Oh, I Think So

Salmonella is finally gone.  Now I've got a sinus infection.  The Fates want to make my summer stinky.  I don't like the hot, hot heat but I like being sick less.  Thanks, Fates.

The Salmonella, that is.  Saturday and today I actually had no stomach aches, like what was wrong was finally done with, like I would be okay. And now I can devote myself to my next vacation.

And they've seen three different breeds of whale thus far but THEY SENT ME THIS AND IT IS AWESOME! Where the Costco Tire Center is EXOTIC!!

There was a work dinner and several of us attended.  The service was so terrible that the restaurant picked up the tab for everything but the drinks.  All the food was exactly the same and really not very good except for this one dish of hummus with pomegranate seeds and ground lamb but the next day I was as sick as a dog and everyone else felt fine.  I felt worse and worse as the day went on and the next day it was no better.  The third day was worse still and then the action started.  Lots of action.  Lots of stomach pain.  I called my doctor who was on call that weekend and he said to lay off fruits, veggies, and dairy and to drink a lot of Gatorade and water. The next day things were worse yet with a low-grade fever.  I called my doc again and when he called me back he asked what the temperature was.  I said I didn't know as we have no thermometer at work.  I said, "But, oh, look, here comes my Boo.  He will tell me."  Bo...

Those flowers lasted over a week!  They were so pretty and looking at them made me happy.  But today they were lookin' pretty rangy and I sent them to live in The Land of Garbage Bags.  So long, old friends, be compost in a landfill. I hope to have some of your kind in my home soon.

Often when I go to my sister's house, they have purchased roses at Costco and have put together attractive arrangements of said roses in cool vessels like old creamers or small vases.  I've never done that because I've never lived anywhere tidy enough to merit flowers, but I moved about a year and a half ago and now I do and so it does. I started small, with a bouquet of a spray of small roses.  I looked at each and every one of the sale bouquets and chose the one with the most closed-up flowers.  I took them home and put them in a vase and realized I had neither greenery nor baby's breath to goose up the arrangement so I tilted them to one side and decided they're lovely, which they are. Flowers do have a habit of dying and/or looking like crap pretty damn fast but while they're alive and still with me, I look at them and smile.  Someone liked me enough to give me flowers!  I am not upset that it was me.

Thing 1.  I helped out a client last weekend by going into work and taking care of something that would not otherwise have been done.  The managerial response?  Two of three people thanked me and three of three people (same three) told me I am barred from coming to work on non-work days because it's a safety issue.  I have advised the client that I am barred from helping her on weekends.  I am not displeased with this. Thing 2.  Trump and his new BFF, KJU, met in Singapore and it was apparent love for Trump who gave KJU everything KJU asked for and KJU gave Trump exactly nothing.  We are ending our joint military exercises with South Korea.  Watch as we tiptoe into destablizing the region and KJU dances all the way to one of his nuclear facilities to whip up something nice and fission-laden.  Thanks, Trump.  You're a world class yutz. And now I am going to Naf Naf to score a gift card for my friend's 50th birthday.  Happy birthd...