02-19-2015, 12:13 PM
Just thought I'd check in...
Got back Tues 1/27 late...got up early Wed 1/28 and sat down at my computer and didn't get up (for catching up on work) until I left for NY on Friday AM. Where I landed to single digit temps (it was in the 70's in Bodega when we returned). Spent a week in NY trying not to freeze to death or slip on the ice and break my neck. Loaded up with $150 worth of genuine NY Deli (tongue, corned beef, pastrami, derma...the usual cast of characters) I came home on the 4th...and had a little pre-birthday party on the 6th with my best girls and the hub. On my birthday I woke up with a crushing headache and a fever of 103 which lasted 4 days. I'm on the other side of this "sick" (flu+pneumonia) now and find that I am FIRST going through re-entry woes even though I've been home now for 3 weeks (I was so sick hub had to do all the unpacking).
So...I'm a bit depressed, having a hard time focusing at work....and moving along. I have frozen fresh ackee in the freezer. I think I'll cook some up for us and the godkid this weekend. I'll also go through the pix (I didn't take that many this time) and make some notes to try to "encapsulate" my 2 1/2 months there...I've been so many times, stay for so long but there are certain years that are just "special" - and this was one of them. Stay tuned for more upbeat musings.
Thanks for listening.
Got back Tues 1/27 late...got up early Wed 1/28 and sat down at my computer and didn't get up (for catching up on work) until I left for NY on Friday AM. Where I landed to single digit temps (it was in the 70's in Bodega when we returned). Spent a week in NY trying not to freeze to death or slip on the ice and break my neck. Loaded up with $150 worth of genuine NY Deli (tongue, corned beef, pastrami, derma...the usual cast of characters) I came home on the 4th...and had a little pre-birthday party on the 6th with my best girls and the hub. On my birthday I woke up with a crushing headache and a fever of 103 which lasted 4 days. I'm on the other side of this "sick" (flu+pneumonia) now and find that I am FIRST going through re-entry woes even though I've been home now for 3 weeks (I was so sick hub had to do all the unpacking).
So...I'm a bit depressed, having a hard time focusing at work....and moving along. I have frozen fresh ackee in the freezer. I think I'll cook some up for us and the godkid this weekend. I'll also go through the pix (I didn't take that many this time) and make some notes to try to "encapsulate" my 2 1/2 months there...I've been so many times, stay for so long but there are certain years that are just "special" - and this was one of them. Stay tuned for more upbeat musings.
Thanks for listening.
"Once in a while you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right..."
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