I'm calling the sickness that is now a week old the Viet Cong Bug. It's ruthless. It tunnels through my sinuses. Ten more of them show up where I thought I killed out the first one. It pokes punji sticks into forebrain and sets off booby-trapped coughing fits in my chest. I escalate the war with the high tech weapons of various pills and syrups, but the enemy just keeps getting stronger. It's becoming a quagmire, and I've become a body divided: half of me wants to pull out of it, but the other half wants to finish the job - restore the health, vigor, and confidence I used to walk with so long ago. I'm considering doing the unthinkable: dropping the A-bomb (Antibiotics). But that would require a cost I'm not sure I'm willing to pay -- a doctor visit. It would also constitute a surrender of sorts -- bringing in mercinary soldiers from a foreign syringe to fight on behalf of my own corporal defense. What would that do to my white blood cells' self image, their belief in their own ability to defend and protect their Body? What happens next time? They throw down their T-cells and run for help at the first sneeze?????
Okay, the previous paragraph is an analogy that got out of hand. Please excuse me, I'm still sick.
Yesterday was a snow day for us. I felt bad anyway, so I did a few negligible tasks around the house, then played computer Scrabble the rest of the day. Literally. About 12 games. I reinforced the understanding that I have an addictive personality. I kept trying to even the score with my computer nemisis -- I call him CompButt -- but kept losing 2 games for every 1 won. What finally made me quit was when my wife popped in and I didn't hear what she said because I was trying to figure out how many points K-A-T-I-E would be worth if I put the K on a triple letter score (18). My name is Eric, and I'm a Srabbleholic.
I better eat my lunch before my next class. My apologies to a couple of you - I've actually tried to post comments on your blogs, but my computer isn't letting me. Don't know what that's about.
Eric
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2 comments:
You do need to brush up on your scrabble skills now that I have beaten you twice. Hee Hee
Hi Eric,
My name is Kevin and I am a cardaholic. I too, was once a scrableholic. I have moved on to cards! Easier to carry with me on trips!
Hope you feel better.
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