Good morning!

[lithera]

Or not.

My lungs hate me. Breathing hurts. I am here at work though. I felt good enough this morning that I couldn't stay home. Now that I'm here, though, I'm really pretty drained. Wheeeeeee.

I'm still trying to figure out what to say about the trip to Amsterdam. I liked it. I had a good time. I enjoyed the train ride from Paris to Amsterdam and back. I hate the cold I got. Queen's Day was something like Bumbershoot + the world's largest flea market. Women in Amsterdam have the best boots ever. I found a bath product place more addictive than Lush. I think that might have had something to do with the guy who was demonstrating everything. He was very nice and very helpful and just a really nice guy. Who remembered us when we came back, which is even cooler.

I was, however, by the end of it, done. I have resolved a few things not to do again and resolved a few things to do again. As it is, though, I think I like London better. I think I like Venice better too. Don't get me wrong, I love Amsterdam but I don't think it is the sort of vibe I'm looking for in a place. I wouldn't mind stopping in there on the way to other places but I don't think I'm looking to do an extended stay there again for awhile.

The fondue was excellent, though. As was pretty much all of the food. There are Argentinian steak houses everywhere, which was interesting. I learned that the exposure between the Dutch and the Japanese was much more than I had thought. Of course, I'd only seen it from the Japanese side and they'd tried to destroy all of the outside influence when they kicked everyone out. As a consequence, you get some excellent Japanese food in Amsterdam. I had excellent ramen. Yum.

Not sure what else I want to say right now.

I have about seven trillion e-mails to get to here at work. And stopping coughing would be nice.

Comments

[arian1.livejournal.com]

Feel better hon :(

[seanb.livejournal.com]

*cough cough*

Wheee. This is fun. Contemplating heading home.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Oooof.

I'm sorry. I would have prefered not to give it to you. If it helps at all, I think I'm swinging around to the other side of it. It is sitting in my lungs but I feel markedly better than Tuesday. Of course, yesterday was my sitting at home and dealing with fever day.

I have some Tylenol stuff that works amazingly well and doesn't really do the drowsy thing, if you want some. It's really been amazing since I found it yesterday.

[lysistratah.livejournal.com]

You are a good worker drone! The American Economy chugs along due to the sheer force of your willpower!


(I find Gypsy Cold Care and Throat Coat teas pretty soothing when I have a respiratory infection. And sweet, blessed, sleep. Take care of yourself.)

[lithera.livejournal.com]

I have a work ethic that is stupid. I really shouldn't come to work about half the time that I do. Once I worked all the way through bronchitis as it attempted to morph into pnuemonia. I'm just one of thsoe people that typically refuses to allow these things to dictate what I can and can't get done. Of course, sometimes this doesn't work so well for me.

Throat Coat stuff is great. There is some orange tea at Starbucks (it's a Tazo) that helps a lot too.

I think I'll be heading home a little early but with the sheer amount of work that I have on my desk... I had to get started on it. I'm currently wondering when I'll get to the top of this giant pile of stuff.

[uberdude.livejournal.com]

My mother hen instincts are shouting your name right now. :)

Liquid, rest, sleep, use of sicktime....
Hugz.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Thanks, sweetie. I should go get some more water, now that you mention it. Especially since I'm semi feverish. Yeah!!!

[kielrain.livejournal.com]

The mom in me is sending you home...

Drink tea, get sleep.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Thanks, love. It is apprecaited. I think I'll be going home early today but I have to get some things done or I'll never catch up.