Thanksgiving

[catscradle]

Hope all of you had a good one. Mine was a very quiet and modest one this year. Had a few changes in plans due to the flu taking out most of the people I was going to join yesterday. Still, made quick alternate plans and all was good. I even ate yams. I mashed the hell out them and smothered them in a more butter to yam ratio and then doused them with sugar and cinnamon, but still. A couple people on the friends list will know what sort of big step that was for me.

Anyway, a quiet evening at home with a close friend made all things good =)

Speaking of the flu season - Colorado is at mega epidemic level. Lots of school closings. It's a bad one. People are staying sick for nearly two weeks. We had four deaths reported from it. All kids =( So I guess one thing to be thankful for is that no one I know has been hospitalized or killed by it.

This morning woke up coughing and a bit achy. It feels more like a cold than the flu though. As much as I hate colds (I *always* get bronchitis =P) I'd rather have that than the flu. Especially this flu. Plus I still have some meds from the last time I had a cold (Geez, that was in September!), so maybe I can nip it in the bud.

Comments

[thebratqueen.livejournal.com]

Yipes! I'll think healthy thoughts your way. And make doubly sure not to miss out on getting my flu shot next week (should've been earlier but I was traveling too much).

[catscradle.livejournal.com]

Heh, yeah, get it now. About two hours after making that post I knew it was the flu =P The fever only broke today, but I feel like I got hit by a mac truck and all the other symtoms are still going strong.

Here's the suck thing. There are two strains of the flu going around. The flu shot in circulation right now is only good at protecting against one of them. So I guess by getting it you've got some additional protection, but if you come in contact with the other bug you're SOL =P

Make vitiman C, zinc and echinacea your close, personal friends.