recipe for a sick day
on this most sacred of holidays for victorianists world-wide, i am taking a sick day. not sure that vicky would approve (definitely not an action of the stiff upper lip variety) but i'm afraid it's necessary.
recipe for a sick day
1 nagging, horsey cough
1 pair of jersey pajamas
4 packets of neo citran
120ml bottle of cherry cough syrup
2 chicken breasts
4 stalks of celery, chopped
1 onion, chopped
5 carrots, very chopped
5 cubes of chicken bouillon
5 cups of water
1 can of condensed chicken broth
2 cloves of garlic, minced
2 fluffy cats
1 copy of the new yorker
1 book tangentially related to one's dissertation
1 trashy movie
1 chocolate bar
1 blankie
1 favourite pillow
take 1 nagging, horsey cough and add 1 pair of jersey pajamas. after combining chicken breasts, celery, onion, carrots, chicken bouillon cubes, 5 cups of water, can of condensed chicken broth, and garlic in giant pot on stove in kitchen, let simmer, over low heat for 2-3 hours. while soup is simmering, position favourite pillow and fluffy cats on living room futon and mix with nagging, horsey cough, jersey pajamas, blankie and 1 mug of neo citran. nap.
upon awakening, add to pillow/cat/cough/pajama/blankie mixture 1 book tangentially related to one's dissertation, and 1 copy of the new yorker. check on soup. begin to read 1 book tangetially related to one's dissertation. nap. ensure that copy of the new yorker some how becomes crumpled up and sufficiently wrinkled through entanglement with 1 pair of jersey pajamas, blankie and 2 fluffy cats.
upon awakening add to pillow/cat/cough/pajama/blankie mixture 2 teaspoons of cherry cough syrup. check on soup. dish out 1 serving and add to pillow/cat/cough/pajama/blankie mixture. also stir in 1 trashy movie. consume soup. consume chocolate bar. hide 1 book tangentially related to one's dissertation under futon. nap.
upon awakening, continue adding chicken soup, neo-citran and cherry cough syrup to pillow/cat/cough/pajama/blankie mixture until cough subsides.
posted by Amanda Bonner at 8:58 a.m.
4 Comments:
*hug*
hope you're feeling better soon!!
Awwww, thanks. The itchy thing in my throat has now become the sniffly thing in my nose, which is better, I suppose, than it becoming the rattling thing in my chest. I predict I'll feel better shortly. Having a cold is almost like not being sick -- I can take a cold.
How's your knee?
Are you back in Canada?
Feel better quickly! Your bike misses you!!!! :)
Thanks, B! Another day of low-key life should do the trick. Low-key life and cold and sinus meds.
I think my bike really *does miss me. It's sitting in my living room, looking hurt and offended b/c I can't spend any time with it. :o( Poor bike.
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