The News From My Bed

What's in my bed right now:

• Two books that I'm reading (Naming Day in Eden and Absolute Beginners).
• The New Yorker that came today.
• A box of Kleenex.
• The arts section of the Times, in case I want to do the crossword puzzle.
• A pen.
• My cell phone and the house phone.
• A rather large stuffed dolphin (or porpoise - I supposed I should know the difference?).
• A new game for the Wii, called Endless Ocean (which came with the dolphin/porpoise).
• A microwavable heat wrap, now cold.
• Me.

What's on the floor right now:

• Three books I read to the girl last night.
• Two books I finished yesterday (One D.O.A., One on the Way and Juliet, Naked)
• My bathrobe.
• The rest of the Times.
• A drift of used Kleenex (because I'm too lazy to go find a wastebasket).
• Gödel, Escher, Bach.

What's downstairs right now:

• The Robitussin.
• The jello.
• The aspirin.
• The Sudafed.
• The hot lemonade.

Yeah. I'm sick.

[Post title adapted from that catchy little Bishop Allen tune.]