Amy F. Quincy Author/Freelance Writer

If I was laying low last week, this week I’m laying even lower. How’s that possible? I’ve been sick. I’m talking achey-all-over-headache-runny-nose kind of sick. But no fever. That’s an important distinction because I operate under the old  “starve a fever, feed a cold” principle. And my appetite definitely hasn’t been surpressed. So, I’m going with the flow.

I’m on the road to recovery now, but here are some thoughts I had while on my sick bed/couch:

• Fireworks after January 4th are ridiculous, especially in the morning.
• Prince George (Kate and William’s new royal heir) isn’t even out of diapers and already he’s made People Magazine’s list of intriguing people.
• Wheel of Fortune is relatively easy.
• Jeopardy is impossibly hard.
• A true friend will bring you red beans and rice with fresh bread from the local green market.
• A sick child will bring out the maternal instinct in even the most non-maternal of mothers.
• Animals are a great comfort.
• Animals that want to be close to you can be suffocating when you can’t breathe.
• The movie Death at a Funeral is just as funny the third time.
• You never get as caught up during this downtime as you think you will.