one-day flu & search for a swimsuit
I’ve been getting the flu shot for years, and I sorta thought that I wasn’t being exposed to the flu, when I didn’t get sick. Well…this year, a bumper crop of people with the flu decided to come to work, and I caught it. The amazing thing was, I only had it for a day. Yesterday, I woke up feeling like the achiest pile of bones on Earth, wondering what the hell had happened to me, and I went back to sleep. By noon or so, I had a temperature of 101, and still hurt like hell, so decided to doze the rest of the day. Woke up this morning, still feeling like I’d been beaten or something, and didn’t go to work, but it’s 10pm now, and I feel…ok, really. Weird. Guess that shot works, in other words. My immune system had something to go on.
I’m bummed, though, that I lost another personal day to sickness…I was out Friday (as was at least half the company) because of the snow. Then, I really had to sit down and think about it: if the last year & a half have been about cancer, this year and some months will have to be devoted to getting well again, and vacation days might just have to wait until I actually am healthier.
A getting-ready-for-summer rant:
Do they even MAKE a swimsuit without a bra in it? I’m sure they do, but I haven’t found one. The best I can do is the soft shelf liner, rather than the stupid cups that will do nothing for me. I spent some time tonight looking for a bathing suit-ish thing that will look ok on me. The problem with this year’s crop of tankinis is that they mostly seem to plunge mightily towards the cleavage area (which wouldn’t be a problem, if I had cleavage), or to cost $300. I found something from Patagonia on Backcountry.com, that’s affordable and not too plunging on top, and looks like a tank top, so we’ll see. Mind you, I went to 10 different websites, and the pickings were slim. I’m hoping the Patagonia one fits, because: 1)they have a great environmental policy (you can return your ready-for-the-trash synthetics to them for recycling into new clothing), and 2)I’m already tired of looking. (Yes, I know I’ve only been looking for one evening).
My mother asked “Anything for the one-boobed?” And the answer had to be “No.” Which is still ridiculous, and which is why the time is ripe for Rebel1in8 to start dressing her mothers and sisters!
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I know I know. I should get on the bathing suit thing right away. Every year I think about designs and then summer comes and goes and I don’t even create the opportunity to christen summer with a good swim or two or three. Thanks for the nudge to get busy with the beach/pool gear.
I’m off to check out Patagonia…
(I’m sure glad that the flu didn’t get a week-long hold on you.)
I really like the W’s Obi Bidart Tank Top at Patagonia.
but, WHY oh WHY do the bottoms gotta always look like UNDERWEAR!!! I want some nice matching swim shorts- and they don’t have to look like some baggy skateboarder dude’s shorts either… sigh.
I didn’t look too closely, but Lands End makes mastectomy suits. I don’t know if they are to accommodate prosthetics or not, though.
I was looking for one for vacation (and decided, screw it, I’m not going to bother getting one. I’d rather spend the money on books and hide in the shade anyway) and thought it was cool that they had a good selection (I don’t need it myself, but filed the info for later… I’m like a girl scout. :D)
(also, add an only behind the word prosthetics, please, in your head. heh. You know.)
Rebel: I got the Bidart top! Just not in a pattern, since Backcountry only had the solid ones. Funny.
Bibliogrrl: (Welcome!) I didn’t have much luck with the Lands End suits, but I’ll pass it on to my mother…she could use a new one. I think the ideal situation would be for me to go topless and make people faint. (evil grin)
There was a very funny/sad/enlightening thread about this idea on I Blame the Patriarchy last year:
http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/04/28/rip-dignity-shelf-bras/
[LLBean]
These are really flattering, non plunging and the back is pretty hot!
Holy crap! Thanks, misshawklet! I never thought of them. That *is* a nice option.
I am pretty flat chested (but not by surgery, just by nature) and ALWAYS complain about trying to find one for the same reasons. I usually end up going for the athletic type ones in a 2 piece so I can buy an extra small for the top and then whatever size I need for the bottom.