Jeremy doing his thing in Olympia, fighting the good fight. Though he texted me in the afternoon saying that he is afraid that he’s coming down with Edda’s cold.
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I took a sick day today and spent all day with Edda. She is snotty & a bit warm & tired – but this isn’t a terrible illness (thank goodness). She ate well and slept a good bit of the morning. I kept her hydrated with a squirt bottle and we watched a lot of movies. I cancelled all the care. I sent out 5 email/texts in total – morning care, morning bus, school, aftercare and evening care. Can I say it was a relaxing day? It was a day of recuperation, not only for Edda, but also for me! I spent the afternoon looking for signs that she’d be ready for school tomorrow. At about 7pm, she started laughing at her TV shows. It was nice to hear and I think it means we are good to go.
You cannot do this for Edda but a new remedy that I swear has been helping me ward off a colds has been: 1 cup of hot water, teaspoon of honey, tsp of lemon, and the magic ingredient I swear is the 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper. Doc said she could see why it would help as peppers clean you out and have a very high amount of vit. C. Kinda of intenese this tea but I do several times a day when I start getting sick and I really think it helps. Maybe Jeremy can try it……
Oh yeah tell Jeremy to keep an eye out for Peter Stricker. He's in DC doing some lobbying as well.