This has been an unusually sickly season for me. I am normally one of those annoying people who is never sick. Not this year! I’m on round three with a nasty-ish upper respiratory tract infection which includes a cough which can be heard 3 counties over. Nobody likes being sick, and I may be even more whiny than most people when I am.<\/p>\n
Today, I’m just well enough to be out of bed but sick enough that I’m stuck on the couch. To keep from breaking a rib coughing, I’m all jacked up on codeine. Which has some benefits, but coherent thinking and writing are not among them. <\/p>\n
For instance, I just wrote the word writing this way:
\nWrighting <\/p>\n
Clearly not right. Spell check hated it. I was sure spell check was wrong. <\/p>\n
I’m generally very good at entertaining myself. I read, scribble, knit or watch movies…the codeine is making those activities challenging. So it’s all music and naps. There are only so many naps a person can take, but music is pretty much infinite. <\/p>\n
In the holiday spirit of positivity, and because I’m too gorked to do anything else, here are the top 5 things I’m grateful for even when I’m sick. <\/p>\n
1. I am very grateful to only be a little bit sick. Having worked in and around hospitals for so long, I am very much aware that it could be much worse. <\/p>\n
2. Codeine. Seriously. I honestly think this would be the time my ribs finally broke from coughing. <\/p>\n
3. The people on my iPad and iPhone, and their willingness to entertain me. <\/p>\n
4. Music. All the music, but particularly The One True Elvis. What did I do before they had magical devices which contained all of the music in the world?? And shuffle?<\/p>\n
5. The miracles of booze and honey.<\/p>\n
6. The ability to find humor in things even when I don’t feel too great. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Uh, make that the top 6 things…<\/p>\n
I can’t blame that on cold meds. I can’t count sober, either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"