Dogs on Thursdayand an unwelcome visitor

Let's see, my last post was on Monday night, after coming home from dinner at mom and dad's. Sometime after midnight, I got violently ill, and have been sick ever since. Coincidence? Let's look at the facts.

1. Mom made a vegetarian lasagna for dinner.
2. Mom doesn't feel that a vegetarian diet can provide all that a body needs...mainly, meat.
3. There were things sauce that could not be identified, and I wouldn't put it past mom to have added a little meat "for our own good."
4. There was ricotta cheese in the lasagna, and mom has been known to be, shall we say flexible, with expiration dates, especially of dairy products.

Very curious.....

Just kidding, mom! You know I love you! But food poisoning did cross my mind. My dear sweet mother thinks that expiration dates are just a suggestion. She had been known to eat yogurt weeks, (WEEKS!) after the expiration date. It's a wonder any of us kids survived.

Boy, am I going to be in trouble when she reads this.

But no, I broke down and went to the doctor yesterday, and he said it was either some viral thing, or a result of this recent unwelcome visitor:

That is a Lone Star Tick. I was bitten about 10 days ago, and the incubation period is just right for him to have given me some nasty stuff. They did a blood test, but said that no matter what the results come back, to keep taking an antibiotic for three weeks.

I am now on my third day off work, and feeling terribly guilty about it because there's an event this weekend. There is no way I could come close to being helpful. I'm hoping to be able to get it together for tomorrow.

In the meantime, I've mostly been sleeping, sipping tea, and sleeping some more. Very little knitting or reading - too hard on the eyes.

Emma and Tara have been right by me all week. Such good sweet girls. Here is Emma saying "If you're just going to lie there, you might as well scratch my belly."

And here is Tara saying "Could you keep all the belly scratching to a minimum? I'm trying to concentrate on the birds and bunnies and squirrels in the yard."