FrostShimmer of Celeste

I had hoped that yesterday would be the nadir for the Sparrowhawk, and that today would be the day he'd take a turn for the better. So, now I hope that today was the nadir and that tomorrow will be the upturn. He has all kinds of OTC medications, in which he has far more faith than I do, to help with his throat, which is now very sore. I've been feeding him chicken noodle soup and soft rolls, which is what he seems to like. I heard him muttering hoarsely, "Thank God for soup." It's really no fun sitting at opposite ends of the couch, which we're doing out of an abundance of caution, as they say. Even though I'm fairly sure that if I were going to catch it, I'd have caught it already.

I haven't accomplished anything nor had any exercise, and I'm feeling very grumpy and oppositional. It's been one of those days when nothing happens as expected, and there's never quite enough time to make something else happen instead. I wanted to wash some dishes, but the sponge was in the dishwasher being washed. That kind of thing. I cooked some green beans. I swept the floor. I listened to a podcast. I belatedly had one of the two Zooms that were planned for today. On the other hand, there were a lot of things that DIDN'T happen. For instance, no pipes froze in our house. I consider myself lucky, because both of the people I was Zooming with had pipe incidents in last night's cold.