It is a coincidence that I contracted the flu yesterday, just hours after a library copy of Breaking Dawn — the fourth and final book of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series — fell into my hands. The fact that it is also a weekend (which means I don’t have to feel the guilt associated with staying in bed for two days in a row, sucking down grape juice, popping pills and reading the 754-page tome) is just one more bonus but, yes, it is still a coincidence. If my weekend were a recipe it would require the following ingredients: one part restlessness, two parts reading machine, and four parts cat bed, since the three felines have apparently decided either that sleeping on The Couch of Death is passé or that I am more generously padded than said couch. (And, let’s face it, the latter is probably true.) The past two days have also been comprised of stoic suffering and an attempt to be a pillar of strength in the face of adversity. (How am I doing so far?) Also, I’ve been watching way too many Vlogbrothers videos.
This means difficult times are ahead for our house. Remember that vacation I just took? The California one that not only necessitated camping supplies, beachwear and winter clothes (since, hello, San Francisco is really cold in the summer) but also a full conference wardrobe and makeup? Well, since Thursday was a catch-up day (which mysteriously did not include unpacking) and Friday was a work day, my bags have spent the past several days sitting in my bedroom, conveniently located at an angle guaranteed to make hubs trip if he should get up in the middle of the night. And since moving makes my skin hurt when I’m sick, unpacking isn’t going to happen this weekend, either.
The good news is that I can’t procrastinate forever because my work wardrobe is severely limited while most of my favorite clothes are wrinkling inside a garment bag. So what’s the holdup, other than my schedule, my symptoms, and too many meds? Laundry. Because all those suitcased clothes are destined for a good washing. It is ridiculous to hate doing laundry. I have it so easy compared to anybody else in the history of the universe. For one thing, I have machines to do it. For another, said machines are located in my kitchen, which is just down the hall from a closet that houses a large stash of empty hangers. Also, long ago I made it a policy to never buy anything that requires an iron. And, finally, it’s a weekend, so I can stick around to change over loads. See? Not a big deal. Except it kind of is somehow. So while I feel like an over-entitled gen-X middle-class American whiner for saying that I hate to do laundry, well, there it is.
As for writing about the trip itself, well, I stink at trip reports. I usually find them boring to write, and if I’m bored, you definitely will be. The good news is that you have lots of options if you want to know what hubs and I were up to. For one thing, I’ve already processed many of the 950+ photos from our trip and uploaded them to my phlog. (Phlog = photoblog.) So as a bonus not only do you get visuals, but I also have inane little paragraphs captioning them. The first picture is, predictably enough, of the Golden Gate Bridge. The next one, which is much cuter and lacking both the color orange and any sign of motor vehicles, will be up on Monday. Until then, this link probably won’t work. New photos up every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from now until my photos, the internet, or I end.
And if your nosiness concerns the conference I attended in San Francisco, you could revisit the links given in the previous post or the blogs belonging to the lovely and talented Alyson Noel, the vivacious and scarily elusive Melissa Blue, and the super-sweet Melina Kantor, all of whom I also had the pleasure of meeting at RWA and with whom I wish I’d had the chance to spend a lot more time. By now some of them have probably addressed the conference more thoroughly than I. Either way, their blogs are still worth the visit.
Disappointed by my reticence? Fine. If you have a specific question about our vacation, put it in the comments and I might answer it. Unless, you know, you want me to just write about the whole thing, in which case I earn a free pass to ignore you. And if there are no questions then I’m off the hook, so yippee.
Well, I suck at the whole ‘trip reporting’ thing too, usually I just end up saying — It was FUN! And leave it at that.
And not to sound weird or address your sudden bout of flu in a non-serious way but something about a forced weekend in bed- free of laundry- with nothing to do but READ- really does sound like heaven. Minus the drippy nose and whooping cough of course.
Hope you get well soon– and it was so AWESOME to meet you in SF!
so did you like breaking dawn? tell me, but no spoilers, please! i’m too cheap to buy it! waiting to borrow or get from the library 🙂
Hope ur feeling better soon!
I hate laundry too!
Alyson, I thought you did a wonderful BEA report. Made me really wish I could have gone. As for having an excuse to read all day, yeah, can’t say I’m complaining. It was great to meet you in SF, too! Maybe DC or SBWI next year?
Emily, I’ll let you know. There are some huge surprises that I wasn’t expecting, which has been fun. I’m about 2/3 through now, and am about to polish off the rest. I’ll let you know when I’m done. I hear a lot of people either love or hate the ending, though, so I’m really curious.
Thanks, Angela! After a few days of doing very little, I have to be better soon — especially since I’m due at work in the morning, and I can’t skip it because I have a 10:30 meeting! Plus I have a lot to catch up on after being away for so long, so I actually want to go in. As for the laundry issue, I’m glad to know I’m not the only one! I feel silly for hating it, but I do!
I think I have you beat. I returned from California over a month ago and still haven’t fully unpacked. Beat that. And laundry is a pain. . . my laundry basket is currently overflowing.
I hope you feel better soon! And I hate laundry as well. *G* (Considering I do about 3 loads every other day.)
Hope you’re feeling better. 🙂 I’m glad you enjoyed San Fran and BREAKING DAWN. Here’s my question: What was the most interesting thing or writing tip that you picked up? 🙂
I hope you’re feeling better today!
Okay, I can top the laundry–my s.o. just washed his laundry from the move 3 years ago! In his defense, it was unimportant “yard clothes” tossed in a closet and we finally got to that closet because a niece was visiting and needed the space!
Hope you feel better soon.
Big, fluffy, comforting get well wishes!!! And don’t worry about the laundry–life’s too short to have to worry about clean clothes! 😉
I’ll help Caryn with her trip recap, or at least as it pertains to RWA–she was fabulous! For her first conference, she networked like an all-star (blogging is beautiful!) and went to the right seminars and soaked up knowledge like a sponge. Soon we’ll be hearing about the great agent she signed with and the fantastic contract she’ll be singing before Washington DC next year. 😀