So, Darling Ones, It’s clear to me now that many mistakes were made. The mistakes began on Sunday when I decided to throw open the windows despite dire warnings about air quality. It didn’t look…
Posts tagged Health
The COVID Diaries: Back from the Brink
Hi Darling Ones, I’m coming to you just back from the brink of death. Or at least that’s what it feels like. I somehow managed to poison myself with food last night. Of all the…
Day 165 of 200: Sickbed Confessional
I did not make warm, life-affirming soup for my family before their departure to Oregon. Instead, I told them I was sick and they should bring food, so they did. When I said hello to…
Day 163 of 200: The Consumption
At one point today I sat on the couch coughing and crying and feeling so miserable that I didn’t know what to do with myself. I can’t remember the last time I was this sick…
Day 111 of 200: The Germs Continue to Win
I’m only a little bit pissed that I didn’t start this whole 200-day project a day earlier so that my 111th post would have happened yesterday on 11/11. Damnit. Of course, to be fair, I…
Day 110 of 200: Two Kinds of People
There are two kinds of people when it comes to getting sick — those who want to be nursed back to health by someone else and those who want to die alone in peace. I’m…