The Seige, Day 6
While Scrivener apparently had enough free time to blog his daughter recent stay-at-home illness, he doesn't have twins in the same day care who get sick simultaneously. Since Saturday, our two have been home sick, with middling high fevers, nasty junky coughs, and enough snot to replace Niagara.
Did I mention that this was my Spring Break?
So instead of writing the two conference papers coming up, reading Orlando to teach in a week or so, and actually spending some time with Ann, I've been watching lots of Sesame Street and Dora, and doing things around the house that can be done with one or two two-year-olds helping: cleaning rooms, building pre-fab bookcases, folding laundry, wiping noses.
While this has been productive in its own way, it's not getting the writing done.
Today though (!!!!) they both woke up with fevers merely of the cabin variety, and so we packed 'em up and sent 'em to daycare for the morning. We'll bring them home for lunch and naps, just to help keep them healing, but thank jaysus the 5-day encampment is over.
And now I've got a conference paper to attend to.
Comments
My sympathies. It is clearly the season - the plague season. There has been at least one fever, snotty nose, or cough every day for six freaking weeks at our house.
I am so ready for a warmer, healthier spring.
Posted by: Jason | March 16, 2006 11:19 AM
You're teaching Orlando in a week? Such a fun book to teach! (Glad your twins feel better, and good luck with the writing!)
Posted by: Dr. Crazy | March 16, 2006 12:22 PM
Yeah, I'm pretty psyched about it--in fact the whole remainder of the semester looks like it's going to shape up nicely in that class--"The Dead," Orlando, Krapp's Last Tape, some postcolonial poetry, Written on the Body and Cloud 9.
Yet another reason to look forward to the arrival of Spring!
Posted by: Cats & Dogma | March 16, 2006 1:48 PM