Being Sick Ain't fun!

Being Sick Ain't Fun

Well last week I was sick as a dog! I had a fever that lasted for 5 days and a sore throat that went along with it. On Tuesday morning I had a fever over 39.5, got up and went to the washroom and fainted twice on the way back to bed collapsing in the hall and 2 feet from my bed. That started my trip to the Riverside Hospital's Emergency Room. This was an eye opener for someone who has never been to an emergency room before. Lets just say it is really obvious that our hospitals and health care workers need more funding and I was glad I was not suffering from anything serious. The wait was over 5 hours and in the end I was told "It looks like a viral infection" and was sent home. I spent the next 3 days sleeping.

Tulip Festival

By the time Friday night rolled around I was better but not well enough to put up with cold damp weather and see the Tea Party at this years tulip festival. I heard they were great tho. I also missed David Wilcox on Saturday night. Heard he was great too. With all the rain on Saturday I'm starting to wonder how "it" know just when the weekend starts and when to start pouring rain down on us - maybe we should move the weekend to Monday and Tuesday (didn't it rain a lot last year on weekends?). The weekend was not a total wash weatherwise tho - Sunday (by mid-morning) was a beautiful day. That was the day I headed out with Tracy to see the tulips planted in Commissioners Park. This is probably the best place to go and take pictures and see the most tulips. According to the Offical web page for the tulip festival over 300,000 tulips are planted there. The tulip that I saw were a bit past prime but still looked very good and the colours were impressive.
I also noted that the NCC has put up little barriers and signs reminding people not to walk on the tulips. I think it's really sad that people are so selfish that they need to be tramping on the tulips just so they can get the perfect shot of their snotty little kid in the tulips.

Hoping that next week the tulips are in better shape and I'm also hoping to get out to see a few concerts. Wednesday night should be good, it's Celtic Night, and Monday night looks good to with Hawksley Workman and The Wolves playing. Here's hoping for a good sunny long weekend!