Why the hell it means so much to me

[sovay]

On the second day of my stomach flu, my true love brought to me a ninety-five-year-old timetable for the Boston and Albany Railroad.

(Today was actually, noticeably better. I'm still more or less on liquids, but miso soup, goat's milk custard, and beef broth are a substantive improvement on ginger beer. My fever came down a full degree. I no longer feel as though my only options are active nausea or exhaustion.)

The timetable is "Corrected to June 29, 1919." derspatchel picked it up on his way home from a recording session at Harvard. I needed information on B&M's Western Division for a story, but it was also just a wonderful thing to be handed among the new bottles of ginger beer and seltzer.

I shall now attempt to sleep the same number of hours as last night, only hurting much less.

Comments

[teenybuffalo.livejournal.com]

B&M: Busted & Mined

Hingham, Taunton, and Worcester: Hoot, Toot and Whistle

Lake Erie and Western: L.E.&W: Leave Early & Walk.

I dunno, there was this nineteenth-century meme of giving sarcastic names to railway line acronyms. I learned a bunch of different versions for a show about railroads once. They never truly leave you.

I hope the flu leaves you entirely alone soon.

I'm going to push this bottle of mandarin orange seltzer to you through the internet. Tell me if it reaches you OK.

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

So very glad to hear you're better. I hope by the time you read this you'll be up and about..

Sleep well.

Nine

[xjenavivex.livejournal.com]

I hope you are feeling even better now.

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

Yikes. Be well. As soon as possible.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Next time I'm in Delmar, I'll take a picture of the B&M railway bridge with logo, for you.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

I'm glad for the timetable, and gladder for your feeling better. I hope you accomplished your goal for sleep with less hurt.

[beowabbit]

Wow! He’s a keeper for sure!