I got sick. And you know me I so seldom get sick that when I do I am FELLED. The nights are so long in Canmore this time of year. And there is only a tiny bit of sun in the morning before it drops behind the mountain peaks. But I noticed none of this for a while, wrapped up in pain and fever, keeping to myself, trying not to infect any other members of the little family living in the tiny basement flat I was sharing.
We walked every day though. Not for too long, but it always felt good to get some fresh air and push my body a bit. But when I was not walking my head was muddled and anxious from the fever and I could not focus on things, dropping in and out of sleep. I cannot believe I succumbed so fast.
I managed to get myself all the way back home yesterday, from Canmore to central Illinois, my face wrapped in a big scarf. My bags on my back. It took eleven hours. But the return went smoothly. Every plane and train and station had people hacking and coughing into their tissues. Blowing their noses and burying their faces into their scarves.
I will be brief as I am still not well. I cannot go near the pigs for fear of them catching this which makes me feel even sicker – usually the first thing I do is pull on my clown suit and go check the stock.
Maybe later on today.
I hope you are all well. I missed you.
Love celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
118 responses to “Home Again”
We missed you too. Get better soon. You need a large glass of warm brandy with a touch of honey to kill those nasty germs.
Morning Nadia, that does sound nice! c
Horrible way to spend a vacation, so sorry Miss C, but glad to know you are home safe.
Hi Deb I know, bad luck all round really! – I am anxious to be better. c
Yep, same here ill in sympathy with you, in the middle of summer! We have had 7 days of cloudy weather and rain, lovely but our temperature dropped to 19C s one day. Hope you are up and running soon, get better. Laura
Ha ha, I hope you had a big bowl of that Jagermeister soup 🙂 Laura
That was pretty amusing wasn’t it! c
Here is wishing you a speedy return to good health.
Me too!! c
oh my giddy aunt! I am so sorry ! But that is always the way..you can work 51 weeks of the year, in all weathers and …nothing BUT one week of relaxation and WHAM ! GOT YER!….It was like that when I had a business to run..always and always I got a bad cold in that one week..and the reason? because your body knows it has time to be ill…Get well soon, and if love could cure your illness you would be as right as rain..right now xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 2:42 PM
Yes. Sods law. However now that i am back home with piles of catch up work to do I am sure to get better!! c
Good to know you’re home and please know you were very missed. About the bug you caught, with your description of everyone on the way home exhibiting some kind of illness, it wouldn’t surprise me to find out you picked up your bug on the trip to Canmore. A stinking rotten way to spend Christmas but glad you arrived home again, jiggedy jig. Just as well you can’t go out to check on your ‘stock’… you need a good two to three days to rest and recover… keep warm and dry and think sunshiny thoughts! ~ Mame 🙂
I might be able to stay in for one or two hours but not much longer! I will go out and snoop about very soon. I can’t help myelf.c
OH dear – Chicken soup….. lots o’ chicken soup. And stay away of those piggies today…. Your John and Jake can help you another day I am sure. Boo will be happy to be your companion near the fire I am sure.
Jagermeister soup? You have to be kidding me….
Yes i will steer clear of the pigs, they can catch bugs as easily as humans, however there is plenty of work to help me sweat it out – in other parts of the barn.. I have had enough of resting.. c
One of your rooster pics is my desktop background today. I’m smiling at it!
Feel better soon. I agree with Patrecia… your body knows when you start relaxing and letting your guard down and ithe germs take that opportunity to grab you. I am sure the piggies know that you are home.
I will have a check of them but I won’t handle their food today. Very frustrating.. c
Oh poor you… Why is it one always gets sick on holiday? Murphy’s Law, I suppose Get better soon!🌺🌺🌺
Thank you Darling – and i will be better asap – not to worry – I will start some chicken broth this morning – now that I am feeling well enough to eat a little. c
So sorry you spent your vacation mostly in bed. That is miserable. Hope you feel better soon.
Thank fully my son had lots of food documentaries for me to watch!.. c
Oh dear … I wondered what had happened. How nasty of that bug to tag a ride with you on your holiday! Glad you are home. So much easier to put yourself back together in your own bed. Rest a while more if you can. Hugs from Ontario!
I do agree – now that I am home to can move about more and I am sure I will get well soon! c
So happy you are home and on your way to a speedy recovery! You are so right about staying away from the pigs for awhile. They are so very susceptible to getting everything that we humans get. Sending you healthy hugs and healing energies! xoxoxo
I always remember that ;pig of yours that caught the flu – it was a lesson for me too! c
Get well soon, dear Celi!
That is my favourite plan! c
I wish I could bring you down here and put you in a long chair in the hot sunshine to bake your bones, with a huge glass of fresh juice and one of the Christmas List books I bet you didn’t get a chance to read. We’d soon see the bugs and fever off… But knowing you, you’d get restive and pine for your creatures, you’d want to be walking the boundaries and checking on everything. Get better soon, Miss C.
Sounds marvellous – just thinking of that baking sunshine makes me warmer.. c
Thank goodness you were away when you got sick – the animals were all taken care of and you had time to just sleep. You must have needed some rest, Celi, and your body just took full advantage. I just don’t ever remember you reporting in sick before, and I’ve been following the farmy chronicles for a few years now. Hope you are feeling better soon.
You are right – i am very seldom sick – in fact I have not been to a doctor for over thirty years. c