And better and better

[ailbhe]

Three loads of laundry later, I have given both children a bubble bath, which seems to have restored equilibrium. They are now tucked up under blankets.

It's convalescence. I have no idea why they are so horrible when they start to feel better, but they are.

What I need now is some motivation; I still haven't cleaned the kitchen or made bread, though the number of times I've cleaned the bathroom today ought to count for something, I feel, but the kitchen disagrees; I also need to work out a meal plan for the next however many days we have food in the house for, buy some birthday presents, and assemble parcels for posting.

And I am going to glare at the tickle in my throat and the redness at my tonsils until they go away. I've had this bug, I was convalescing while everyone else was really sick with it, go away.

Comments

[supermouse.livejournal.com]

Gargling with salt water at the sore throat stage and sinus washes with same (ugh) do work, in my experience. There's always echinacea if that's safe for breast feeders, and zinc/vit C.

My main motivation for when I feel dreadful and the kitchen is a mess is to make a cuppa and clean only while I am waiting to get the cuppa. No matter how little I get done, once the cuppa is made, I am allowed to stop. And then I have a cuppa. And things are, just a little, better.

BTW you are full of win in so many ways.

[(Anonymous)]

I was going to suggest echinacea, too! I worry about how often you get ill, and think perhaps it might boost your immune system ...... :-/ And Vit C with zinc.

Take care (((Hugs)))

I am always in awe of how well you cope.

Elaine xx

[ex-serenejo.livejournal.com]

Awwww. *hughughug*

[aquaeri.livejournal.com]

I have no idea why they are so horrible when they start to feel better, but they are.

I'm horrible when I start to feel better. Because I finally have energy to do something more than just be sick, and I'm sick of being sick, and still too tired to just go back to normal, and, yeah, horrible.