Today was not a good day at the office. I’m already afflicted with a tendency to see a suffering child with every piece of paper I touch, or every client I see; but today felt like one of those days when the brain chemistry was out of whack – trending blue. I have touched one too many cases with vivid descriptions of tragedy.
I could deal with it if yesterday had been any better. I was…
To gain the proper perspective, imagine I wrote this post two months ago (on a Thursday). I assure you it’s purely hypothetical.
I was a victim of my own folly. Don’t you hate it when that happens? Don’t tell me it doesn’t. I’ll turn this post around right now and take us back home!
Anyway, back to me. There are a few medications I take to prevent illness. When I…
It was day three of meetings: the last day, and we were in review mode. Everyone’s brains were fried. Everyone wanted to go home, put their head under a pillow, and let their mind descend into blissful oblivion. I use the term “home” loosely. A hotel room is substituting for my home tonight. Though now that I type it, being away from home is probably a blessing. I can enjoy my…
I haven’t been away from home twelve hours yet, and already I wish I was home. If I was at home I’d know exactly what to do about my little case of nausea. I’ve got a cabinet full of stuff left over from my cancer-boy days that would do the trick nicely. Instead I’m in a hotel room, 240 miles from the comfort of home… and my leftover supply of compazine.
The knowledge…
This morning someone asked me why I was still coughing. Now that I’ve written it down it sounds kind of rhetorical, but it didn’t seem that way at the time. I didn’t think it was meant to be a loaded question, but half a dozen loaded answers came to mind. My favorite was: “my body is a temple of perpetual illness.” I didn’t say it out loud though. That’s…
I don’t like the word diet. It has such a temporary connotation, as if we have no intention of making a long term commitment to healthy eating. And worse? Diets often have little to do with good health, and everything to do with vanity. Who cares how healthy it is, as long as we get skinny? Remember the cabbage soup diet, or the claims that you could lose ten to fifteen pounds in a…
The nasty bugs of winter have finally caught up. We get colds too, even in sub-tropical Florida, and I should know. It’s been impossible to avoid this year. Everyone around me is falling victim to this latest epidemic of sniffling misery. In a way I’m glad I was able to avoid it for this long. It suggests my immune system is making a comeback. However, my experience tells me winter…
I like to be busy. If I happen upon a day at work that isn’t, minutes feel like hours. When there’s plenty to do the time flies, and that’s how I know I like my job.
This week has taken busy to a new level. No, I’m not putting in long hours, so my sister will have no sympathy. On the other hand I’m not asking for any, so it all works out. This entry is not a plea for…
I suspect this isn’t necessary. It’s probably obvious from my writing: I’m afraid of my own shadow.
Not everything scares me, just every time I open myself to any kind of judgement. It’s the reason why I’ve rarely commented on news stories or blogs that I read. In the last year I’ve tried to change that a little, challenging myself to take a risk (like leaving a…