There I was, lying in my bed
A rattle in my lungs, fever messin’ up my head
I dreamed weird dreams and lounged in a funk
Hallucinating from the all the Nyquil I’d drunk.
I dreamed Timothy Olyphant was nuzzling my neck
But woke instead to sloppy dog kisses – BLECH.
Then dreams of ice skating, executing perfect landings
Only to find spilled ice chips, in wet socks – barely standing.
Pile the blankets on, throw them off moments later.
Shivery then sweaty – my thermometer’s a traitor!
Too weak to stand, too sore to lay down any longer
Impatiently waiting for the day I feel stronger.
At last cough has departed – fever’s gone from my head
I face the new day with a real sense of dread.
Surveying the work that piled up while out on that “trip”
I head for the Nyquil, for just one more sip!!!
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k8edid 
Girl, are you still sick?! This leaves me conflicted. I love these posts, but also want you to get better.
I am feeling better – now need to face the piles of work I neglected all week…I’ll have visitors for the next 2 weeks and have about 8 hours to get ready!!!
Perhaps you could write a screen play for Johnny Depp – The Nyquil Diary
Glad you are the road to well. You are fun to read, sick or well.
Thanks. I am on the road to well…just hope there aren’t any setbacks. Glad you enjoyed.
**** I dreamed Timothy Olyphant was nuzzling my neck
But woke instead to sloppy dog kisses – BLECH****
Haaaa. I must Google Timothy Olypant.
Hope you are feeling better, Katy.
I usually dream about Brad Pitt. xx
Brad (especially in Legends of the Fall) is not too shabby, either. Thanks for coming by.
Sounds as though you had it bad. Did you write this during or after it all?
Don’t take on too much too soon….you don’t want to take that trip again. The guests will understand. Take care of yourself.
Wrote it after – and it was probably not as bad as it sounds. The guests will probably understand that when it comes to lodging, you get what you pay for!!! My son is OCD and will probably clean everything again when he gets here – so maybe I’ll just hold off and let him do it.
Good plan. Sit back and recuperate.
I like your poem! Glad you are feeling better.
Thanks, Sandy. Glad you stopped by.
Do take care. Maybe you can make it “to” the Oscars.
I don’t know, that’s kind of late for me…
Your poetic skills while loopy would make a Pulitzer winner gnash their teeth. Glad you’ve returned to the land of the living. Now back away from that bottle of Nyquil. Slowly, slowly…
Surely there must be a recovery center for Nyquil abusers…glad you liked my rambling rhyming.
Recovering just in time for guests. Sha’woo. That was close.
I am sorry you were left with hallucinations for the past several days. However, your poetry skills are still as sharp as ever! Thanks for this.
You’re welcome!
Glad to hear you’re beginning to feel better. Yikes! You had it bad!
Hugs,
Kathy
I may have been a little over-dramatic. The fever last weekend was bad, and the cough has lingered…but I am still kicking and even managed to go to work (although most of the time I stayed in my office with the door closed). It was a rough week and I am glad to be better.
Well done, lady! Man, but there’s a mess uh’sickness goin’ around. I’ve had a cold for a week, but never anything as bad as yours. I do wish Nyquil had the right effect on me. Sadly it makes me sleepless and doesn’t help anything else. If you can’t justify the drugs… you can still work the hot toddies! Glad you’re better.
Nyquil does give me very strange dreams…hot toddies sound like a good recovery phase prescription. Thanks for stopping by.
Weird. That was me, k8.
Feel better and hope your strength and sanity and energy return soon!!
Feeling better now, but not sure sanity will return any time soon.
Apparently I am the only one who likes Nyquil. I find it to be the only thing that allows me to sleep through the night. Your way sounds like much more fun, though.
Glad you’re feeling better.
Nyquil does help me sleep but does give me the strangest dreams…and I drift in and out.
not too sick to write a cool poem – are you Kate? 🙂 continue…
No, not too sick for that.
See, Kate…I would never enter into a poetry contest against you. You are too good. Hope you feel back to yourself very soon. I stayed away from the NyQuil after that one time I had a weak moment last week. But I did pop some advil so I could sleep…but no hallucinations and no creative juices were flowing. I am back at square one with my writer’s block again. Gah!
Um, I read your post today, and I would guess that your writer’s block is either a Nyquil hallucination or a figment of your imagination – hilarious!
NyQuil is the single most significant invention in the history of medicine. Glad you’re feeling better!
I *heart* NyQuil.
Me, too.
So clever!
Thank you!
Nyquil: the only drink that’s appropriate at any time of day and regardless of health.
Bottoms up!
Yours is about the only poetry I read. Can I say you’re the only poet whose work I consistently love? ‘Cause that would be true.
As for NyQuil . . .
I’ll occasionally nab Ba.D.’s NyQuil when the only sickness I’m facing is insomnia. It knocks me clean out in those cases. When I was actually sick last week, though? It helped not a whit with my sleep! The first night, I thought it was bad luck. The second sleepless night I determined I was daft for having given it the benefit of the doubt. At least I can still count on it when well! 😉
At least you have that!! It does make me sleep but the dreams are so weird and vivid, and I drift in and out of sleep. Hope you are feeling better, as well.
Poetry’s an interesting way to cope with being ill. 🙂 Hope you’re on the road to recovery.
Woohoo! Andy has ARRIVED! Thank you! He came all nestled in bubble wrap. Gosh, he’s heavy. I thought…
Well, perhaps he had a little too much to eat (and drink!!!) while he was here. Enjoy.
I hope you’re feeling better!
Please pass your germs to me so I can drink Nyquil and dream of Timothy Olyphant.
Wait…..hold the phone…you have to be SICK to take Nyquil? That changes everything.
Hey Missy- Just a shout-out that your excellent entry in The Jacket Writing Competition is up today. Check it out, and thanks so much for playing along! http://pegoleg.wordpress.com/
Your contest was so much fun!!! Not so much the writing (I needed 100 to 200 more words, just in case you’re thinking of doing another one). I loved all the entries.
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