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Ups and downs
Mar. 8th, 2011 12:35 pmMost of this entry is going to be kinda blah and miserable, so let me lead off with the good stuff:
Major congratulations to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nycdeb! For the nitty-gritty, see her journal, but here's wishing many years of happiness and bliss and what have you!
OK, now that's out of the way:
At some point or other, nearly everyone in the office seems to have been hit by some sort of bug, cold or flu or what have you, and now it's my turn. Was feeling crummy Thursday and Friday, thought I might have been a little bit recovered Saturday, but Sunday I started spiking a fever. Bright side: I'm getting practical experience with converting Celsius temperatures to Fahrenheit on the fly. Down side: learning just how high 38.1 C can be.
Tried tea with honey, and couldn't really stand it. Guess tea is another of those tastes I've never acquired, like coffee or chocolate. On the other hand, chicken broth seems to work out nicely, and I'm not alone in dealing with this; my aunt sent over some fresh chicken soup.
Oh, and after an almost balmy February, March is suddenly doing its best impression of depth-of-winter in Athens. Temps around 37 degrees ... Fahrenheit, that is. Maybe 2 or 3 degrees C. I'm still working on doing the conversion scales at that end.
Greeks don't have Groundhog Day. Which might be just as well, because the groundhog probably wouldn't last past the first time it saw its shadow.
Major congratulations to
nycdeb! For the nitty-gritty, see her journal, but here's wishing many years of happiness and bliss and what have you!OK, now that's out of the way:
At some point or other, nearly everyone in the office seems to have been hit by some sort of bug, cold or flu or what have you, and now it's my turn. Was feeling crummy Thursday and Friday, thought I might have been a little bit recovered Saturday, but Sunday I started spiking a fever. Bright side: I'm getting practical experience with converting Celsius temperatures to Fahrenheit on the fly. Down side: learning just how high 38.1 C can be.
Tried tea with honey, and couldn't really stand it. Guess tea is another of those tastes I've never acquired, like coffee or chocolate. On the other hand, chicken broth seems to work out nicely, and I'm not alone in dealing with this; my aunt sent over some fresh chicken soup.
Oh, and after an almost balmy February, March is suddenly doing its best impression of depth-of-winter in Athens. Temps around 37 degrees ... Fahrenheit, that is. Maybe 2 or 3 degrees C. I'm still working on doing the conversion scales at that end.
Greeks don't have Groundhog Day. Which might be just as well, because the groundhog probably wouldn't last past the first time it saw its shadow.
