Mood:  lazy

So, I started coming down with a cold on Thursday night. It's a hay-fevery thing.... one of those irritating colds where it's not terribly debilitating, but leaves one's head feeling like it weighs 50 pounds. Went to dad's to celebrate gram's 94th birthday (very careful not to spread the germs).

Friday was nice with a little pizza party, but Saturday when the "big" dinner was planned, gram's blood pressure was deemed too high to allow her to leave the nursing home, as they wanted to monitor it.

Got fed up with my dad as he's been particularly bitchy lately, but realize (now that I am less sick and sleepy) he's probably way more stressed out about Gram's health than he will let on. He has to take care of everyone else, so he doesn't vent. And HE has high blood pressure too... go figure. I live in a family of people who will take care of everyone else but themselves.

I came home on Saturday afternoon and flopped on the couch and didn't move until late Sunday morning, more or less. Tried to make myself sit still and drink fluids and take vitamin C... I'm a bad sick person. If I'm not absolutely conked out with death, I feel antsy and want to run around, despite head-fluff and inability to breathe, but then I get much sicker the next day. I have plans for today, so I made myself rest as much as I could yesterday. I did consent to hanging out with D&E for dinner. I was feeling hungry and wanted a good meal, and knew if I stayed home I'd eat plain noodles or something, and was feeling well enough to go out a bit. And definitely felt better to have a laugh with friends, too.

And the plan worked as while I am still a bit stuffy, I feel a lot better this morning, so I think I can go hangout with some buds for jammin' and Labor Day barbecue without a reversion of head cold ickyness.