Happy Dreams and Milk

Last day of winter.  Spring arrives tomorrow.  I think we ended up with a total of 7 inches of snow all winter where I live.  That would probably make some people happy, but it doesn’t do much for me.  Winter is going out with a cold & rainy bang today.

That cough and runny nose I spoke of a few weeks ago ended up turning into chest congestion, then somehow it moved against gravity and went up to become a very bad head cold that flattened me for days, then before that was over, dropped back down to my chest again, where it tore up my throat and lingered on for weeks.  Nasty bugger, it was.  I’d say I’m about
98% back to as close as I get to normal now.

My doctor confirmed how nasty it was.  She says it has turned into pneumonia for many people and some have even died from it.  I’m still here, but also still coughing a little and throat dries out.  I think it’s almost done and I’ll be able to drink milk again soon. 

Besides milk, I’ve also stayed away from the coffee & caffeine while sick.  I don’t know, I just felt the need to cleanse.  Turns out its not all green tea I hate, only that strong Tazo loose-leaf
kind that I had that day.  I’ve been drinking the decaffeinated ginseng peppermint and honey ginseng teas and they are green.  Today I heard somebody order a tea and say, “leave room for milk.” 

What’s up with that?  Who puts milk in their tea?  Is that an American thing?  Is that a British thing?  Or is it just a thing that someone who doesn’t really like tea does?  I can see lemon, honey, sugar, or something like that; but milk?  That just sounds wrong for some reason.

Sunday night I got about an hour sleep and Monday I got 2 hours.  On Tuesday morning I had an appointment with the accountant, so I broke down and drank a half-cup of coffee, hoping that would help get me through.  I don’t think it did anything for me, but I was able to stay awake until the afternoon, when I finally gave up and took a nap.  Last night I got back to my usual 5 hours sleep and today I’m back to dreaming of a full 8 hours.  Sometimes I just think that would be awesome to get enough sleep, but that’s what dreams are for…dreaming of all the things you wish you had, even if it’s sleep so you could have more happy dreams.

Accounting For Taxes

It’s tax time and I’ve found some “accounting irregularities” that need my immediate attention so I haven’t had time for much else lately.  Dreams and wishes, prayers and wonders. 

One of my most frustrating things is that I already have so many things planned out, but with limited time, have to prioritize and just wait until the appropriate time.  Oh well, at least the grass is beginning to turn green.  Yes, that means yard-work awaits.  Let’s see how long I can put that off.

I was going to say…

I was going to write about something else today, but…

I was in a store today and I overheard part of a conversation between two ladies.
The part that I heard was, “Blah, blah, blah, I was going to say…” and then the person said what they were “going to” say.

I couldn’t help myself.  I had to walk over and slap her.

When she returned such a shocked expression, I thought I should be nice and offer a little explanation.

“There is no need to say ‘I was going to say’ if you actually DO say it,” I told her.

“God!  I can’t stand that,” I added as I walked away, just in case she needed some reinforcing.

If you are going to say something, there is absolutely no need to say that you were “going to” say it.

The correct term should be, “I was going to say…something.”

Just leave it at that.  If you then say what you were going to say, then you didn’t really need to say that you were going to say it because you just did say it.

I mean, come on!  Get a grip for crying out loud. 

Just thinking about it got me so upset I forgot what I was going to say.

Runny Nose & Cough

I feel like I’m getting sick.  Could it be mental fatigue dragging down physical?  I suppose so.  I’ve been coughing for 2 days.  I seem to have a very stubborn frog living in my throat.  I tried forcing him out with green tea today.  It wasn’t pretty.  I have to say, I’m not a fan of green tea.  I don’t really care how good it is for me.  I like the peppermint or honey ginseng stuff much better. 

It’s not a bad cough, I’ve had worse.  It’s just continuous and annoying mostly.  It seems to subside with liquidation.  I’m all out of beer, but I have plenty of the damn tea left.  Anyway, all this writing is giving me a sore throat now.  Maybe it’s from coughing too much, or the nasty tea.  If I could only sleep all weekend!

If you ever see this, Happy Birthday to Kathy and Mitzi this weekend and Happy Belated to Geno and Charlie and anyone else I forgot.  Sorry to Kevin and Donna, I won’t be able to make it to your party.