Fever

23MR08

Girl I'm hot blooded, check it and see
I got a fever of 103
Come on baby, do you do more then dance
I'm hot bloded, I'm hot blooded

That's why I'm hot blooded, check it and see
I got a fever of 103
Come on baby, do you do more then dance
I'm hot bloded, hot blooded

If it feels alright
Maybe you can stay all night
Should I leave you my key

But you got to give me a sign, c'mon girl
Some kind of sign, tell me
Are you hot mama
You sure look that way to me

Are you old enough
Will you be ready when I call you bluff
Is my timing right
Did you save your love for me tonight

The cool tiles felt good against my forehead. I looked at the clock. There was a procession at 8am. I struggled to sit up. I lay down. I closed my eyes. Brunch 10:30. Maybe. At 10:15 I made the kids get dressed. I struggled into a dress. I couldn’t stand anything with a waist. I looked at the clock in the other room. 9:30. Aodhan had played with the clock in the bedroom. I lay on the bed curled in a fetal position. At 10:15 I crawled out of bed and across the floor. I got the kids out and we walked up the street. Half way there Rita picked us up. I climbed feverishly into her truck. At the brunch, Aodhan had two helpings of Quiche. Ciaran was starting to not feel well. I decided we had better leave soon, before I passed out. We walked home with Puran. Puran came back to our place and took a couple of the workbooks for grades 2 & 3. I collapsed again. The boys fixed their own lunch and entertained themselves all day. I called Greg and found out he was sick too. We commiserated for a while. Jim & Nancy called, but our connection wasn’t the greatest. They may come down – they are looking into it. Hilary called. She may actually come join me here and teach!

I stumbled out of the apartment and walked like a zombie to the corner store. I bought some Gatorade for myself and some for the kids. I knew I had to have electrolytes. I sat on my bed sipping Gatorade. Each sip was agony. I took sleeping pills and Ovol. I moved the mattress off of the box spring and spread a sheet on it. I told the kids to go to stay inside now and to get something to eat and go to bed when they were tired. I lay on the box spring. I think the kids got something to eat for supper.