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Well, Maybe I Am NOT A Good Patient

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I so thought I would feel better this morning. I was so wrong. The alarm went off at 6am (I forgot to turn off the alarm after we got the call that school was cancelled for today ) and I felt like my head was about to explode. I felt completely terrible! Thank goodness I could turn it off and try to get more sleep. I grabbed the end of the toilet paper roll ( we are out of tissues .....) from the floor and began the cough, wipe nose, cough, blow nose sequence, all the while cursing the world. Two hours later, I woke up again feeling slightly better, but only better enough to get to the kitchen, start the coffee and take some medicine.  The coffee was good, and the medicine seemed to be helping because I managed to check all my emails and finish a feature blog and do some other promoting. I even managed to sweep the kitchen, tend to the birds, and take the meat out of the freezer for dinner. BUT, with each passing minute, I felt worse, and it seems grumpier and grumpi...

Music Monday! What it's Like

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Great song suggested by hubby. Everlast and What It's Like He thought in light of all the tornado's  and terrible weather here in NC  we should take a minute, or 4  (this song is just over 4 minutes)  and think about those who were affected. We were lucky , this time.  Our basement had a little water seeping in and some of our collectibles got soaked, and some ruined .  We have been less lucky in the past,  with our experience of a Cat.5 hurricane .  So every time bad weather rears its ugly head,  we take a moment and think about  how thankful we are that we only lost  our house and some material items.  We all got through safe and sound ,  and besides the photos and  some other memorabilia  we could not replace,  we only lost 'stuff' .  Not our loved ones. Others have not been so lucky. This song, as Everlast says "It’s about empathy. It’s saying, don’t judge… because you’ve got as muc...