Sick Sick Sick

It has been quite a while since I've actually been sick. I admit it, though. I am sick. Pretty sure I have a flu bug too. I missed work Friday and spent all day the past two days in bed/reading. If anything, I've gotten a lot of reading done, which I feel is good for the soul.

I'm currently reading Green City in the Sun about colonial Kenya. It is a very well written historical fiction novel. The author certainly did her homework. She took some liberties, of course, but that is why it is fiction. I'm enjoying the book and have read most of the six hundred pages in the past two days. I'm past page 500 now. I might actually finish it tonight.

I hate being sick as my to-do list gets longer and longer. I really need to do laundry, but the thought of dragging my laundry to the laundromat seems like carrying a boulder 100 miles since I'm sick. I actually don't mind laundry most of the time, but I feel pretty weak right now and there's no way I'm carrying my huge laundry basket. I am never getting an apartment without a washer/dryer again. I've had enough of this the past 2 years.

I watched a very interesting documentary on my instant queue called "Born into Brothels". It follows the stories of several young kiddos in the red light district in Calcutta. They are taking photography classes and have taken some amazing pictures of their lives. The woman teaching the photography classes attempts to enroll them in school and give them a boost in life, but this ends up failing for most of them. The stories are very interesting, heart-breaking, and inspiring all at the same time. I'd recommend it. Then I attempted to watch "Tarnation" about a man dealing with his mother's schizophrenia, but it was so dramatic and bizarre (not a documentary style film, but more of a drama queen style video diary), I ended up turning it off.

I'm going to attempt to finish my book tonight and write my review tomorrow. Good night.