It's lingering on and on like a bad habit. The good thing about it is that I sound sick - I'm still coughing and hacking so my voice is very hoarse. People at work have been offering to do work for me and being all solicitous.
I've been pulling the "I'm an old lady" card every time I get the chance for several years now, but most of my co-workers just ignore it. Maybe I shouldn't have started in my 40's. Anyway, now they feel sorry for me.
Maybe it's because I don't get sick very often, but I'm an old lady all the time.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Complaining
It's what old ladies do best.
I have a cold. (That's complaint # 1.)
I finally felt well enough to go to the store to buy some cough medicine yesterday. I had to show my driver's license to buy it which irritated me for several reasons. One reason is that the law says you have to show ID to buy dextromethorphan if you're under 18. Trust me, I look like I'm closer to 118 than I do 18.
I bought the wrong cough medicine. I can't take dextromethorphan.
Look! I got 3 complaints out of one incident. I think that's enough for one post.
I have a cold. (That's complaint # 1.)
I finally felt well enough to go to the store to buy some cough medicine yesterday. I had to show my driver's license to buy it which irritated me for several reasons. One reason is that the law says you have to show ID to buy dextromethorphan if you're under 18. Trust me, I look like I'm closer to 118 than I do 18.
I bought the wrong cough medicine. I can't take dextromethorphan.
Look! I got 3 complaints out of one incident. I think that's enough for one post.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Somebody's Hero
I picked up a story on Fox News this morning about a fellow blogger, 15 year old Alice Pyne from England. Alice seems very upbeat for a 15 year old girl with a hazy future.
Alice has Hodgkin's lymphoma, has had for 4 years, and it's getting worse. Her blog lists some of the items on her "bucket list", a list of things she'd like to do in her life time. She knows that there is a strong possibility that she will never have an opportunity to achieve some them, but that doesn't stop her from dreaming and planning and living.
The top item on her bucket list is "To make everyone sign up to be a bone marrow donor". I'm too old to donate now, so I'm passing her message on to you. If you're interested in saving lives, learn more about becoming a bone marrow donor at www.getswabbed.org. How often do you get a chance to be somebody's hero?
Alice has Hodgkin's lymphoma, has had for 4 years, and it's getting worse. Her blog lists some of the items on her "bucket list", a list of things she'd like to do in her life time. She knows that there is a strong possibility that she will never have an opportunity to achieve some them, but that doesn't stop her from dreaming and planning and living.
The top item on her bucket list is "To make everyone sign up to be a bone marrow donor". I'm too old to donate now, so I'm passing her message on to you. If you're interested in saving lives, learn more about becoming a bone marrow donor at www.getswabbed.org. How often do you get a chance to be somebody's hero?
Sunday, June 12, 2011
The Wrong Side
Sometimes I feel like I slid down the wrong side of the hill and have to climb back up. Sometimes it's because I haven't grown up yet and did something stupid and sometimes it's because I'm old and my body isn't able to sit on the top of a hill.
Shoot, today I can barely prop myself up against the side of the hill much less climb to the top and sit there. It all started when I was picking out a card at Hallmark Saturday and "injured" my back or hip or both. (You know you're getting old when lifting a greeting card causes bodily injury.)
And before you smart alecks ask, No, it wasn't a get well card.
Shoot, today I can barely prop myself up against the side of the hill much less climb to the top and sit there. It all started when I was picking out a card at Hallmark Saturday and "injured" my back or hip or both. (You know you're getting old when lifting a greeting card causes bodily injury.)
And before you smart alecks ask, No, it wasn't a get well card.
Friday, June 03, 2011
National Doughnut Day
Yeah! It's National Donut Day.
How did I not know this before? The internet is so educational! In case you hadn't heard, the first Friday in June is National Doughnut Day. And it has been since 1938.
Read more about it on the Salvation Army Blog. Why Salvation Army? I'm glad you asked.
The holiday began with the Salvation Army as a salute to the women who handed out doughnuts to World War I and World War II soldiers. The story goes that "doughnut Lassies" often made the doughnuts in their helmets and used wine bottles as rolling pins. Legend says that doughnuts were practically unheard of in the United States until the "doughboys" came home yearning for more doughnuts.
Celebrate by having a doughnut and donating to The Salvation Army.
How did I not know this before? The internet is so educational! In case you hadn't heard, the first Friday in June is National Doughnut Day. And it has been since 1938.
Read more about it on the Salvation Army Blog. Why Salvation Army? I'm glad you asked.
The holiday began with the Salvation Army as a salute to the women who handed out doughnuts to World War I and World War II soldiers. The story goes that "doughnut Lassies" often made the doughnuts in their helmets and used wine bottles as rolling pins. Legend says that doughnuts were practically unheard of in the United States until the "doughboys" came home yearning for more doughnuts.
Celebrate by having a doughnut and donating to The Salvation Army.
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