Your Girl Friday International

February 24

Animal: Wolf

Flower: Iris

Gifts: change one’s outlook, inertia, strength

Ogham: Nion

Stone: Amethyst

Sun Sign: Pisces

Tree: Ash

Dear Abby,

Some days you just don’t feel like getting out of bed. I felt that way even before I opened my eyes. My head felt heavy, my eyelids felt glued shut and I felt queasy in my stomach. Not the fun kind. My mother came in and tugged at my cocoon blankets. She knew this was a sign of fever. She already had the thermometer in her hand. She plopped it into my mouth and stroked my cheek. It beeped and she sighed.

:you stay here,” She turned and walked back out of my room. I listened to her footsteps and heard them echo. My fever made me dizzy. I couldn’t get out of bed even if I wanted to. She came back with a cool…