My list of whinge-able items has begun to shrink. Much of the shrinkage is in direct proportion to the resolution of my little shingles attack. I’m two days completely off the pain drugs now, and while the skin is still sensitive (very sensitive at times) I can now easily tolerate most of the discomfort. The…
It was bothering me that I didn’t know why this freaking ailment was called “shingles”. This annoyance probably should not have been anywhere near top of on my “Nuisance Items Of the Moment” list, but I allowed it to drift toward the top because it distracted me from other things that I have no ability…
Armed with pain meds (dulling both my nerves and my brain) I decided it was safe to go back into the water. Put less prosaically, I was way over-due for a shower. I’ve been doing my best at the sink, but it just isn’t the same thing. While painful, the experience of lukewarm water on…
Couldn’t take it any more. I pushed through most of the morning feeling slightly sick. Sitting down is, pardon the pun, a pain in the ass. I felt progressively worse as the morning wore on, but I was determined to make it into work for my 2:00 start time. By 1:30 my feelings had grown…
Some people are bird watchers. Other people spot trains, or collect baseball cards or try to visit all fifty states. Me? I get to add another disease to my lifetime sick list. Actually, I guess I get to add two diseases, since chicken pox hadn’t previously bee on the list either. I don’t know what…
Until this morning I honestly thought that I’d never had chicken pox. My two sisters had, but I knew that somehow I’d miraculously escaped. My mother put it down to the good quarantine protocols she’d set in place when my two sisters contracted the pox. It would seem that I was working under a bit…
*sigh* I was beginning to think I’d be able to hold onto my good health for 2011. That’s all I ask for. One good year. The Fates are contrary/ornery/just plain mean. I actually don’t know what the problem is. It started Monday this week with a general sensitivity in my lower back. I figured I’d…
– Shrimp and cocktail sauce– Pizza (bought half-cooked from my favorite pizzeria to be cooked the rest of the way just before dinner)– Magner’s apple cider– Pumpkin pie– Chocolate pound cake No muss, no fuss, no mess, no stress. I’m thankful.
August, 2010 I made an entry called “Batless Belfry ” (opens in new window). Anybody remember? Well, it’s still happening, folks. I saw a grand total of two bats all summer, in an area where I used to be able to spot dozens in the summer twilight. The National Speleological Society has a good summary…
This Friday is 11/11, also known as National Corduroy day. It’s been declared National Corduroy day because 11/11 looks like the wales in corduroy fabric. No, I’m not kidding. If you don’t believe me, check out The Corduroy Club Web Site’s Grandest Event Announcement. I found out about this a year ago, when the television…