Doctor's Orders

Took the kids to get their yearly physicals in order for them to participate in athletic events for the upcoming school year...and get this: the doctor told my daughter that it was okay to eat salty foods prior to and after exerting herself!! Something about low blood pressure and ??? I can't remember...all I heard was "salt." I can still recall the moment when my own doctor prescribed a glass of red wine every night.  First wine now salt....can life get any better than this?  When I get a prescription for chocolate you'll be the first to know!!

Say What?!

I am still alive...barely.  Just the other day...I think it was yesterday....but it's all a little fuzzy to me considering the fact that I HAVE NOT ANY CAFFEINE TODAY!!  You see, yesterday I had a follow-up doctor visit to check on my exhausted adrenal glands.  Last August it was determined that I was literally Dead Woman Walking...and it wasn't only because my double-ended candle had combusted.  It had something to do with "Adrenal Fatigue."  Now, I'm no doctor, but it seems a little WRONG to tell a FATIGUED WOMAN to lay off the CAFFEINE for an ENTIRE DAY in order to conduct a test to see whether or not she's tired!!!!  I still do not know how I made it to and through work today.  Oh...and did I mention...I am NOT ALLOWED ANY CHOCOLATE either?!  TORTURE!!!  So basically I have existed on WATER and ....well, that's about it.  Not really workin' for me here.  I have one more vial of saliva to fill between 10:00 and midnight and then WOO HOO PARTY TIME!!!  ONLY IT'S BEDTIME!!!  Could the day just get any worse?!

I'm Normal...How Weird is THAT?!

After a few days of waiting for the results of my blood work to come in I was finally told that I am perfectly normal. It seems that every time I actually feel great it never occurs to me to go get a check up...you know...to find out why I feel so gosh darn good. But, every time that I feel like crud I rush off to the doctor and subject myself to all kinds of specimens only to find out the reason that I am feeling nauseated, barfy, fatigued, shakey, jittery, puny, and off-kilter is because I am healthy. Hmmmpppfff. Of course, I am elated to know that the inner workings of my being are operating like they are designed to despite the fact that I often pummel them with sugar, caffeine, and salt on a daily basis...oh yeah...and an ounce or two or twelve of the beverage du jour.



I have been trying to make better choices when it comes to eating and so far it has only left me starving for more! I actually did some yoga yesterday and if there had been a pizza in the house I would have eaten the entire thing, box included! A couple of days before that I walked a mile and a half and felt so dehydrated afterwards I was craving an ice cold beer. I've got to hand it to the health nuts out there...talk about discipline! Just this morning, for example, I ate a sensible breakfast of Special K with almonds thankyouverymuch and as soon as I got to work a coworker approached me with bean and cheese taco

Under the Whether or Not?

I can't decide whether or not I am sick. On one hand my eyeballs feel like they are rolling around in a sandbox, on the other they can still see the world around me. On one hand my nose feels like a leaky faucet, on the other I can still breathe through it. I have felt better, but I have definitely felt much much worse. It is hard to give in to the sniffles because, while they certainly tend to wear down our bodies, they don't completely debilitate us. We all know that there are far worse illnesses from which to suffer. There is just something about the common cold; although we can still get up and go to work, we'd really like to stay in bed and drop tissues over the side of our bed while commandeering the remote. But, having a cold is really not being sick enough. We always feel like we have to be really sick to justify staying home from work. Whether or not we feel like it a cold is something that reminds us that we are fortunate that we aren't that sick and that we should be grateful for our otherwise healthy daily existence.

The Two Hour Delay That Made My Day

I felt human this morning! School was delayed for two hours so the kids and I were able to wake up with the sun and mull around the house with the Today Show on in the background. I actually cooked us breakfast (okay... it was cinnamon rolls...but it involved the oven)! We were able to take our time and we even managed to get to school/work early. It was simply glorious!

After I got to work it seemed the everybody else's morning was just as wonderful. Everyone commented on how nice it was to have that little bit of extra time in the morning. The atmosphere was a pleasant one. I just can't imagine if every day started off like this one did.

All day long people wore a smile...coughs and sneezes be darned. Yes, the side effects of hot and cold days, and windy and drizzly days, combined with over 700 noses...all crammed inside one building day after day...well...let's just say a big "Thank You" to the tissue companies of the world...and let's give an even bigger Shout Out to the antibacterial soap manufacturers of the world while we're at it!!!

I guess what I am getting at is this: despite a day spent with watery eyes, itchy eyes, burning eyes, and tired eyes; despite a day spent clutching wads of damp tissues and applying Zovirax to a fever blister; despite a day where Vaseline lived in a smeared smudge between the bottom of my nose and the top of my lip...I was happy. I was happy because I had a little bit of a morning to call my own...enough time before work to actually make my bed...and when I return home late tonight the sight of my made up bed will complete the circle of my day. Just thinking about it makes me happy all over again.

Cold Issues

The wind is picking up outside
The temperatures are dropping
My eyes keep right on watering
My runny nose ain't stopping

It seems as though I've caught a cold
And my eyes are rimmed in red
They are itching I am sneezing
Raw skin I'm starting to dread

So after work I picked up
Three boxes more of tissues
For when the cedar pollen bursts
Allergies are everyone's issues