Sitting it out.

Since my last post I've had tonnes of things to write about but no time to sit and write. It's been one of those months where I feel like I'm on the end of a line of kids playing "crack the whip". I remember playing that game in elementary school at the outdoor ice rink during recess and at the all-popular "roller rinks" of the '80's. In the case of the roller-rink, the music would be pounding, the disco ball dutifully twirling, creating a dizzying array of lights. The huge line of kids holding hands would get longer and longer. As we would near the turn, there was always a moment of sheer terror. The speed with which we were all blistering past the spectators and the generous sweat slithering between prepubescent hands always proved to be a bad combination. Especially for those situated on the end of the "whip". Out of control, I would scream and feel my grip tightening...to no avail. The next thing I knew, I was not part of the "party" anymore. Instead, I was the only roller skater hurtling off into the twirling oblivion of the roller-rink. That's the image that has defined the last month for me. Thrilling, fast paced, surrounded by friends but it ends badly. Here i sit, a lump of throbbing headache and stomach upset. I slept my morning away. Was woken up by a good friend calling in her last weeks of pregnancy worried about pain. (Being her only friend who has birthed 6 babies, i am her honorary "Dr. on Call") Then woken again by my father in law excitedly yelling through the empty house because he found that one of our hens hatched out a record batch of 16 chicks today. Then again by Curt. He took one look at me. "You don't LOOK sick." I still don't know whether to be flattered by that comment or offended. "When have i ever taken to my bed all day?" He smiled. "Maybe you just want a day off?" He took the kids to pick up hay, then to sell a billy goat, now for a rowdy run through the local wildlife park. Usually, i ache to be a part of the action, but today, I'm going to be content to sit this one out.