Things to do (and avoid) when I am sick

I'm sick . . . a nasty cold, a winter bug, something.   But in the spirit (of trying to think) of "good things," 10 things to do (or not do) when I'm sick-- a long not to myself (for today and later):

• Avoid talking to anyone . . . because you'll only be impatient, and when they don't listen to you (because you are, after all, always right), you'll yell at them.
• Avoid logging onto the church website . . . because you'll only see the interesting functions directed toward men:  "Game Ministries:  ...sure to get your heart pumping! . . . basketball, football, softball..."   Yea, right, women don't like sports . . .  women only like babies and baking bread.
• Avoid writing about things that make you angry; the writing only makes you more angry.
• Avoid cleaning the house, because the dust and mess only makes you yell at the dog.
• Avoid looking at a calendar, because it only makes you think about your mother.  Then you yell at someone.

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• Take photographs of nature-- the natural always makes you feel better.
• Take medicine-- even if it's over the counter stuff; it makes you feel better.
• Take hot showers-- being clean and warm makes you feel better.
• Take comfort that when you are sick and feeling like no one loves you, that that is not true.  ("The devil is a liar.")  And knowing this?  It makes you feel better.
• Take a nap-- you'll feel better when you wake up.

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Edited to add: Sleep, take meds, rest, take more meds . . . because when you feel better (this weekend, for example), you get to do this:   A Big Cat Photo Shoot (at the Big Cat Rescue Center) in McKinney, Texas.

(Photo taken from the TexasPhotoForum, attributed to photographer, Tom Hicks.)

Comments

[Bright Star (B*)]

People love you... WE LOVE YOU!

Feel better. That's an order.

And... REALLY!?!? Big Cat Photo Shoot?!!!!? How cool! I can't wait to see what shots you take. :)

[J. K. Gayle]

Hope you're much much better now.

And, sorry to do this to you, Billie, but you've been tagged.

http://speakeristic.blogspot.com/2008/02/into-wild-at-kitchen-table.html

[J. K. Gayle]

Hope you're much much better now.

And, sorry to do this to you, Billie, but you've been tagged.

http://speakeristic.blogspot.com/2008/02/into-wild-at-kitchen-table.html

[billie]

Hey, Kurk! Thanks for this, but you TAGGED ME TWICE!?!?!?!? DOes that mean I have to do it two times?

[joanna]

Are you feeling better?

[billie]

Sadly, no, Joanna. I thought I was getting better, then I get up and start living my life (e.g. doing too much), and I feel really bad again. So the photo shoot is off for tomorrow -- maybe in March, though.

[J. K. Gayle]

insanity: doing something TWICE and expecting a different result.

senility: not remembering that you already did it ONCE.

benignity: what you're showing by playing along (what you're showing by playing along)