Screaming knees...
....my fingers, toes, ankles, shoulders,
neck and hips are complaining too, but not nearly as loudly as the knees! The
knees act as though they're coming unhinged or something. After they started
acting up at work tonight, I checked the forecast...yep, it's supposed to snow
on Saturday. I seem to have about 48 hours advance notice. This symptom only
began three months ago, so I'm still getting used to it. This is the fourth or
fifth cold front this fall/winter that has bothered me. I mentioned it to the
rheumatologist on Monday, and he told me it was just one of those arthritis
things (from Sjogren's) I'll have to learn to live with. The good news is that
I'll probably be much better when I get up tomorrow. The other good thing is
that it took my mind off my ouchie
heel.
Guess what I did when I
broiled those chicken breasts this afternoon? I set off the smoke detector! Now
I remember why I usually do one at a time (I was cooking four at once today).
The homebuilder put the detector in a most inconvenient place, where the
slightest whiff of cooking will activate it. The chicken wasn't burned, or even
smoking, really. I turned on the fan and Dan opened the door to the kitchen to
try to air it out.
I think I'm
going to try a shopping venture before work tomorrow. Nothing too strenuous,
just stocking up on vitamins on GNC while they're on sale. If I do ok with that
I may tackle J.C. Penney on Saturday....they're having a big sale, and I got
some gift certificates I'd like to spend there. Dan would like to go all kinds
of places this weekend, but I told him I was only up to one store right now, so
he'll have to do the rest of his shopping without me. Gotta ease back into this
walking without the boot
thing.
Think I'll go see if
Dan feels up to helping me dismantle the Christmas tree. He's had a tummy ache
all night, so I might just wait until
tomorrow.
Bonus
Rave of the Day: Ever wonder why dogs don't use computers? This funny from Ducky
explains it
all...
Reasons
Dogs Don't Use
Computers
20.
Can't stick their heads out of Windows
'95.
19.
Fetch command not available on all
platforms.
18.
Hard to read the monitor with your head cocked to one
side.
17.
Too difficult to "mark" every website they
visit.
16.
Can't help attacking the screen when they hear "You've Got
Mail."
15.
Fire hydrant icon simply
frustrating.
14.
Involuntary tail wagging is dead giveaway they're browsing www.pethouse.com
instead of
working.
13.
Keep bruising noses trying to catch that MPEG
frisbee.
12.
Not at all fooled by Chuckwagon Screen
Saver.
11.
Still trying to come up with an "emoticon" that signifies
tail-wagging.
10.
Oh, but they WILL... with the introduction of the Microsoft Opposable
Thumb.
9.
Three words: Carpal Paw
Syndrome
8.
'Cause dogs ain't GEEKS! Now, cats, on the other
hand...
7.
Barking in next cube keeps activating YOUR voice recognition
software.
6.
SmellU-SmellMe still in beta
test.
5.
SIT and STAY were hard enough, GREP and AWK are out of the
question!
4.
Saliva-coated mouse gets mighty difficult to
manuever.
3.
Annoyed by lack of newsgroup,
alt.pictures.master's.leg.
2.
Butt-sniffing more direct and less deceiving than online chat
rooms.
and
the Number 1 Reason Dogs Don't Use
Computers...
1.
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Posted: Fri - January 2, 2004 at 01:42 AM