i've been feeling a bit under the weather. both morgana and i have a terrible cough (well, her's is much worse than mine) and my sister and i were hoping to have my parents' house rented for the summer to help pay for their assisted living expenses, but so far there have not been any offers. i just sent a note to chanda's modern dance teacher hoping she might know of a family interested in a month long summer rental . . so we'll see.
after returning home, morgana ran around with us to the ballet and to cafes and also slept over her friend's house, and is now feeling very run down. her cough gives her a headache and keeps her up at night. it's also been very hot, which causes me to feel tired and listless (i don't even feel like knitting, or if i do, i just fall asleep). we do have a "heat pump" which was installed last summer by our housing coop (basically, a heater and air conditioner all in one) so i think i will put that on when chanda gets home from dance class. maybe i will then perk up and get some pickles made and figure out why my latest knitting project frustrates me (i've been working with a sea cell yarn which doesn't have as much stretch in it and consequently i don't think it looks nice).
right now i'm just waiting for everyone to come home for a cold supper of tuna salad and greens . . happy hot summer!
(i've also been missing this boy . . )
I also have a cold! Must be something in the New York air. We had a bad storm last evening and now it is almost cold. So maybe it will move towards you? I am so sorry that you have not been feeling well and I hope you will find renters for that house. Is there an agency that advertises houses like this? And I do hope that Morgana will get better. What a cute picture of Jack. Maybe once the air-conditioning is on the knitting will work better. I do hope it will all work out and that you will get healthy again. Sending you a big hug!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Eva! I hope you feel better too, and it would be nice to have some cooler weather :) We have the air on right now and Chanda is going to sleep in the living room this evening, as she's also been having trouble sleeping in the humidity. Greg just laughs at us as he grew up in Florida without air conditioning and the humidity down there is ten times worse than here! But everyone in Florida has air conditioning now . . (sigh) really, too much air conditioning? (Yes, isn't Jack cute in this picture?!)
DeleteI have the perfect newspaper article for you: Enduring Summer's Deep Freeze. It is very good!!
DeleteHugs to you all. You are suffering g from heat and humidity and we have had grey and rain with the occasional blue sky :-(
ReplyDeleteI think summer colds are the worst as they seem to take forever to clear. Do you have access to a homeopathic pharmacy? Bryonia and drosera are very good for coughs providing you fit the remedy picture. Also elderberry extract is a great immune booster and is very soothing too.
Hope you all have a better night tonight xx
thank you san! i've been taking chestal which has bryonia in it. i'll look up the modalities for those two as i think i have them on my shelf. thanks for the suggestion :) my throat is still a little sore, and m's cough is still quite bad, though we think it seems a little better . . at least it doesn't seem worse!
Deleteyes, i wish we could alternate sunny humid days with your cool grey ones!