Monday, July 20, 2009

The lurge

I'm sick. After extensive research I've narrowed it down to either flu, swine or otherwise, or lyme disease*. Of course there's absolutely no reason that I can't have both. I probably have both. And maybe ebola too.


Sleep ought to help. On a squashy sofa




with a glass of lemony, vitamin C filled water




some potions in jars





a warm blanket





and fantasies of living in a house with hot running water.





* when we were camping earlier this month I got bitten by a tick. The little bugger nestled himself in no more than two inches from my lady bits. It was quite the traumatic experince. Not least for the boy who was happily eating breakfast when a Carrie-esque scream issued from the bathroom. I've been having panic attacks about intravenous antibiotics and spinal taps ever since.

. photos by Mari Eriksson

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30 comments:

  1. Poor thing! I was feeling ill on saturday and started eating a spoonful of Manuka honey 4x a day, and it seems to be keeping it at bay! Enjoy the warm blanket!
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  2. Oh my! I do hope you feel better soon! rest up!
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  3. how do you manage still to post such beautiful lovely posts when suffering *possibly* from any/all of the above? I just don't know how you do it.
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  4. Oh no! I hope you feel better soon, and I definitely hope it's not tick-related!
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  5. oh no, don't be sick!!
    alright, if you must...
    please drink lots and lots of liquids, get lots and lots of sleep, and feel better soon!
    xo
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  6. thanks for managing to post such lovely photographs from your sick-bed.... do feel better soon...
    -maria
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  7. hope you feel better soon. those ticks are tricky buggers!
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  8. I think if I had a sofa like that I wouldn't mind being ill - although maybe snotty tissues would ruin the effect!
    Hope you feel better soon.
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  10. HAAA HAA!!! I woke up the morning after my wedding with one of the little buggers attached about the same area. Yeah...I totally get the Carrie-esque scream. Mine was followed by GET IT OFF ME! GET IT OFF ME!!! GET IT OFF MEEEEEE!!!!!!
    Hope you get to feeling better soon!
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  11. Do make sure that everything you have to look at is either beige or white. It is sure to help:).
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  13. Fluids! Lots of. Honey and lemon infusion, paracetemol, and milk it for maximum sympathy. Well that's what I do! Nice interiors, I have been hankering after a quilt like that for quite some time now...
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  14. Poor Peonies! Summer colds are wretched. What you need is a nice hot toddy in a tick-free environment. (I once got one on my bottom and I am still recovering from the horror of it all, seven years later). xoxoxox
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  15. p.s. if you havn't yet succumbed to the dreaded piggy flu, or whatever it is you're being subject to, I just 'blog lovin' awarded you.x
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  16. oh no!!!! that is so scary. hope you feel better soon (but now you have me dreaming of all of these beautiful thoughts)
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  17. Oh feel better. Real flu is really quite horrid.

    Also unless you have a bullseye rash in your intimate feminine area you will be fine I'm sure. If not then please let me prescribe you some lovely drugs!
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  18. Oh my goodness! Being bitten by a tick is high on my list of rational fears - I can't even begin to imagine how upset I'd be if one took up roost near my netherland! Yikes! Feel better soon!
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  19. Feel better! I just got over a cold too. Summer colds are the worst!
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  20. Oh no! Hope you feel better soon.
    I think ticks tend to like that particular female bodily region. Same thing happened to my best friend, she was at a festival and had to ask a stranger in the toilets to remove it for her!
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  21. Poor dear! I hope you feel loads better soon.
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  22. OMG. I can only imagine how traumatizing that must have been! *shudder*

    Get well soon, and I hope it's not lyme-disease.
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  23. oh dear. in order to put your mind at rest, Lyme Disease is only really contracted after the tick has been in place for 24 hours or more. so, if you found it before that, you're more likely suffering from the dreaded and ugly-sounding swine flu. i'm just sayin'

    hope you feel better soon!
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  24. running amok in the mountains all day i am super paranoid about TICKS!!! everytime i venture outside i am practically wearing a hazard suit... oh dear
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  25. ohno i hope you feel better soon! i will send some love you way (love). you should feel better after your lovely post.
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  26. sad face. i hope you feel better soon.

    i once had a tick lodge itself in my scalp, and my mother extracted it with tweezers. i now know that this was, like, the worst thing she could have done, but i still didn't end up with lyme disease. hope the same goes for you and the 'bits.
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  27. :\ sounds crap. hope you're doin better girl. chin up!
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  28. I was just reading how you believe you might have Lyme Disease. Get that checked!!!!

    When I was a child (5/6ish?), I was playing w/ my siblings in the woods and I ended up getting bit by a tick. That tick ended up with me contracting Lyme Disease which led to 4 years of doctor's testing. Eventually they found out I obtained Rheumatoid Arthritis and low iron levels because of Lyme Disease.
    However, everything was 'cured' once they found the cause of problem and gave me pills and shots. Now that I'm 21, I haven't had any problems at all since the diagnosed the problem.

    So, don't avoid the doctor!!!
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  29. such beautiful photos! love it.
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  30. Not a fan of ticks. I'm still traumatized from the time I was eight and I had to remove one that was two inches away from MY MOM'S LADY BITS.

    Let's say a little prayer of thanks for elastic.
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