Rabbit Style News

I hadn’t had a migraine in over a month, possibly even six weeks, until last night.  I knew it was coming all day and I was still surprised at the intensity.  Funny how it’s so hard to remember what pain is like when not experiencing it.

I lay in the darkened shower for half an hour, then I took an Imitrex and put myself to bed around 11:30.  I got up a few minutes later to do some vomiting.  I ended up dragging a blanket and a pillow into the bathroom so that I could try to sleep a little between bouts of barfing, so much barfing.

That’s where he found me when he came home from a late movie at 1:30 a.m.

“Aw, poor baby, can I do anything?” he said.

“That bathroom garbage needs to go out, there’s puke in it,” I replied without uncovering my eyes, hidden from the stabbing pain of the small nightlight.

I took another Imitrex (the first one having been thrown up long before) and finally went to bed.

In other news, my dog came to me for Dog Holding Time and has been curled up in my lap as I type this.  She’s not particularly cuddly and yet sometimes she presents herself to be held, usually on Sunday afternoons.  It’s very endearing.

I received recent pictures from the mother-to-be and was startled to see that she is, how do you say, ah yes, heavy with child.  She really is very much pregnant and due within a month.  It blew my mind, and I frantically went to work on the baby quilt.

With the addition of the final border, the quilt top will be fully pieced.  This Friday I will go to Joann to buy the backing — soft dinosaur fabric is the plan.

I like it.  I look forward to posting pictures here.

I came home at noon because the workload was absurdly low and they let several people leave for the day (using vacation hours, of course).  I decided to rearrange the furniture.  I felt unsettled and unhappy and the best solution was to move stuff around.  It was a little tough going it alone, especially with the futon, but I managed.  Pull with your lower back, not with your legs, and you’ll be fine.

I spent the afternoon watching several episodes of “The Office” on nbc.com, then reading about how Us Weekly says Rashida Jones (Karen) declined comment on speculation that she and John Krasinski (Jim) are dating.

Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy biiiiiiirthday to meeeee, happy birthday to me.  Below is a picture from Becky.

Here is a picture of my third quilt, completed during the summer for my aunt Sue. It’s a smaller version of the one I made for my mom for Mother’s Day, incorporating pieces of my grandmother’s clothing. (Mom & Sue are sisters.) It has the same size blocks as my mom’s, except instead of 4×5, it’s 3×3. It’s a lap quilt size, ideal for reading or watching tv during the cold winter months. I hear there is such a thing as a cold winter month, anyway; the highs are still in the 90s around here.