Reader: Pre-Peru Freak-Out

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Pre-Peru Freak-Out

I hiked Gnose this weekend. And I climbed in the Gunks.

Yesterday I felt a little off, but not exactly sick. Today, I am fully completely totally sick. Sore throat, itchy eyes, popping ears... the whole thing.

I feel so wretched that I had to cancel movie night with Jib - which means that unless I get well by Thursday (when Jib is free once more) there will be NO consequence-free kissing for me until sometime in September.

Dammit.

If I felt better, I'd find the will to complain. Instead, I'll just keep typing.

Here's what I have to do before I leave for Peru:

1) eyebrows threaded
2) haircut
3) laundry
4) mail taxes (oh don't ask, please, please don't ask)
5) gear check (boot check) at EMS
6) mail iPod rebate
7) drop off rent
8) clean out my iTunes folder
9) get my Hep A booster (ew)
10) measure my waist and hips (repeatedly)
11) finish my novel
12) bleach my shower
13) finish my paper on Mosely's "Devil in a Blue Dress"
14) take the German translation exam (what??)
15) register for dissertation hours at Merciful U

The moment I get back from Peru, I fly to Sweet Little College to meet with my boss and attend professional development seminars that will likely cause my brain to liquefy and run out my ears. And that is if it goes well.

Then I will drive my rental car* down to South Carolina, pick up Buzz, Leta, and Liam and drive us all to Pop and Mamacita's for a ten day visit. I am looking forward to that even more than I am looking forward to Peru.

If this post has a purpose (not sure it does) then it is to inform my three readers that I might be a pretty unreliable narrator for the next few weeks. I can blog from afar, yes. But you know, those four days on the Inca Trail might prove tricky. Also, I might have altitude sickness and be gagging and clutching my skull.**

So you might not see me so much in the next few weeks, but don't count me out. I'll be around for a few more days yet, and in a few weeks I'll be back and posting more useless nonsense than even I can now imagine.

* Can I tell you how hard I tried to AVOID renting a car? Damn that Bingo. I don't like driving. It scares me. Also, renting a car is just so damned adult. It feels right up there with subscribing to PornNewsWeekly. Blech.

** Actually such circumstances would provide me with opportunity to complain and Lord knows I snatch those up every chance I get. So you might be hearing from me very often, in reality.

2 comments:

Woodrow said...: Eyebrows threaded? WTF?

I can't wait to see your pics from the Inca Trail. You are going to be sharing pics, right?

Hope you get to feelin' better.; August 1, 2007 at 11:14 AM
Nina said...: Eyebrow threading is the same thing as eyebrow waxing - or it accomplishes the same thing. Instead of using wax, the technician uses two threads and twists them together across your brow line, catching anything that is not helping your eyebrows be perfectly symmetrical.

But that's more than you wanted to know, isn't it?

My camera is loaded with new batteries. I will try to post better pics than you would find on google image search.

I am on Amoxicillin. I feel better-ish, thanks for asking.; August 3, 2007 at 8:19 AM

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Who are these people?

Bibi - God bless the guy who gets Bee. I can't even think of anything obnoxious to say about her. She can eat pasta without gaining weight, she can run the ridges at Gertrude's Nose with no fear, and she is by miles the best climber of all of us. She's going to Kili with us. Hell, she'll be leading.
Buzz Elder Brother. Cross me at your peril.
Jib computer wizard, entrepreneur, stand-up comedian, stand-up guy I can count on to catch a movie and hold hands in the dark without it having any meaning whatosever. Every woman needs a man like Jib.
Joe - locquacious, flirtatious, 40-something hiking buddy - also, ex-manfriend of Pax.
Larry, WPITW - climber, hiker, badass (not in the good way, either). At a given moment, at least half of us are not speaking to him.
Liam - My nephew, whose favorite words are "noing," "Bobby," "dumptruck," "job-site" and "Daddy." He also says "obstreperous" "pulchritudinous" and "Nina" upon request.
Merry - Australian BFF spends the summers on a yacht, nannying for a celebrity couple with two children. She lives in a brownstone and she has a chauffeur. And we have no idea who she works for.
Newsy has been my friend for about 22,000 hours. Or more. I don't have a calculator. She has about 3423% more professional and personal commitments than I do, and yet she still finds time to think about me. I find this astonishing. If you knew her, you'd be astonished, too.
Pax - climber, hiker, corporate warrior, used to date Joe. Sticks by Larry in spite of his horribleness. None of us understands this.
Skatey- he rides a skateboard. He can dance. He can throw a frisbee and he's not bad at karaoke, either.
Sri - Bengali princess who, aside from kicking my ass at climbing, and aside from being a smokin' hiker, brought down the evil empire of Larry and also once told me that "even girls' are turned on my breasts." Also never turns down "one more round."
Supajewie - Long distance drinking buddy, just about the only person I know who "gets it". And no, she's not Jewish. It's a long story.
Tex - is what happens when you take a normal man, add alcohol, subtract common sense and tact, and then buy him another drink.

English Teacher Disclaimer

I teach English, and I sometimes get a emotional about grammar, punctuation, and usage. I sometimes write posts about other people's grammar - or mine. This does not mean, however, that my blog is without errors. I constantly go back and edit for typos and sometimes even... misspelled words *clutching skull and gagging*. If you find a mistake feel free to call me out on it. I will persist in making mistakes whether I attempt to catch them or not, and I will continue to be my bitchy English teacher self despite my capacity to screw up just as often as the next person... and maybe more.