Amy was in charge of all the food- the way we do food here is that I cook during the week, but if anything calls for planning or expertise, she does it. So it was real bummer when she got up with a stiff neck Christmas morning, and then came up from the basement at 9:04 a.m. saying "I dropped the butter and when I bent down to pick it up, my neck went out".
Ouch. I mean, I never had a neck go out, but I've had my back go out in spasms, and it's not fun.
She was barely able to walk, but insisted on presiding over the kitchen all day and, with much help from our friend Anne from Vermont, dinner made it on, and was enjoyed by all.
It wasn't until around 5 pm that Amy suggested we might want to go to the emergency room, as she could not actually move without 10th-level pain.
They prescribed some very nice drugs, and she had a half-nights sleep last night and is feeling somewhat better today- though I went and did the farmer-thang and watered the six horse at the barn. Got horse shit all over my pants and gloves and rembered how it feels to care for outdoor animals in winter, back when I had ducks. You know, it's good feeling, no matter how much ice-encrusted shit you have on you when you get home. Ice is ice, and you live in New England and you expect something else than to wade in horse shit? Fuck it- haul the damn water out in wheel-barrows over the ice to the horses. That's life.
I dunno, maybe it's just what you were raised to...
We're covered in frozen horse-shit, but all is happy here.
11 comments:
Wow ... I sure hope Amy feels better soon. The food and friendship sound delicious ... the frozen horse shit ... not so much.
Hoping for an early spring for you guys!
I think Id wring my own neck, if it meant I coud put out a spread like th one you dscribed.
DANG! That sounds good!
Mmmm....drugs and food.
Sara: We're looking for Summer!
Joey: Good ham- nice!
SCCG: both good!
Compliments of the season Colonel!
Oh ouch ouch ouchie ouch! So sorry for Amy's pain, but hope the good drugs help much. Sounds like a lovely holiday otherwise! Even the frozen horse shit.
I want a duck.
Sounds like fun, but I'm heading for Miami.
My sympathies to Amy and her neck. I had a pinched nerve in my neck years ago and went through 3 months of intense pain. It is not fun.
Glad you had a great time and the food sounds delicious.
Too bad about the neck going out. I can actually relate. I hope she doesn't get a pinched nerve with said "out" neck...she will be happy with a sore neck. I just hope it gets better soon before it does turn into something worse. I also have some pills that I had to "sign" for because they are a narcotic. I guess they go for good money on the street :-)
I hope Amy is feeling better now.
I didn't know you had horses! Would you ever post some photos?
Happy Near End of the Holidaze Season, colonel colonel.
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