Blue Monday, and this cold is holding my head hostage - eyes watering, nose dripping, head aching, sneezing, etc. I have evolved into a sniffling wimp. Why can't research scientists develop a vaccine to prevent the common cold?
Monday, November 30, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
A Cousin Eddie Day
My cold is deve
loping nicely. The best word to describe the condition of my head is
the name of Cousin Eddie's dog in the classic movie, Christmas Vacation. It has been so long since I had a cold that I forgot the feeling. Experiencing a cold is similar to experiencing childbirth. Once it is over, the pain is forgotton. When it occurs again, the memory comes back. I guess we all have to suffer an amount of discomfort to appreciate good health. I intended to go to church this morning, but I didn't think dipping my fingers in the holy water would be enough to disinfect my entire body and prevent contamination of everyone else. I think I'll follow Hamlet's thoughts today: "...To sleep - perchance to dream...."
On a more pleasant topic, the football and basketball Dawgs both won their games in Carbondale yesterday. The football Dawgs will meet William & Mary College (Williamsburg, VA) next Saturday in Carbondale in the next playoff game. How far will they go???
loping nicely. The best word to describe the condition of my head is
the name of Cousin Eddie's dog in the classic movie, Christmas Vacation. It has been so long since I had a cold that I forgot the feeling. Experiencing a cold is similar to experiencing childbirth. Once it is over, the pain is forgotton. When it occurs again, the memory comes back. I guess we all have to suffer an amount of discomfort to appreciate good health. I intended to go to church this morning, but I didn't think dipping my fingers in the holy water would be enough to disinfect my entire body and prevent contamination of everyone else. I think I'll follow Hamlet's thoughts today: "...To sleep - perchance to dream...."On a more pleasant topic, the football and basketball Dawgs both won their games in Carbondale yesterday. The football Dawgs will meet William & Mary College (Williamsburg, VA) next Saturday in Carbondale in the next playoff game. How far will they go???
Saturday, November 28, 2009
The Dawgs
Sunny, temperature in the high 60's, and it's a "double Dawg" day - the football Dawgs vs. Eastern Illinois at 1:00 p.m. and the basketball Dawgs vs. Illinois-Chicago at 7:05 p.m. Black Friday shopping is over, I'm getting a cold, and it's a day to multi-task indoors while listening to the games. Go Dawgs!
Friday, November 27, 2009
Black Friday
Black Friday, a frantic and frenzied shopping day, is the day Grandma Ginger enters the blog world. Ginger, my favorite name, is a pseudonym, but I truly am a grandma to eight beautiful grandchildren. I couldn't face rising pre-dawn today to check out the early sales, but I do enjoy shopping and found the temptation of the advertisements too much to resist. You are probably all familiar with the website, "People of Wal-Mart." My travels today confirm that there could be countless knock-offs of this website: "People of Toys R Us," "People of Kohl's," "People of Penney's," etc. Observing people today was as entertaining as watching people in an airport!
You might question why a person of mature age and character (such as myself) would write a blog. The answer is simple. As we get older, our minds are filled with so many intellectual thoughts it would be selfish to keep these to ourselves. We need to make room in our minds for new ideas, academic or mundane. Check future blog entries for pre-senility commentaries.
Auf Wiedersehen
You might question why a person of mature age and character (such as myself) would write a blog. The answer is simple. As we get older, our minds are filled with so many intellectual thoughts it would be selfish to keep these to ourselves. We need to make room in our minds for new ideas, academic or mundane. Check future blog entries for pre-senility commentaries.
Auf Wiedersehen
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