Sick Day

Took my first true sick day in over a year today. Other uses of sick leave have been for family medical issues. After some needed errands in the morning Barb and I crawled into bed (her with her knitting, me with book and laptop) and we've been here ever since.

We both have colds, and it seemed best to spend a day at rest trying to recover, rather than tough it out and consequently prolong the illness -- and potentially inflict our disease on co-workers. Plus, it's really nice to spend a day of forced idleness once in a while. Which wasn't easy! We both had to remind ourselves to slow down, relax, not try to use this "free" time to be productive (the Christmas season being a time of high productivity -- thus Barb's knitting).

One of the morning errands we couldn't put off was an appointment with our obstetrician, Dr. Lin. It was my first time meeting her and it went well. Barb has had some reservations about her, but I got a good first impression. Plus, we learned that Providence Milwaukie, where Barb should be delivering Elizabeth in March, has a laboring-Jacuzzi, which knowledge made Barb glow with the light of a thousand suns. We are trying to really prepare ourselves for a drug-free delivery, and every option for relieving the pain and stress of contractions is welcome. (Dr. Lin had a chart on the wall showing just how big 10 centimeters is -- yikes!)