Auntie Kafleen's day was like carp... totally...

there wasn't a single part of me that wasn't bothersome yesterday !!

a series of ice-pick headaches in my right ear, (stab, stab, stab, ouch, ouch, ouch !!)

my right hand is all wrapped in gauze from a reaction to mango peel (like poison oak rash) itch itch itch, *itch *itch *itch !!

try using a mouse with a bandaged hand... ha ha ha.

or try switching the mouse to the other side, and using your left hand.

more ha ha ha, the cursor skitters all OVER the place, and scrolling is impossible.

my belly hurt bad (clutch, clutch, moan, moan, run to bathroom, hurry hurry !!) so, I couldn't EAT for a whole day, and missed mi esposo's gorgeous masterpiece, the Galantine, which he worked on for many hours. *sniffle sniffle - whine whine*

both legs were all tight and stiff, with ankles all swollen and achey, wah wah wah !!

and my lower back was hurting, low-grade, but definitely getting my constant attention... twinge, wince, twinge, wince

oh, and to add insult to injury, my face is breaking out in ZITS (at age 51 ?? how can this BE ?), and I'm having hot flashes galore.

now I ASK you, how FAIR is that, to have Menopause and PMS simultaneously ??

plus, I still have no computer (waiting on capacitors, arriving "soon") so I have to use hubby's and with my diminished capacity, the learning curve is abysmal...

see, it's NOT a Mac... so, it's kinda like trying to drive an automatic, when you've only driven a manual all your life, lol !!

oh, and I have a whole bunch of bug bites... itchy, twitchy, witchy !! because I hurried outside without being fully covered, to referee a noisy dispute between my birds.

my geese were disagreeing with a mother chicken on who exactly should be in charge of her little chickies... see, the GEESE think they know everything, and try to take over, and run the show, and then, LOOK OUT! 'cause mama chicken disagrees.

so, all in all, yesterday was a LOUSY piece of *%#*, and I hereby consign it to the dustbin of history, forever.

fortunately, with my cogfog, I'll probably forget yesterday, by tomorrow

it wasn't a day of colossal pain or anything big, just the accumulation of a whole bunch of minor stuff, which I couldn't tune out successfully for very long.

luckily, I have a will of steel, and a constitution of adamantine, and made it through to the end without breaking anything, or having a fight with hubby.

I mostly lay on the bed, reading Thom Hartmann's great book SCREWED - The Undeclared War Against The Middle Class - and What We Can Do About It

http://www.alternet.org/workplace/41192/

it's an absolutely RIVETING book, and I recommend it HIGHLY !

so, I fell asleep at 7 pm yesterday, exhausted, and guess what?

it's 2 am, and I'm wide awake.

but I'm grateful, my tummy doesn't hurt, my back doesn't hurt, the icepicks are asleep, and the benadryl cream is working on my hand...

so, VOILA!! I'm almost HUMAN again,

now Trish, aren't you sorry you asked ??