My first night completely without antihistamines or decongestants or cough suppressants, or nyquil, in weeks. Curry chicken from Canton Village, hot, hot bath melted me, while D called out crossword puzzle clues and Moby wandered in to look quizzically at us, then leave in bafflement, then I crawled in bed and slept and slept and slept.
Had a dream of living with a dream spouse, a kind sort of fairy tale dwarf. There was some dark evil danger, so he enchanted our ramshackle hovel so that it only opened with a magical key, and looked like an imposing ramshackle castle. When I entered, after walking up several invisible stairs, then, with the three prong key, the brick-sized door became a real size door. At each step, I asked it politely to do what I needed it to do. It just seemed the right action in the circumstances. Including returning to the impenetrable dimensions. I went on for a long, long time exploring rooms as the house changed into something more like a lodge or a hotel, and guests arrived and our children romped and cats needed feeding.
I woke to Moby purring loudly, and settling on my arm, between us. Normally, he prefers belowtheknees. But this time he came to be petted by us, licking my fingers and getting a good face scritch.
My energy is pathetic, still feel like I'm the mole in the whack-a-mole. But being able to sleep normally is a blessing beyond words.
5 comments:
So glad to read you are doing better, Z. Hope the last leg of your recovery is swift.
:)
Hope you continue to improve rapidly.
here is a small round stone - glad you are on the mend - enjoyed the enchanted dream - wish i still had dreams like that - you are lucky
Glad you are beginning to feel a bit better.
Colds are just evil little things. I rarely get them, but when I do, the cough seems to stay with me for an eternity. But you're right to eat chicken soup. For some reason it really seems to help. I get it from a Mexican restaurant that we frequent. The only good thing about a cold.
Feel better.
And better.
(o)
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