THE WAIT OF THINGS...

 Small occupations...

 Small movements...

 Small dalliances...

Are to be mine...

As I mark time...

On the wait of things to come...

Deadline looming large...

And looking like it will be missed...

Due to the illness of a spiders kiss...

 I am making...

Small milestones...

 On the road to recovery...

Thank you for all the notes of concern, prayers, well wishes, and good thoughts sent my way.  I have had to remain rather quite in order to try and prevent the further spread of the venom.  Modern medicine, tried and true home remedies (thanks so much Thespa!!!), and lots of stillness are helping with recovery.  I never knew you could get so sick from something so very small.  While I am still experiencing many of the initial symptoms the great news is that up to this point there is not one little sign of nicrossis, worst case avoided!  I am told full recovery could take a few more weeks due to the extreme reaction I had and the three levels of venom spread to the skin, muscle, and nerves of my arm.

Small beads, small wire, small snippets of paper and lace, small strides in creativity and recovery, a little bummed but incredibly blessed...to be continued due to the wait of things to come...

VERTICAL AND HOLDING...

Back in the days before remote controls and flat screens, television sets actually came with knobs on them. Each knob served a function to change the channel, (yes, we had to get up and cross the room and turn the knob!), tune in the station, as well as maintain horizontal and vertical hold of the picture.

We had a big black and white television set in an Early American style hard rock maple cabinet. The front of the speakers was covered in a gold threaded fabric and it had the four knobs mentioned above. We got a total of four stations, two of which were fuzzy with snow unless you adjusted the rabbit ear antenna and squished aluminum foil just right on the tips and then they came in just fine.

Our set had a habit of losing its hold and the picture would start to flip, flicker, and fade. A little adjustment of the horizontal hold button and it was back in business. More often than not it would loose its vertical hold and the picture would wibble and wobble in long vertical waves.

I was thinking about this as I stepped out of bed this morning and dearly wished I had a vertical hold button to stop the wibbling and wobbling sensation I felt while trying to remain vertical. All this reminiscing said to say that I am some better but need a few more days to adjust myself and then the picture of perfect health should appear and be all clear.

I thank you all for all your precious messages of well being. I have been so sick I have not even been on the computer until today. I ended up with a terrible flu-like bug and wished that my old TV hero, Marcus Welby MD would come and doctor me. With all the strangeness of a cheesy Sci-fi thriller, I then thought I had entered The Twilight Zone and aliens must be doing probing experiments on my poor aching head when I awoke from a sudden sleep with searing brain pain - a lovely migraine to cap off the flu. Then as if that was not enough, I became Bewitched! or at least my nose started to twitch like a witch followed by spells of sneezes and allergy wheezes!

I am sufficiently stuffy, shaky, and my head is still a little quaky but other than that I am just fine. It seems as if this is now a Family Affair as Handy Hubby is not feeling so bubbly. Too bad we don't have Mr. French to take care of us. I am vertical and holding!

I hope each of you have a healthy and happy weekend!

Blessings,
Miss Sandy