Boy, the virus that laid me low is one powerful, nasty bug. It causes all sorts of secondary infections. Includintg bronchitis. My cough actually went into the lungs in early bronchitis within less than a week. Unbelievably fast. Totally caught me by surprise. It's spreading around so fast that everyone here in Colorado has either had it or gotten over it or trying to avoid it. And it's so virulent that doctor's have to treat it twice. Two rounds of antibiotics. Now, that's a new one for me.
My neighbor warned me to go back to doctor and have then listen to cough again beause they were having to treat people at her office twice. Since she's a nurse, I listened and had the doc listen to chest again and sure enough---it was better but there was some rattle still there. So he presecribed a second round of a different antibiotic. I'm telling you folks this so you will treat this virus seriously if it comes near you or your family. Do NOT ignore the cough. It's a serious one. Believe me, folks, I'm healthy as a horse, but it moves faster than anything I've seen. Go to a doctor and have yourself checked if you or yours get it.
Now---here's for the fun part----after two weeks of either being sick or recuperating and trying to regain normal energy, I have turned the corner and yesterday, Sunday, I had a day out in Denver with two girlfriends. Doing stuff we like to do----shopping, browsing through shops and stores and poking around. We even stopped in a Russian deli. I didn't even know there was one in Denver. We just browsed and talked and laughed and had a great time. Escaped from the regular stuff for a day.
And we finished off by meeting some Denver friends who joined us for dinner out. Sunday was the beginning of Restaurant Week in Denver where hundreds of fine restaurants and cafes offer special deals for dinners. Great food and great prices. Can't beat that combination. Especially when you're with good friends.
All in all, it was a great way to relax. How do you like to relax with friends?
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I love to go to a scrapbooking crop with friends. In my area, Archivers has what they call Scrap Mania every Friday and Saturday night. For $15 you get a spot at a table for 6 hours, the use of their dye cuts, punches, scissors, stamps, etc., dinner (usually pasta, pizza or ribs with salad), and a gift (usually, a couple pages of 12 x 12 paper and some matching embellishments) - plus a chance to win one of their raffle prizes. There is always also a free "make and take" where you can learn a new technique and either a create a card or a scrapbook embellishment to take home with you. It's a wonderful time to relax with friends and be creative! I enjoy seeing what my friends are working on even more than I enjoy doing my own pages.
It reminds me of when I was much younger and counted cross stitch became a big thing (early 1980's). I had some close friends who liked to stitch and we'd get together once a week to work on our projects, rotating from one home to the next. There's a just a special fellowship involved in doing something creative with your hands and sharing that with people you care about.
I'll bet you I'd love a quilting bee, too!
Eating, of course. In restaurants, preferably, although cooking together can be fun too.
A few years ago I rendezvoused with two of my college roommates in Philadelphia, and we went to a nice place in the city for dinner. Excellent food, and a chocolate cake I wanted to roll in like a dog. But the funny part was, we are all of a certain age, as the French say; the restaurant was dimly lit, and not one of us could see the menu, with or without our reading glasses. We had to ask the waiter to bring a candle over.
And we're still talking about it.
What a rough couple of weeks you've had, Maggie! So glad you're doing better.
For me--I love lunch or dinner out with friends.
Sheila, LOL on the candle!
Scrappy---That sounds like fun. It also sounds like the same kind of fun and companionship and comreaderie that we find around the knitting table at the knitting shop. I tried to capture that atmosphere and spirit in my knitting mysteries.
Incidentally, these two friends and I met several years ago around that same knitting table. Good friends, good fun.
Sheila----Hilarious about the dimly lit restaurant. Love it. And yes---I can relate. Last year I started using the reading glasses when I was in those dimly lit cafes, mainly becsause friends were laughing at me when I had to use the candle to read the menu.
I agree---I love, love, love going to good restaurants with friends. Good food and good fun.
Thanks, Heather. I'm definitely feeling like my old self again. Or new self. Or whatever.
Maggie,
You definitely capture the spirit of friendship around the knitting table in your mysteries. It is one of the things I like the best about your stories.
I love going out to eat with my friends. Breakfast, lunch, dinner...time of day doesn't matter. Just spending time with friends and eating some good food together.
Linda--I know what you mean. Gathering together with friends, whether it's one or several, and enjoying good food always makes people happy. I think it's in our cells. Food and family and food and friends. I like to think that our friends are our extended family. Just like Kelly does in the series, we create family. I really think we need that, and women are particularly aware of how important it is.
In fact, my friends and I were discussing that. Whenever someone is going through a rough patch, we gather around and support each other. It's nurturing.
For some people, their friends are their family. Women truly do gather round and support. I wish men had that same kind of bonding. There are times when I want to say to my hubby, "Can't you complain to friends for a change?" There are some things women just don't get.
I agree, Kate. Women tend to gather naturally. I think it's that nurturing instinct at work. We know intuitively that we have to nurture ourselves like we nurture our families.
Absolutely---for a lot of people, their friends are their family. I like to show that in the Kelly series. She's lost all her real family and winds up creating a new family with new friends at the knitting shop.
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