She's ALIVE!!!!!

 Well not quite, but it's a nice thought.  I feel more like the walking dead.  I'm now into the sneezing, dry coughing, watery eyes, headache part of this crud.  I can tell you, it's not for the feint of heart.  I passed the time by watching other drivers try to park their RV's.  I don't feel so bad now.  In fact, the average forward and back is SIX times.  I'm empowered by that, since I think maybe I'm at FOUR?

It was late in the afternoon when I tried to extract myself from the recliner.  I wasn't the least bit hungry, but some nice cool ice cream might make my wracking throat better.  Who KNEW?  It was an amazing discovery.  As long as I kept eating it, I didn't cough!!  I'm going to stock up as soon as I can drive again.

Back to the recliner.  If I wanted to know what the temperature was, I just took a picture and enlarged it.  It was way too much trouble to get OUT of the recliner.  Pushing the footstool in became a real challenge.

I did take Cooper out a couple of times ... poor guy thinks he's in trouble.  I just cannot get up the energy to crawl around on the floor and play with him.  

In the meantime, the Gem and Jazz Fest is in full swing, and for this I am NOT thankful.    Yesterday was day one and I only see a few people here.  I did hear the TEST TEST TEST of the outdoor theatre loudspeaker getting ready to completely drown out any normal speaking sounds.  

Yes ... if this is your thing ... it's going on here for the next few days.  You can get yourself a Glamping Tent for $800, or just a 3 day pass for $230, not including RV parking.  

What bands might you hear?  Pink Talking Fish, Yheti, Arkansauce, Lost Ox and DirtySnatcha, among something like 40 others.  Yeah I'm pretty sure I won't be seen there.  Especially with the 25-30 mph winds and expected rain.  Maybe that will muffle the sound.

It's going to be so bad, they actually taped notes on everyone's door so you know they will be keeping you up past 3:30 AM tonight.  That should make my headache better, yes?  My rig was actually vibrating from the drums.  

Yes ... let me tell you about the drums.  It was looking like rain, so they moved into a building behind me. Boom boom boom boom ... rest ... boom boom boom boom ... rest .... until 12:13 am.  Can you just imagine being as sick as I am, coughing and trying so hard to sleep, and being subjected to that?  Now I know why people commit harry carry.  Earplugs, a thick comforter and a big fat pillow did not deaden the sound one bit.  I'm thinking tonight Cooper and I will sleep in my truck at the local Walmart.

Lucky for me ... so far anyway ... they have parked all the rigs away from me.  Probably because I mentioned I was terribly sick and contagious!  

I did get a couple hours sleep, but awoke to pouring down rain.  It's supposed to continue all day today.  I can only hope it will deaden the spirits and the noise to come.  I know ... grumpy old lady.

I was thinking this morning, if ice cream is good, maybe a little Pepsi would be good too.  Sadly, I had no ice.  Finally my muddled brain thought to put some bottled water in a zip lok bag and lay it flat on the bottom of the freezer.  Well would you look at that.  It worked.

And so I'm sipping icy cold Pepsi as I type ... hoping for a better day VERY soon!!