L.L. Crap J.

I know the entire daily line up of the CW station in Seattle. I watch the judge shows, I watch the talk shows, I watch the sitcoms and reality shows. For hours... for weeks...

I'm generally not a big TV watcher, but thus far, 2008 has brought me closer to my couch by servin' up a one-two punch of plagueries.

I've been sick.

A lot.

A freakin' hell of a lot.
And, sadly, at the beginning of the year, I made a New Year's Resolution to avoid taking antibiotics for the whole year.
Well...

Let's recap this Single Gal's plagues thus far this year, shall we?

ILLNESS #1: THE FINNISH DEATH PLAGUE

A lovely plague of dizziness, fever, chills, coughing, sneezing which was passed on to me during an 11 hour flight from Germany to the US.


As a result of the plague, I missed about a week and a half of work (and it should have been more.)

I thought I'd be fine if I rested, drank fluids, blah blah, but because my body sucks, while I was at home, I caught

ILLNESS #1a: THE PLAGUE OF THE LUNG
AKA bronchitis. Needed antibiotics for that one. Good times. Love me the z-pack.


My new year's resolution was DASHED by the end of February.

There were a few weeks there I was feeling groovy (well, if you don't consider my arm issue) and then suddenly, my entire family seemed to be in the hospital. Insert a few very stressful weeks at work... and then I took a trip back to the homestead to hang out with my post-surgery illin' momma.

Enter...

ILLNESS #2: THE PAMMY PLAGUE
My mother's name is Pam. She had surgery and had been to the doctor 2 days before I arrived for a follow up appointment. She was feeling "awful" when I got there. Her "awful" turned into a sinus infection. Which she lovingly shared with me while I was in town.


That's right friends, I'm on round 2 of antibiotics thus far this year. I blew my New Year's Resolution twice and it's not even May.


Tra la la.

Hey... I like this cough medicine...

Hope you are staying healthy.
-- This Single Gal