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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Pneumonia + winter = comfort reads only.(not a review, personal)

Hello, out there in the world! Once again, I don't have anything new for today. This has been a tough winter at Casa Bat. We've lost several of our old friends, two to complications of flu, two more to cancer, a cousin to COPD, and then in January I got the flu, and then we both got Norovirus, and then Mr. Bat got a sinus infection, and then I got the flu again and now I have been battling pneumonia for a couple-three weeks. We're feeling pretty beat up.

So I don't have much for you again today. I've been doing comfort reads only. Jane Eyre. The first four books of Laurie R. King's Beekeeper's Apprentice series. Helene Hanff's books. All Creatures Great and Small (have to watch that one, though, 'cause laughing will set off a coughing spell). The Lord Peter stories; I never get tired of Gaudy Night.

We'll be fine, but it may be a few days before I have something new to write about. The days are getting longer. I'm hearing birdsong in the mornings. Surely the snow and ice will go and we'll see the sun and spring will come. I know there was once a year without a summer, but we've had one every year of my life, and I'm counting on it: apple blossoms, lilacs, daffodils, tulips, kids jumping rope and playing jacks (yes, they still do that around these parts), the smell of the soil as the frost comes out of it. Air that doesn't hurt your face. It'll get here.
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  1. Wishing you better! Hope you manage to shake off all the bugs quickly.

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  2. I'm sorry for all your losses and I hope you recover soon. Like you, I'm really looking forward to spring. I hope it's a glorious one for us all.

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  3. My thoughts go out to you and yours. I'm sure spring and summer will be much different and happier.

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  4. I'm sorry you're both so unwell.:( My husband has gone through bouts of pneumonia and what helped most was lots of rest and drinking lots of water. I hope your weather eases up (as much as it means the return of hot, humid weather for me.:)) and that you feel better very quickly.

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  5. Oh, I hope you both feel better soon! My sister had pneumonia and it took her 3 months to recover fully. I hope it's not quite as bad for you.

    I'm happy you're getting some quality re-reads done, though! Ah, GAUDY NIGHT. So delicious.

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  6. Of potential interest, if you're interested in some Sayers litcrit:

    http://truepenny.livejournal.com/177055.html

    There are links to all of her Sayers posts at the top. These are from several years ago, but I still return to them now and again.

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  7. Hope you feel better soon :)

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  8. I checked back in since you haven't posted for awhile and I was a little concerned, but I see you expected to be AWOL for awhile.I hope you're feeling better.

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