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No drinking involved! My daughter and I went out to do some Christmas shopping and buy ingredients for making cookies yesterday. We expected to be out a maximum of three hours.
Left the house at 11:30 am and headed for the credit union so she could deposit some money, then to the bank to do the same. The mall was next, and surprisingly, we found good parking. By then we were hungry, so we stopped into one of the mall restaurants for a bite. Then we hit the stores. Rested in between, sitting on benches. Daughter made two runs to the car to drop off packages while I vegetated. Although the stores didn't appear to be crowded, every checkout in every store had long lines.
About two hours into shopping, my daughter informs me she feels like she's coming down with a cold. I asked her if she wanted to go home, but she said she wanted to continue shopping.
We drank a lot of water, and around 5:30, started feeling cranky. We had yet to hit the grocery store, and dinner was the last thing we thought of. On the way to the grocery store, we called my husband, and asked what type of takeout he preferred. We settled on Japanese.
But prior to hitting the grocery store, we stopped at Starbucks - she for a hot chocolate, me for tea. I needed a caffeine boost. We were both so irritable and cranky by then.
When we pulled into the grocery store parking lot, we called the Japanese restaurant and ordered the food. Picked up all the ingredients, checked out, hit the restaurant to pick up the food, and got in the house at 7:00.
Woke up this morning feeling like crap, very stiff and my head feels like I was drinking alcohol. I mean, if I feel hungover, I wish I could have had a drink at least. Ha! Anyway, I'm taking it easy today and drinking a whole lot of water. Hope I'm not coming down with a cold. But I did enjoy yesterday.
PS - no way are we baking cookies today. Saving that for next weekend.
Left the house at 11:30 am and headed for the credit union so she could deposit some money, then to the bank to do the same. The mall was next, and surprisingly, we found good parking. By then we were hungry, so we stopped into one of the mall restaurants for a bite. Then we hit the stores. Rested in between, sitting on benches. Daughter made two runs to the car to drop off packages while I vegetated. Although the stores didn't appear to be crowded, every checkout in every store had long lines.
About two hours into shopping, my daughter informs me she feels like she's coming down with a cold. I asked her if she wanted to go home, but she said she wanted to continue shopping.
We drank a lot of water, and around 5:30, started feeling cranky. We had yet to hit the grocery store, and dinner was the last thing we thought of. On the way to the grocery store, we called my husband, and asked what type of takeout he preferred. We settled on Japanese.
But prior to hitting the grocery store, we stopped at Starbucks - she for a hot chocolate, me for tea. I needed a caffeine boost. We were both so irritable and cranky by then.
When we pulled into the grocery store parking lot, we called the Japanese restaurant and ordered the food. Picked up all the ingredients, checked out, hit the restaurant to pick up the food, and got in the house at 7:00.
Woke up this morning feeling like crap, very stiff and my head feels like I was drinking alcohol. I mean, if I feel hungover, I wish I could have had a drink at least. Ha! Anyway, I'm taking it easy today and drinking a whole lot of water. Hope I'm not coming down with a cold. But I did enjoy yesterday.
PS - no way are we baking cookies today. Saving that for next weekend.
Like yesterday, the Ex (we're still good friends) was over to help me around the house some. He brought his friend, the handyman to work on this door I got from craigslist for free. Just the talking and searching for things they needed WORE ME OUT! I didn't get out of bed until 3PM. So your shopping trip sound like a miracle to me.
I have finally given up rally fighting this and just give in to the fatigue. It's crazy-making to fight.
My recommendation is let your daughter make the cookies, or buy some at Costco and forget this activity. You need to rest, Girlfriend.
Best of luck in your recovery.
I hope you are feeling better. I am glad you did enjoy it.
Purrs of healing,
Leo
As far as baking cookies goes, mine is more of a supervisory roll. My daughter took over the baking of the cookies years ago. I basically apply a sprinkle or two, chop a few nuts, and "test" the finished cookies - one must have quality cool. *serious face*
You know what's tiring? Wrapping presents, which is why I embraced gift bags, and do a few each day. No more wrap-a-thons for this girl!
I hope you have a restful day.