Incoherent might be perfect for the Stuporbowl

I have a bit of a problem sleeping. As in, I haven't slept in over 48 hours. And I'm still going. The thing is, I have this big lovely antique piece of furniture in my room. It's called a bed. It's a pretty bed, a comfortable bed, a sqeeky bed. But I love my bed. However, my bed does not always love me. When I get sick, as I've been for the past few weeks with a wee bit of incurable pneumonia, I tend to cough all night long. My bed does not like this. It does not allow me to sit up straight enough to keep the phlegm fest in my chest from making me choke. It mocks me every time I lay down, knowing that I'm just going to pop back up again because lying down is impossible.

With no sleep in a couple of nights, and very little sleep before that, I'm a tad bit punchy. Oh, I'm freaking nuts. I'm tired, I'm crabby, and I have a feeling that I need a full lung transplant, like tomorrow. My kids aren't taking kindly to my lack of pleasant demeanor. Oh well, they're teenagers, they understand surly, right?

But... we're having people over today for the Stuporbowl. I admit it, not a big football fan here. I barely understand the game, and the esoteric rules and calls go right over my head. Of course we're rooting for the Pats, because that is what one does in Boston, but mostly I'm rooting for the commercials.

I like the commercials better than the game. There, I said it. I can't stand most Budweiser commercials unless they have the Clydesdales in them. But I tend to like the smaller dotcom commercials. They're clever, they're funny, and they're so different than the usual dreck we have on TV most of the time.

Because I'm so tired, I feel like it I can just make it through the commercials, I'm doing good. Maybe I can nap through the game and just wake up for the commercials. That's the ticket!

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[Kate]

Ugh. It's so much extra work to smile and look alert when you're already feeling under-the-weather. I hope you're able to soldier through, order premade food, get someone else to clean, and maybe sleep propped up on the couch tonight?

I had pneumonia in 2003 or so... I sympathize greatly. Feel better soon!