Day from Hades....
Had a crummy day today. Went to the grocery
store for the first time since mid-November (Dan had been shopping for me) armed
with a detailed list of brand names and products to buy. Didn't work out well at
all...the store had many of the brands I was looking for, but not the products
that were gluten-free. Example: health bars made with rice. There were about 50
types of low-carb bars, but none were gluten-free. The other problem was that
the product lists I'd gone by were outdated. Many foods on the list had been
replaced by "new, improved" stuff chock full of chemicals. What happened to
SIMPLE foods? I ended up having to read all the labels anyway just to find
something I could eat. Instead of a quick half hour trip, it was an hour and a
half! I left exhausted, my foot was killing me, and I was really ticked off. I
will contact the companies with the outdated lists and ask them for current
info.
Then at work tonight, a
co-worker started a fire in one of the microwave ovens on our floor! Smoke was
pouring out everywhere, and of course I am allergic to smoke. As soon as I saw
what was happening, I got a wet paper towel and put it over my nose so the smell
wouldn't be as bad. I still got a nasty headache, burning in my eyes and throat,
a heavy duty fatigue flareup and lots of nausea. I really wanted to go home, but
I just returned to work a few weeks ago after missing three full weeks, so I
won't have any sick time until March. The smoke did clear up after about 45
minutes, and I started to feel better after four hours. Amazing how the tiniest
little thing can set my body off like
that.
I'm going to do
something fun before work tomorrow if I have the time. I have a bookstore gift
certificate to spend. Since my dog ATE my John Edwards book before I was done
with it, I will replace that at the very least. Maybe I'll replace my "Lord of
the Rings" books too. The set I have was given to me in junior high school, and
I've read them so many times that the pages are beginning to fall out. If I do
go book shopping tomorrow, I've got to remember to bring a watch....I can get
lost for hours in those
places!
I've got so much stuff
to do, but I don't feel like moving a muscle. Like my mom used to say, I'm so
far behind, I'm in
front!
Pain level:
8
Fatigue level:
9
Rave
of the day: Lovers of bad puns, unite! Got this in an e-mail from
Roger....
FOR
ALL YOU
LEXOPHILES
(
LOVERS OF WORDS )
1. A bicycle can't stand
alone because it is
two-tired.
2.
What's the definition of a will? (It's a dead
giveaway).
3.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a
banana.
4.
A backward poet writes
inverse.
5.
In democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism it's your count that
votes.
6.
She had a boyfriend with a wooden leg, but broke it
off.
7. A
chicken crossing the road is poultry in
motion.
8.
If you don't pay your exorcist you get
repossessed.
9.
With her marriage she got a new name and a
dress.
10.
Show me a piano falling down a mineshaft and I'll show you A-flat
miner.
11.
When a clock is hungry it goes back four
seconds.
12.
The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully
recovered.
13.
A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum
Blownapart.
14.
You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge
it.
15.
Local Area Network in Australia: the LAN down
under.
16.
He often broke into song because he couldn't find the
key.
17.
Every calendar's days are
numbered.
18.
A lot of money is tainted. 'Taint yours and 'taint
mine.
19. A
boiled egg in the morning is hard to
beat.
20.
He had a photographic memory which was never
developed.
21.
A plateau is a high form of
flattery.
22.
The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at
large.
23.
Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the
end.
24.
When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a
mall.
25.
Those who jump off a Paris bridge are in
Seine.
26.
When an actress saw her first strands of gray hair she thought she'd
dye.
27.
Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know
basis.
28.
Santa's helpers are subordinate
Clauses.
29.
Acupuncture is a jab well
done.
30.
Marathon runners with bad footwear suffer the agony of da feet.
Posted: Fri - January 9, 2004 at 02:31 AM