These were yesterday morning's weather maps showing the forecast for the day — morning and afternoon. And it all came true. If it weren't so miserable, it would almost be funny. Joking about it helps a little. Should we build an arc?
Yesterday, our neighbors from Blois, whose maison de campagne is the house across the road from ours, had a birthday party there for a member of the family. They had invited 25 people. It rained off and on all day. I went over there to say bonjour at noontime.
I talked to one gentleman that I don't remember meeting before. He appeared to be about my age, maybe older. He said he has had a bad cold for two months now. Congestion, coughing, teary itchy eyes, aches and pains. So have I, I told him. We compared notes and commiserated. The eldest of the clan, a woman who is nearly 90 years old now, said hello to me but wouldn't faire la bise or even stand close enough to me for us to be able to talk. She was too afraid of catching what I've got.
I talked to one gentleman that I don't remember meeting before. He appeared to be about my age, maybe older. He said he has had a bad cold for two months now. Congestion, coughing, teary itchy eyes, aches and pains. So have I, I told him. We compared notes and commiserated. The eldest of the clan, a woman who is nearly 90 years old now, said hello to me but wouldn't faire la bise or even stand close enough to me for us to be able to talk. She was too afraid of catching what I've got.
There's rain here today, but we need it. Those parties across the street are so nice.
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry to hear about how your medical troubles are persisting. When I got my recent Tdp (tetanus, diptheria, pertussis) vaccine, they mentioned that Pertussis was really going around lately. Obviously, I'm not a medical person (ha!), but you and this gentleman obviously didn't have just colds... I remember you said that your doctor gave you something... was it just medicine to control symptoms? In any case... if you look up the symptoms and duration of Pertussis (Whooping cough), you may recognize what you've described, and it does say that the cough varies in severity, so it might not have gotten to the whooping sound stage. But, of course, you did go to the doctor, so he probably thought of this :) And, I'll stop across-the-pond-diagnosing LOL.
ReplyDeleteIt's almost time for me to go see my doctor again. I'll talk to him about this.
DeleteI guess the weather is setting you up for a glorious Spring. As they say April showers bring May flowers. Hope you feel better Ken.
ReplyDeleteI hope you're right.
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