Sick

So I'm sick. Not really sure why. Started with wierd CNS side effects with allergy meds...turned into stomach issues...now I'm achy and ill all over. W thinks I'm dehydrated. Possibly. I feel the same way I did after the now famous Lakeridge Country Club buffet to the ER visit incident. Except minus the...um...praying to the porcelain gods. But due to that and prior food poisoning happenings, I am aware of the bone flaying, skin pain feeling of dehydration. Somehow I have it. (Or I'm getting meningitis - hypochondria coming out.)

So I've spent a day and a half on the couch. Coudn't really enjoy Flying Burrito in Chapel Hill last night. Mexican and Tex-Mex just aren't the same after living in Lubbock. Give me Abuelo's or Chimy's any day for real margaritas, fajitas and fish tacos. All else pales in comparison.

Lots and lots of planting yesterday...potentially the reason for the dehydration. But the herb garden is now complete. Photos coming soon. Funny, you say herbs to any of our friends and they think we're growing an accesory to a Jimmy Buffet concert. No square grouper here. Just two kinds of basil, two kinds of lavender, parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, lemon balm, cilantro, and dill. (Stop with the Simon & Garfunkel humming.)

Also I planted findings from the Alamance County Women's Resource Center Herb Sale. It's official - I'm becoming my mother. I'm visiting herb sales with girlfriends on a Friday early evening and spending time talking to the Lavender Lady of Orange County, NC. Oh well, there could be worse things than spending time with a girlfriends, contributing money to the local community and buying gorgeous Thai basil, lime scented geraniums, and dwarf bleeding hearts. My mother says I've become a more well-rounded person since my induction into the world of digging in the dirt. (But do you realize how much money you can spend on gardening equipment? Speaking of the green stuff, W and I have ambitions to spend some time and money on putting in a brick patio and two walkways in our backyard. Ambition is a crazy thing. If this works out, it will culminate in a July fajita / margarita party. Be prepared.)

Travel Update:
Home this week and some of next
Kansas City in mid-May
SPBT conference in Chicago the third week
Colorado for vacation with W and some Elon friends the last week

Song of the Day:
How to Save a Life - The Fray