The thing about being sick is that it’s excruciatingly boring. For, oh, ten to twelve days after a treatment it is all I can do to hobble around the block to keep my legs from atrophying; that leaves about twenty three and a half hours in the day, and I can only sleep so much. Today I watched quite a few episodes of Arrested Development, which a colleague lent me, and read some Dorothy Sayers, but the other thing is that my anti-nausea meds give me really blurry vision, so reading is a challenge.
I draw a little, but my hands are really shaky, which also makes it hard to write letters. What I’d like to do is start knitting – there’s a group in Indianapolis that collects handmade items for sick and needy babies, and I’d really like to start knitting baby hats for them. That would give me something to do with my hands while I watch TV, and also allow me to think about babies, which I enjoy. I also want to draw and ink a bunch of line drawings of things I love, like Buffy and They Might Be Giants and Jeeves and Wooster, and then color them in at a later time. This is really a project for when I’m feeling a bit better.
I’ve gotten to the point where I’m not really sure what I’d be doing if I felt well, apart from running and perhaps writing my papers. Also I don’t know what to read next. Suggestions?
Well, if there’s nothing on TV, there is Hulu.com.
There’s a new The Sims coming out imminently.
I think I’m about to work through the works of Kathy Reichs, after starting to really like the tv show Bones.
Right now i am reading “Skinny Legs and All” by Tom Robbins and I am really enjoying it
It seems to me that documenting this experience in a comic is something you might want to try– the fact that your hands are shaky might lend a bit of a cinema vérité quality to it.
What to read is a more challenging proposition. Have you got a copy of “Cold Comfort Farm” at hand? Go to the library and try “Red Sky at Morning”, or Bradford’s other novel, “So Far From Heaven”. It’s been 30 years since I read the latter, but I recall liking it.
I am re-reading A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson about his adventures on the Appalachain Trail. Good summer reading –light, funny and out-doorsy but without mosquitos.
All very good reading suggestions, I’m sure but “Julie & Julia,” is FUNNY so it’s my pick for you.
Have you tried reading in large print? As far as reading suggestions, what about Maeve Binchy? If you can find her, Elizabeth Goudge is also really good, but she is really hard to find.
Also, this is where having a hat comptetion might come in handy.