Spring 2007

Once again I'm going to interrupt the past because of the present. I'm waiting for the results of a throat culture after another Doctor visit, and I'm ready to make this official announcement. (It's official because I say so.) I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired! It's now been very close to a year since I broke my wrist and ended up with Mono. There has been one infection after another this whole past year. I can't seem to get my strength back and I catch every bug around. Even when no one else around me has it. This last one has caused spastic coughing that feels like I'm turning inside out. Everything hurts. All those muscles that get involved in a deep belly cough, are screaming. The coughs were almost constant for 4 or 5 days. I'm just beginning to see a bit of a break in them, but once again (still) I'm exhausted.

And this years unusual Ohio spring weather isn't helping. Seven snows since the forsythia bloomed. Every night the temperatures drops to or below freezing. All the new green is shriveling on the trees and plants. The spring flowers turned brown before they were even fully open. There's a thunderstorm out there right now and I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired. But, I'll get over it. I always do. (Till the next time.)