That was my temperature this morning. Which means that after a crazy busy week in which we attended Simon’s winter program, took him to the last soccer practice and game of the current session, and in which I helped out at holiday parties at KIP and Brandeis, the very time I was supposed to finish up last-minute Christmas shopping and get my house in order for Christmas Eve dinner, I was instead popping Tylenol and sleeping badly.
So Christmas Eve dinner didn’t happen. And I might not make it Jim and Evie’s tomorrow, either. And my presents are wrapped pretty badly and in two cases are not complete. I’m bummed.
I would also like to note that is a terrible, awful time to be sick when it comes to screen-time diversions. All my news-sites and online magazines are publishing on a holiday schedule, and half the tv channels are showing a single show or movie in a continuous loop. Much of the time, I’ve been too sick to care. But during those times that the fever is reduced and the head not pounding, I could do with a bit of mindless entertainment.
Yesterday I was reduced to watching The Real Housewives of Miami and The Shahs of Sunset, to which I have the following reactions:
- Not that mindless, please.
- Oh, the humanity!
And on that note, I am feeling a certain chill in the air, which means it’s time to pop more pills, crawl back under the duvet, and hope that tomorrow will be different.
Sorry you’re feeling puny! If you need some not-too-mindless entertainment, snuggle up near a computer and go to YouTube. Lots of British humor (humour?) lives there! Search for:
* QI XL S10: there 13 XL episodes. The Christmas episode (#14) is just QI S10 (the XL version will be available on the 29th)
* Mock the Week
* Live at the Apollo (especially episode 3 from this season; John Richardson is hilarious!)
You could also try Never Mind the Buzzcocks.
Or you could just go to the YouTube page below, choose a show, start episode 1 and let it play through the entire year. No ads, either!
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheBlackHoleBowl?feature=g-high-rec
You’re right: a crappy time to be sick. Plus I infer that, like me, when you feel that miserable, you can’t even read.