My Day Home Sick

So, I woke up Friday morning at the usual time of 4:45am and wasn't feeling well at all. My stomach was very upset and I didn't want to move. It was at that moment that I remembered the last evening... I ate a big plate of the-best-nachos-I've-ever-made and immediately fell asleep on the bed--at 7:00pm. My body wasn't very thrilled about the lack of after-dinner exercise and was punishing me.

I called Bill and told him I was not going into work that morning and then fell back asleep.

I awoke at 9:00am alone. Mike had gone into work at 6:00am, as usual. I sit up and begin planning my day. Since Mike had the car at Moody, my choices were few.

I could sit online and chat with friends or read a book. Both of those choices sounded invigorating and I began logging into my various chat programs (ie iChat and yahoo messenger) when all of a sudden I remembered a notice, on the front door to our building, that I hadn't cared about for the past few weeks

Repairing Pipes
water off daily from 8:00am-4:00pm

As I was remembering this horrid notice I realized that I needed to use the restroom (what can I say? it had been 14 hours since I fell asleep!). Immeidently I called my dad to see if the toilet would flush when the water is off. I knew that on toilets with tanks you have 1 chance BUT we don't have a tank.

He didn't answer.

I decided that this question was important enough to bother Mike and work so I called him. He said that I should test the water and, if the water was on, that it may work. Not a very encouraging answer but I thought I'd try it.

So, after I go I push down the knobby thing to flush and nothing happens.

Not a sound.

"What do I do know?" I thought

About that time my dad calls back. "No, of course it won't flush without the water on" he said... condescendingly... making me think "man, I'm such a loser" (but little did I know that this thought would go through my head again very soon).

Dad told me that if I had 1 to 1 1/2 gallons of water to pour into the toilet, it would flush.

"WHERE AM I SUPPOSED TO GET WATER FORM WHEN THE WATER IS TURNED OFF?? IF I HAD WATER, I WOULDN'T BE IN THIS SITUATION!" I calmly explained. He then said that there is still water in the pipes that I could use so I took down my 3-gallon pot and began filling it with water.

"Only 1-gallon, darn. Can I use a different liquid" I asked, eying the nasty 1/2 gallon of juice I had bought the weekend before (partially happy to have an excuse to throw it out without technically wasting it--it was seriously nasty stuff). He said that any liquid would work so I added the juice to my water and took it into the bathroom.

I pour it into the toilet and to my delight, it works! The toilet is "flushed" but I begin to realize, what I consider to be, a bigger problem...

The new, juice smell, is worse than the previous smell and I quickly left the bathroom before I vomited.



I now had a different situation and no way to solve it. There was no more water in the house to put down to toilet to eliminate the juice smell and I hadn't taken a shower after my intense soccer game on Thursday night and felt pretty nasty with all the sweat that had dried on my body overnight.

I decided to suck it up, put a handkerchief in my disheveled hair and walk to Walgreens. There I paid $3 for 2 gallons of water and began the trek home.

Man, 2 gallons of water is alot heavier when you have just under 1/2 mile to walk.

I get home, pour the water into the toilet, am alittle disappointed that the room still smells like juice but am hopeful that when Mike returns home he won't notice.

To make the next few hours not drag out, I drink alot of water when I'm not feeling well and about 45 minutes after the 2nd water experiment, I have to pee. With no more water in the house, I decided that pee isn't as bad as juice and just go--leaving the unflushed toilet for a couple hours until the water is back on.

The End.

Minneapolis

So, it's been forever since I posted but luckily, not much has happened in the last few months. I'll shorten them to a few bullet points:

-Mike had tons of homework so I played alot of soccer
-We went to Dan and Susan's wedding
-Mike graduated
-Summer began. Mike is working the same job he has in the spring--as am I
Enough reminiscing.

So, I just got back from a little vacation with Beki Rohan to Minneapolis to see Tracy and Erin. It was extremely fun.

We began the 7 hour drive with lots of energy but both wanted to refuel with some blizzards at about 10:00pm. The service there was extremely bad but we didn't let it get us down. We weren't in that big of a hurry and were excited that DQ was even open. Here is a small glimpse of our excitedness:


Our first day in MN began with Beki and I looking for a Whole Foods. I didn't get lost but wondered a couple times if we would make it back home. :)

After that Tracy came home and we hung out, took naps and played games in eager anticipation for Erin's arrival home from work.

Once she arrived, we decided to go bowling. It was an old fashioned bowling alley and very neat. Beki won the first game and I WON THE 2ND! We enjoyed hanging out and ate nachos and artichoke dip.








A hard afternoon of bowling led us to Caribou Coffee to recharge and then we took a walk around Calhoun Lake. It's about 3 miles and was extremely beautiful--A very relaxing time of walking slowly and talking.






That night we ordered Domino's, watched Speed and went to bed.

Thursday: A day full of shopping began with lunch at Arby's, for me. I had been so excited for this meal and was very let down. I guess you can say it's no longer a craving of mine.

I did, however, eat my fist cheese curd shortly after lunch. Good stuff.



We walked around for what seemed like forever and then, when we couldn't stay on our feet any longer, stopped for a break. I almost fell asleep.



That night, we watched Matilda, played some games and got to bed early.



Friday was a sad day of goodbyes. I was able to see my friend Laura for a short time and then we were off to Chicago. We made good time during the stretch to Madison, WI where we picked up Mike's friend, Shannon, to visit for the weekend. The last 130 miles were absolutely miserable as they took almost 4 hours because of traffic. May I also mention that my a/c currently isn't working so we had the windows down. It was hot, stuffy and loud. Ick.

BUT, we made it home safely and had a great trip!

Here are a couple of my favorite pics:

Beki and I at the lake


Beki walking away from me, partially irritated from all the pictures (this picture was taken before I locked us out of the house--I won't elaborate on that one)