May 17, 2005
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So this weekend was WAY busy. I'm just not used to having such a busy weekend ... and along with it I got majorly sick too.
Saturday was a wonderful day. Being that the temperatures are getting a bit higher I went out with Nick to go see "Kung Fu Hustle" and eat. I have to say the movie was just awesome! I enjoyed it so much I wanted to go and see it again, but we had to use our time wisely and go eat. Went to the Olive Garden for the first time ever and the food was great ... fancy spaghetti is always good. But, maybe my stomach couldn't take all the yumminess because a few hours after I got home I was sick to my stomach. All night long I was just bother by stomach and didn't get a real good night's sleep ... but I wanted to go to the Renaissance Faire on Sunday so I stuffed myself with different medications.
Sunday I went with Mike to the Faire. I have to say that I regret not wearing a costume when I went there. Some of the people there were dressed so extravagantly that I wondered at how they wore such heavy and layered clothing in this heat. It was indeed an impressive feat. And the folks who performed the shows were wonderful as well. Mostly my eyes kept dancing around to all the wonderful things they had for sale there. So many things I wanted to buy ... and now that I know what's there ... I'll be saving up for next year when I go there. I was good and just bought one thing. A nice little angel which I fell in love with ... though I would have bought the $200 if I wasn't budgeting for my upcoming trips.
But, upon coming home I felt a massive headache coming over me. When I got home I went straight to my room and laid in my bed ... then on the floor. Moaned in pain for a while until I got the nerve to go and get an ice pack. That helped ... but it didn't ease the queasiness in my stomach. For yet another night I was spending more time in the bathroom as opposed to my bed. This reminded me of the last time I went to the L.A. County Fair ... which has the same set up as the Renaissance Faire.
Lesson that I learned. I cannot be in the sun for long periods of time because it just messes me up. Sure ... in both instances I felt a bit off but was just so entranced by everything around me that my curiosity won out over my discomfort. But, I hate that I have this weakness that I didn't before. Though, for my own good I have to remember that if I'm out on the sun for long periods of time I should take breaks in the shade every now and then. Though at the L.A. County Fair I actually had to take a break because I felt really bad that time. But ... like I said lesson learned ... and diabetes sucks (but that's just stating the obvious).
Sooo ... I haven't fixed my Yahoo IM ... and AIM is hit or miss, so I'm really gonna have to fix that this weekend.
Comments (8)
I'm sorry you were feeling so icky. I remember texas summers in the sun and it did the same thing to me. Nice though about enjoying the Ren Faire...it was my intent to make it this year, but reality sets in. I'm hoping to catch some of the fall versions...I think some are out in Ojai:)
Oh...ryc: Owning up to it is a big thing, admirable:)
Dear Sweetheart,
I now feel so bad that you were in pain and suffering. You did not mention this in the least, and I guess I am so blind as to not have noticed. Sometimes I can be such a lug, I guess. You were a bit quiet I felt on the way home, but then I was fairly tired myself, and suffering a bit from sunburn, which was not as bad as I thought. I ended up going home, surfing some websites on the puter, watching a documentary about the Z channel on the IFC, and going to bed.
I feel so badly that you suffered. I sometimes guess I don't catch the clues, or else you did an excellent job hiding them. I would have left early at any time had you mentioned it. I really enjoy your company on the few times we have accompanied each other. As I have mentioned, I usually go many many places alone just because I like to go out and enjoy myself. I honestly don't feel as if I'm a 52 year "old man" at all until my leg or back hurts or my eyes bother me.
You are most gracious to have kept your condition from me, and I only wish you had not suffered so. It pains me to think of you writhing around in agony (on the floor yet) after we parted ways.
Forgive me for not noticing your suffering. I and my best friend Jim went to the L.A. County Fair once (another place I try to attend each year) and it got so hot, the poor guy almost collapsed of heat prostration. He suffers from arthritis and takes a medicine cabinet full of pills each day, just as my father had to. We had to cut our visit short because of his malady with the heat, and drive him home forthwith.
Next time you accompany me somewhere, I will, as I did with Jim the next times we went out together, keep a closer eye on you, and keep you assured that if you wish to rest, go home, or otherwise cut the visit short, that your health is more important than getting to see everything "right now". If we don't mind our health above all, then we won't be able to enjoy anything.
Take care, and I hope you get better. I'm aghast at myself and am self flagellating my stupidity in my head for not realizing you were experiencing pain and suffering.
Woe is me.
Hopefully still your friend,
Michael F. Nyiri, poet, philosopher.......fool
i hope you feel better now at least. and even though you felt crappy i'm glad you had a good weekend despite - you deserve it!
Hope you're feeling better...the Faire sounds like so much fun. Glad you had a good time.
So those kind of Faire's actually exist? I've never seen one or even heard of someone going to one. Until now! Man, I wish they would do something like that around here. It would be so awesome.
Feel better ASAP!
Aw, I hope you feel better.
I like the flowers on the top and bottom of your page, too. They're prettyyyy
-Sarah
my sunburn is finally healed but it took some time,
At least you did not glow in the dark like me!
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