October 25, 2003
Saturday, October 25th, 2003Thought I forgot about this column, didn’t you? Nope. Simply hit a several month dry spell, sorry. The creative juices were being spent on verbally hurling “suggestions” to my beloved Chicago CUBS from the Left Field Bleachers at the Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field (Yes, I am one of THOSE people). Even though they didn’t win the League Championship, the CUBS gave us fans a heck of a ride this summer. Thanks CUBBIES!
The ol’ headache is quite annoying today. After several days of sunshine, it rained yesterday and remains overcast and generally “blech”. Barometric pressure is wreaking havoc on my head. So, how am I dealing with it? Truth is, not very well this time. I’m in one of my dark, funky moods. I’m sulking because today is Saturday which means Monday is only a day and a half away (Hmmm…. do you think my bottle is half EMPTY?)! Plus, wife is working so things we like doing together on the weekends is on hold. Grandkids are four hours away so can’t “pop in” for a visit. Plus, MY HEAD HURTS! And then there are the leaves, the beautiful, colorful autumn leaves that involve physical labor to rake up. Of course, the trick is to wait till the very last one is down before raking so you only have to kill yourself for one day, but getting the job done before the first snowfall. Tricky business, this. Fortunately, I am one of the world’s best professional procrastinators (as proven by the gap in posting to this column) so timing should be a breeze!
Met with my HA Doc the other day – no new meds for me to try in my eternal quest for pain relief. Must continue to muddle through. So I am compensating by doing one of the things I love the best – getting my money’s worth out of my ADSL connection. Surfing the web, using Usenet, paying bills and shopping on-line. I have no words of wisdom, no rah-rah paragraphs to write, no Mr. Sunshine stuff to report. Geesh….. I sound so depressing….
You know, simply writing all this down and communicating with all my friends “out there” (that means YOU) is making me feel better already. I am not alone, nor do I have by any stretch of the imagination the “worst” medical problems. Many of you, unfortunately, have loads more struggles.|*||*|Wait a second…. be right back……
OK. Now I got it. A frosty bottle of IBC Root Beer. Plus, I am turning up the volume of my favorite internet radio station (www.heart1062.co.uk). I’m actually starting to live a little here. Hey! This isn’t so bad after all. Even the sun is trying to peak out from behind the clouds. Thanks, ya’ll. Chatting with you has perked me right up. You people are the best!
