Post Misery

Whoopee!  Fiorella's alive again--or maybe it's the hot chocolate she's been gulping down.

But  the crud (which Fio has been assured is the appropriate medical reference) seems to have run its course, and Fio's now alert, industrious, and writing, writing, writing,  The whole episode started with coughing,then moved on to sneezing, headache, and ennui. During the worst of the mystery illness, she stayed in her heavy robe all day and drowsed on the couch.

Fio assumes she had a bad cold, and her only comfort is that everyone else, even an acquaintance in Colorado, seems to have had it too.  Misery loves company