Germs (continued)

Okay so let's call it a 96-hour bug. I still don't feel "right" and can't face the idea of eating anything except carbs - toast, applesauce, even some plain pringles (but those made me burp). Very weird.

Germs etc.

Turns out it was some kind of 24- to 48-hour bug. Kinda funny, really, because the day before that I had filled out a survey about health care and checked the box saying I never get a flu shot because I hardly ever get sick.

I was miserable last night. I had a fever that turned me bright red (that's what a creamy complexion gets you when you're sick), shakiness, a horrible headache, and let's not even talk about that pesky little lower GI problem. And now my sweetie's sick too. He's about 8 hours or so behind me in symptoms...and he missed his first day of work in 6.5 years! You've got to be pretty miserable for that.

Anyway I'm feeling a bit better now and I need to get to work. I'm behind on everything (that's what happens when you lose a whole day). I'll bring you up to date here when I can.

Angst and Malaise

Do you ever feel like running away? That's me today. Call it a brain short-circuit, if you will. Nothing I can say today would be worth your time to read it, so I'll refrain from posting until the steel wool in my brain goes away.

A Moment of Silence

A moment of silence for Guido Carabajo, please, and a tear for another life unlived, another promise unfulfilled.

A Birthday, Then a Grisly End That Spanned 20 Miles

Elder Care and Big Brother

Sensors Help Keep the Elderly Safe, and at Home
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/us/13senior.html?th&emc=th

My comments will follow in the next post.

Granddaughter update

I wish I had more to discuss today. This will be a short post (please hold all applause until after the conclusion of this message).

My granddaughter now has 7 (count 'em!) teeth - four on top and three on the bottom. According to my daughter's phone report today, there is also a 2-year molar waiting in the wings and ready to pop out prematurely. Of course I advised her that I want pictures. A grandma can never have enough pictures, in my opinion.

Bailout Blathering

I have decided (for today at least) not to comment on the bailout, especially on those bailout sums already extended to (and misspent by) the banking industry. I may reconsider if I run out of things to talk about, but this particular topic gets me all hot under the collar (and we're not talking about hot flashes here!). My disgust for the avarice shown by some of those recipients borders on making slanderous comments alleging misappropriation of funds, greed, and thievery, and once I get started I am inclined to suggest all manner of medieval torture methods to first divest them of those ill-gotten gains and then divest them of various bodily parts. Tis best that I keep quiet for now, methinks.