June 21st, 2010 | Author: trancejen
The J-Man does not have mono, or strep, or any of the other nasty and nefarious viruses he was tested for. He merely had some weird rogue virus that led to a yucky infected throat that for some reason was resistant to the first round of antibiotics.
This round of drugs seems to be working well, as his throat swelling has gone down quite a bit and his spirits have much improved.
So, there is that, and I am glad. To have been stuck with mono in the summertime would have seriously sucked.
In other news, I am pricing flights to Vegas, and they are sky-high. Over four hundred dollars, even on Southwest? Ri-damn-diculous.
I am waiting, and I am also contacting a family friend who is a travel agent for advice on how long to wait so that I don’t get screwed. Word has it that the oil spill has driven up flight prices, so I’m hoping that they will eventually fall, but the question remains whether they will fall before I go to Vegas or not.
I need this trip big-time. I need some time cavorting with my crazy internet friends more than I can say.
Also in the works is a family trip, and we haven’t quite figured out where we’d like to go yet. I’m thinking one of those indoor waterparks up near the Wisconsin border, but my mother hates to drive long distances, so she is thinking somewhere a little more local. We’ll have to hash it out.
Also, there is the move.
You may be wondering why I haven’t moved yet, given the fact that we have been moving for, oh, a fucking ETERNITY.
Yeah.
I’m pretty much packed. We’ve painted. We’ve cleaned. We’ve organized. The garage sale is a go next weekend.
The reason things have been moving so slowly, I believe, is my mother’s attachment to her house, which is her baby.
My mother loves this house.
I think she’s seriously reluctant to leave it, and I think she has some reservations about moving in with my stepdad, too.
Hell, I do, too, if I’m being honest. The man has OCD, and while we are clean, we are not THAT clean. It’s a little scary to think of bringing a twelve-year-old into a home in which a man organizes his salt shakers and vacuums on an hourly basis.
Still, I’m of the just-shit-or-get-off-the-pot school of thought. I think we ought to just DO it. I’m tired of all this hemming and hawing and would like to stop bringing over the odd box and bag, hire movers, and get it done.
You just try moving my mother, though. She is a ninety pound mountain.
I am being as patient as I can, and I am consoling myself that at least we have a date set for the garage sale, if not the move.
Sigh.
Eventually it will happen. It has to, or the J-Man will have to be homeschooled, and damned if I’m doing THAT.
Happy Monday.
We checked Vegas flights this weekend and found the same thing. We might drive instead – we’ll see. CAN’T WAIT THOUGH!
Glad to hear the J-Man is on the road to recovery.
Funny, I WAS wondering what the hangup with the move was. I can understand your mother’s hesitancy but I can also understand your desire just to be done with it. I hope things get moving soon. Heh.
Salt shakerS and vacuumS – Ha! I suppose if you have multiples, you’d be more apt to organize them…
I feel like I should mention here that viruses don’t respond to antibiotics
only bacteria do. While mono is a virus (the Epstein-Barr virus) strep is not (group A streptococcus bacteria.) Though it’s very possible he has some weird bacteria not covered by the first round of antibiotics, if antibiotics are killing it, it wasn’t a virus.
This concludes today’s episode of back alley medicine. I’m super glad he doesn’t have something that’s gonna stick around for months and that he’s on the mend
Thanks, Wrin! The doctor did mention he had an infected throat, so it was my bad.
Trance, I feel I must pimp Priceline here. If cost is far and away the biggest factor, you can get HUGE deals on Priceline by bidding your own price. You might travel at a weird time (you can specify yes/no for red-eyes), or have a weird, time-consuming route (ORD-ATL-LAS?) but you can save a ton of money. You’ll usually get a respectable airline, but one for whom this isn’t a major route and is looking to fill seats (because any money is better than zero).
You can only bid once a day, but don’t be afraid to low-ball. If Southwest flies to a place, I usually bid half what Southwest charges because the other airlines are often desperate to snag every passenger they can from Southwest. If Southwest is charging $400, start with a bid of $200 or even $150, and move up slowly. I wouldn’t be surprised if you got round-trip tickets for $250 or less.