes may not be the most pertinent information here, but where it goes, and where it goes later. So take it on with care. Enough natural fertilization of the Oregon farmworld. Thanks for the Annagail gallery - can you get your bro to send you some of the Auntie Em appearance? And the famous bath? Her fans wait with bated breath.