Arrrrrrrrrrrgh.
Jul. 14th, 2003 07:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
transomwhiplassWell, I'm back in Eugene after camping for 5 days at the Oregon Country fair. I'm typing on my uncle's iBook and a couple of the keys are sticky so bear with my spelling.
Well, I survived I guess. That is all I can say for sure. I worked in the booth - sorta, everyday for 2 hours. The entertainment was - not my cup of tea. Everybody was making Bush cracks from the political speakers, the singers, and the preformers. It stopped being funny fast, it was a very anti-Bush event and totally cliched the whole thing.
Camping was- not enjoyable. I did not enjoy sleeping in a tent and a sleeping bag. Luckily, I was tired enough by the end of the day that I would conk out quickly. I slept through different events every night to the awe of my aunt & uncle. They had perched an umbrella on the Gypsy Wagon to keep the engine cool with a container of sand and a cinder block. Apparently the cinder block fell down with a huge *CRACK* only a few inches from my head. There is a funny story about my aunt & uncle's reaction but maybe I will tell it later. I'm just trying to sum things up on this keyboard with a sticky "T" key. Anyway. Then another night, a screaming drunk man couldn't find his tent and walked right by mine screaming. Last night, my uncle got horribly ill off of food poisoning and was like projectile vomiting and they had the clinic doctor come by. There is more to that though...
The food at the fair seemed to be the best thing and there were like 70 food booths. But frankly, I don't want to think about it now. I mentioned my uncle got horribly ill. Well, we shared a piece of BBQ chicken (which we think is the culprit). I woke up feeling a bit yucky - not hungry but sort of thirsty. In my morning nausea I wanted something cold & mild - like ice tea. We went to one of the last open coffee booths where the lady had tossed the tea by accident. She offered me an Italian soda instead, which I accepted, even though I didn't want something really sweet. Well, about half way through, the syrup was dying down and the carbonated club soda was helping until... Well we were walking to the "Barter Fair" where, post-fair, people can sell the stuff they didn't get rid of, often cheaper because they don't want to take the stuff home. Anyway, yeah.. so we were walking (my uncle was resting in the wagon) and all the sudden: my tongue got extremely heavy and it seemed like it swelled up 3x its usual size in a matter of seconds. Salty saliva filled my mouth (hahaha... I know this is so gross) and I knew I needed to sit down or I was going to throw up. I saw a bench about 20 feet away and just got there when I threw up like.. the tiniest amount you could possibly throw up. It looked like I just spit a really big spit of the strawberry syrup. I felt like instantly better - nausea gone. My aunt freaked out though - she had been up all night with my uncle so she got me some water. I felt A LOT better though. After the barter fair we went back to camp where we had to clean up everything and pack everything up. It was awful, I had so much difficulty squishing my camping gear back into the tiny containers. Some stuff isn't all the way put away yet. I felt kind of yucky though. We got in the truck and drove back to the house to everyone's relief. All the sudden, I got soooo cold. I went to my little bed and pulled on all the blankets. I woke up sweltering. Sorry, I'm being so overly descriptive, let me just sum it all up. I think I have food poisoning too. I've been going though chills and extreme hotness its awful. I haven't eaten anything all day- nor do I have the desire. My aunt made us some tea but a few minutes ago my uncle knocked over a lamp knocking my tea down as I typed. haha. Oh well. My aunt is off buying us some broth & watermelon (my request) and renting a movie. I don' know if I will go into more detail about being at the fair and the booth and what we did there. Maybe in future posts I will talk about the stuff. I just checked all my email and am happily interneting again even though there was internet access at the booth I was in. I'm between chills and hot spells. Basically my upper body is hot and my lower is cold. I'm just happy that I'm back at the house with a flushing toilet and it wasn't that time of month in the woods. HAHA. Anyway. That is enough for now. I want to sip more tea.
Aw, poor Joyce sounds sick too. ;_; Being sick sucks a huge monkey.
Well, I survived I guess. That is all I can say for sure. I worked in the booth - sorta, everyday for 2 hours. The entertainment was - not my cup of tea. Everybody was making Bush cracks from the political speakers, the singers, and the preformers. It stopped being funny fast, it was a very anti-Bush event and totally cliched the whole thing.
Camping was- not enjoyable. I did not enjoy sleeping in a tent and a sleeping bag. Luckily, I was tired enough by the end of the day that I would conk out quickly. I slept through different events every night to the awe of my aunt & uncle. They had perched an umbrella on the Gypsy Wagon to keep the engine cool with a container of sand and a cinder block. Apparently the cinder block fell down with a huge *CRACK* only a few inches from my head. There is a funny story about my aunt & uncle's reaction but maybe I will tell it later. I'm just trying to sum things up on this keyboard with a sticky "T" key. Anyway. Then another night, a screaming drunk man couldn't find his tent and walked right by mine screaming. Last night, my uncle got horribly ill off of food poisoning and was like projectile vomiting and they had the clinic doctor come by. There is more to that though...
The food at the fair seemed to be the best thing and there were like 70 food booths. But frankly, I don't want to think about it now. I mentioned my uncle got horribly ill. Well, we shared a piece of BBQ chicken (which we think is the culprit). I woke up feeling a bit yucky - not hungry but sort of thirsty. In my morning nausea I wanted something cold & mild - like ice tea. We went to one of the last open coffee booths where the lady had tossed the tea by accident. She offered me an Italian soda instead, which I accepted, even though I didn't want something really sweet. Well, about half way through, the syrup was dying down and the carbonated club soda was helping until... Well we were walking to the "Barter Fair" where, post-fair, people can sell the stuff they didn't get rid of, often cheaper because they don't want to take the stuff home. Anyway, yeah.. so we were walking (my uncle was resting in the wagon) and all the sudden: my tongue got extremely heavy and it seemed like it swelled up 3x its usual size in a matter of seconds. Salty saliva filled my mouth (hahaha... I know this is so gross) and I knew I needed to sit down or I was going to throw up. I saw a bench about 20 feet away and just got there when I threw up like.. the tiniest amount you could possibly throw up. It looked like I just spit a really big spit of the strawberry syrup. I felt like instantly better - nausea gone. My aunt freaked out though - she had been up all night with my uncle so she got me some water. I felt A LOT better though. After the barter fair we went back to camp where we had to clean up everything and pack everything up. It was awful, I had so much difficulty squishing my camping gear back into the tiny containers. Some stuff isn't all the way put away yet. I felt kind of yucky though. We got in the truck and drove back to the house to everyone's relief. All the sudden, I got soooo cold. I went to my little bed and pulled on all the blankets. I woke up sweltering. Sorry, I'm being so overly descriptive, let me just sum it all up. I think I have food poisoning too. I've been going though chills and extreme hotness its awful. I haven't eaten anything all day- nor do I have the desire. My aunt made us some tea but a few minutes ago my uncle knocked over a lamp knocking my tea down as I typed. haha. Oh well. My aunt is off buying us some broth & watermelon (my request) and renting a movie. I don' know if I will go into more detail about being at the fair and the booth and what we did there. Maybe in future posts I will talk about the stuff. I just checked all my email and am happily interneting again even though there was internet access at the booth I was in. I'm between chills and hot spells. Basically my upper body is hot and my lower is cold. I'm just happy that I'm back at the house with a flushing toilet and it wasn't that time of month in the woods. HAHA. Anyway. That is enough for now. I want to sip more tea.
Aw, poor Joyce sounds sick too. ;_; Being sick sucks a huge monkey.
