cold sweat
Have you ever heard someone say they "woke up in a cold sweat"? Or maybe you've experienced this? Well, I never had until lastnight.. and I can officially say it is MISERABLE.Several times lastnight I woke up with literally my entire shirt wet from sweat... but I was shivering! My god! What's the matter w/ me!?
Well, simply put: My burning the candle at both ends (aka rockstar lifestyle) has left me under the weather, again! But it boggles my mind, really, as I've been fairly low key, lately and getting myself good sleep! But with me all it seems to take is one night w/ a lack of sleep and it can hit me. It also may be a cold passed to me from a friend I hung out w/ in the week, who works with kids... or maybe it was even from Elana's kiddos on Sunday night? (kids are germy!) I don't know what it was.. but it's a total bummer.
So, in addition to the bad night of sleep I had lastnight, I have a horrible sore throat and the good ol' fashioned stuffy head. :( hmph.
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Tuesday I had felt pretty bad, but yesterday was feeling a tad better and so keeping with my plans (aka still probably trying to do too much), I made a tuna cassarole and went over to sweet Lucia's Bday Potluck in Oakland. It was great! There were a number of her friends there I'd never met, some that I had, and then all us girls: Jee, Jane, Kristin, Ashley & Hillary! And the last two girls I hadn't seen in forever, so it was great to give them hugs & (sorta) catch up.
A couple people even said they loved my cassarole! yay! (Thanks Kristin!) That totally made my night, because I was sure it hadn't lasted the trip over there. Between rushing out of here, running the small errand I had to make before getting there, and then the 1/2 hour or so before everyone dove into eating. It's small rewards like that, that make me want to cook more. Now I want to go buy a new cassarole dish!
Lucia loved my prezzie, which I was so thrilled about. She's a sweetheart and even phoned me today to say thank you & express her sentiments about how happy she is we've become friends and have been spending more time together lately (which is exactly how I feel!). She's a peach, and now just another year wiser. ;) Happy Birthday, Lucia!!!! xooxoxox
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After Lucia blew out the candles (and I passed on dessert, since no cold is helped by sugar!), I headed over to meet Jem at the Independent for a show we've had tix to for about a month: The Kills!
They just had their new album come out, so I was looking forward to seeing them a second time and playing at this larger venue, playing their new material, etc. I was pretty close to giving up on parking (it's horrible over there!) and going home, since I knew I was starting to feel bad, but I found a spot so I went in for a bit. Jem & I caught up a bit and then the Kills went on. They were fantastic and I got some GREAT shots, but it didn't take me long to feel so bad, that I think I left around 11:20 to come home & sleep!
Today I had a deadline all day long, which was tough since I'm not feeling that great. :/ But it's done & ready for review. phew!
Too bad life didn't have a 'pause' button. Cuz I have 3 more shows in the next 4 days. oy!
