Alisande - how are you doing?

lydia1959

16 years ago

Wondering if you are feeling better? I missed any update that you posted and the search engine here isn't working.

Your gallery showing is this coming weekend, right?

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alisande
16 years ago
Hi Lydia - thanks for asking! Things are looking up, as my fever as of this morning was gone for the first time. I sweated buckets during the night, and went through three t-shirts. I still feel very weak and lightheaded, which I guess is to be expected. I just washed some dishes and put some laundry in the washer, but am restraining myself from doing anything further. It's amazing how things go to pot so quickly when you're sick . . . the lawn . . . the weeds . .. . my house! .. . but overdoing would be a mistake.

Yes, the opening reception is on Saturday. I was afraid I'd be too sick to attend, but if things keep progressing I think I'll be fine. At the moment, though, I sure don't feel up to making any foods to bring, or even figuring out how much wine I have. I have friends who are standing by to help if necessary, though. Thank heavens for that.

We hung the show Thursday and Friday. It was a lot of work (42 pieces!), but it looks great. My house, however, does not. I was still framing up till Friday morning, and the place looks more like a frame shop than a home. I figured I'd clean everything up as soon as the show was hung, but then I got sick. Oh, well, at least there are no plans to come back here after the reception.

Anyway, I appreciate your concern, and now I'm going back to bed. :-)

Susan
sjerin
16 years ago
Yes, rest is the best thing for you at this point! The heck with the house, though I know it can drive you crazy looking around at all that needs to be done. You've got your priorities straight and I'll bet you'll be feeling tons better by the end of the week. Enjoy your show! (Wish I could go as I sure do admire your photos.)
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Thanks, Maire Cate. I did enjoy it, although that seemed unlikely by the time I had the car packed with food and wine to bring to the event. It was SO hot yesterday, hazy and extremely humid--difficult conditions for making any kind of physical effort. Then when I arrived and started setting things up things got off to an . . . unusual start. Using a corkscrew to open a bottle of red wine, I managed to break the cork, leaving about a quarter of it in the bottle. I decided to push it through, into the bottle. (I've since learned this is something people try only once.) When I did, the wine sprayed up like a fountain, covering me and the table with droplets of red. It was in my hair, and worse than that, it was all over my pure white linen top. I grabbed napkins and started blotting. I think I was mumbling, "This didn't happen . . . this didn't happen . . . " Amazingly, the little red spots blotted up nicely, so that they weren't noticeable unless I pointed them out. (Which I didn't do except with my daughter and my best friend.) As I'd hoped, adrenalin carried me through. As long as I was "on," with people to talk to, I felt fine. I drank water and nibbled on pretzel sticks. I haven't counted up the number of people yet, but I know we had at least 30. Almost all were my friends, so that gave it a nice party atmosphere. I didn't take a single picture, but I'm meeting my granddaughter there this afternoon and will snap some photos then. She couldn't come yesterday because she had to work. I was happy to see my daughter arrive, though. I was afraid she wouldn't be able to make it because she was stuck at O'Hare (with no A/C) much of the night before. But she got there, and stayed till the end to help me clean up. As for sales.........ha! Just one of the smaller ones was sold. I wasn't expecting any sales, so I wasn't disappointed. I woke up in a sweat again last night. I sure hope this isn't an indication that the fever was back. I especially hope this because I exchanged a lot of hugs and kisses last night. Most people knew I'd been sick, but figured I'd recovered, I guess. And, for those few hours, so did I. :-)
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jannie
16 years ago
Glad you are feeling a little better, and I'm sure the show will be a success!
tammyms
16 years ago
Happy you are feeling better. Much luck with your show, even though you won't need it!

Share some pics when you feel like it!

Tammy
mcmann
16 years ago
I'm glad you're on the mend. You have a busy week ahead of you.

I'll second Tammy's suggestion about posting some (or all) of your photos for the rest of us to enjoy.
tami_ohio
16 years ago
I'm glad you are feeling better. Be sure to drink lots of fluids. Since you are light headed, I am sure you are dehydrated.
Good luck with your showing!
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alisande
16 years ago
Thanks, everyone, and thanks for the reminder, Tami. I don't seem to have as much of a thirst as I should (probably my age showing), so I have to push myself to drink. I just filled a larger plastic water bottle with lemon water, and will put that on my nightstand.

I've been watching "Golden Girls" on DVD. I added "The Closer" today because my mind seems to be functioning a little better than it did yesterday. Love those Golden Girls, though.

Alisande - how are you doing?

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