I’m not winking; that’s just the high-stress eye twitch
It’s been a hell of a week so far. We’ve had a stomach virus that attacked all of us at different times. Monday featured an emergency dentist visit enhanced by a baby tooth extraction (the girl’s; she’s fine). Wednesday included a visit to the eye doc (Hi Murph, sorry it wasn’t you, 800 miles is a bit far for an eye exam) to get the girl’s Rx adjusted (too strong; who knew?). I’ve been attacked by unfounded anxiety with side dishes of insomnia and freaky dreams. Even though it’s only Thursday, I’m wiped out!
It’s nothing, though compared to the pressure the boy is starting to feel. As an 11th grader in springtime, SATs, ACTs, GPAs and assorted other scary acronyms are daily topics.
My happy thought? Glad I’m not in high school!
March 15th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
You know, you could have stopped at stomach virus and had my full sympathy. I’ve had two in my life, and I still shudder at their memory. The first one lost me 15 to 20 lbs in a week and the second one, directly following my sister’s wedding left me waking up in thebeach house bath tub.
If the virus is still about, I reccomend attacking a plain baked potato. Skin and all. Sounds gross, but it will make sense at the time.
Dang. That is one crappy week you got yourself there!
Yeah… I’m kinda glad I’m out of high school too. Although with this being my last semester at PVCC, I can’t really tell the difference in a lot of respects.
Take it easy.
March 17th, 2007 at 12:51 am
I’m insulted! I have patients from Cairo, and you think a measly 800 miles is too far to go! Sheesh, what friends… (really, the Cairo that is 7 hours ahead of St. Louis…the one in Egypt, not the hick town in southern Illinois!)
I understand…(sniff, sniff)