Home this weekend....

[jennlk]

J and friends have gone off on a (scheduled well in advance) outing to Mackinaw City and environs. I did not go, as my back is misbehaving, and I felt that a)a four hour drive followed by b)three days of uncomfortable chairs followed by c)a four hour drive was unlikely to be a positive experience for anyone. (nerve impingement isn't fun.)

I didn't actually make the decision until Thursday -- I stepped in a hole I didn't know was there while I was weeding on Monday and jarred my spine -- I was hoping that the inflammation/impingement would clear by midweek so that I could go on the trip, but when I had actual *pain* from the impingement at work on Thursday, it became pretty clear that it would not be a good choice.

I'm bummed to have missed the trip, but.... J's been gone for nearly a month, between "so busy" before and ick after(*) the UK trip (and he was away from the house for a week before *that*, so he's really not been "home" since early July). I'm not sure that spending a long weekend in close company (anyone's company!) after being solo for most of the summer would be a good thing either.

* he caught COVID on the boat -- everyone who was on the boat got it. I seem to have dodged it, again. yay!

Comments

[minnehaha]

What boat? Isle Royale?

K.

[jennlk]

no. He went on a narrowboat cruise in the UK with friends, most (if not all) known to you.

Dermot (who lives in Oxford) organized it, and fannish friends from Ann Arbor, Chicago, and Arkansas (by way of Chicago) went on it. They scheduled it after the Glasgow WorldCon to make travel easier, as most of the people on the tour were going to be in Scotland anyway.

One of the people in the narrowboat party had apparently picked up COVID somewhere *before* getting on, and as it's a small space, everyone on the boat got sick. Nobody got *really* sick (although Patient Zero was very much "not well"), and as far as I know everyone has recovered.

[minnehaha]

Oh, yeah, I remember that was a thing people did. I hope no one has lingering symptoms or illness.

K.

[mrs_sweetpeach]

The thought you'd be there made me regret not being able to go. And, like you, I haven't really seen my spouse in about a month. We're both liking our new jobs but it would be nice to see him once in a while.

I hope your back is no longer hurting. Back pain sucks.

[minnehaha]

Must have been the bridge walk, since this is the weekend of it?

K.