I hate summer colds.
BJ and I have both been sick for over a week.  We’ve been chugging cough syrup, NyQuil, hot tea, and anything else we can think of to knock this thing out.
The only good thing about it is that we both have the cruds at the same time, so we’re not passing it […]

My butt’s asleep, so why not the rest of me?
It’s just after 4:30 in the morning. I’ve had this laptop on my legs for six hours now. I have to meet with half of my students for individual conferences in nine hours to offer them reasonably coherent comments about their performance to this […]

I’m getting really tired of this.
For the past several weeks, I’ve been channel surfing through the infomercials about colon cleansers and flip-flop ladders, looking up stuff on the internet I care nothing about, colon cleanser checking out new blogs (OK, that one IS fun), getting angry with myself, and tossing and turning until the TV […]

My cousin sent me this information in an email. It’s so important that I decided to post it here.
Remember The 1st Three Letters: S-T-R.
If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks. Seriously..
STROKE IDENTIFICATION:
During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall. She assured […]

Tuesday should have been a big day, but it’s not turning out exactly as planned.
The doc cleared BJ to return to work as of February 19, exactly 12 weeks after the rotator cuff surgery. We were so excited about the healing as well as the return to some degree of normalcy. But then […]

For the 22nd year, the American Red Cross is holding its Media Blood Donor Day at our local civic arena today (Monday).
This event has been near and dear to my heart for a long time, but it’s even a little more special this year, given our recent run-in with Jason’s ruptured stomach lining.  (He’s home […]

Please keep BJ’s nephew in your prayers.
JR’s son Jason is a senior in high school. He’s one of the top-rated wrestlers in his weight class in the state. This past week, he took part in a huge regional tournament and finished third. As it turns out, that was just one in a […]

I think the bird has given BJ a migraine.
Poor thing was up sick all night, and the screaming hasn’t really helped. We even had to cancel the physical therapy appointment for this afternoon.
Maybe a nice dark room well away from Astro’s vocalization will help. That, and being left alone.
When I’m sick, I want […]

We’ve decided that BJ’s surgeon is either seriously deranged or seriously distracted.
When we went in for the latest post-surgical follow-up yesterday, he walked in, looked at BJ, and said, “Let’s see you do this,” flapping his arms over his head as if he were doing jumping jacks.  We both just looked at each other, then […]

BJ’s shoulder is healing up nicely — I guess.
We went to see the doctor this morning for a routine post-op follow-up.  Doc came in, really yummy-smelling coffee in one hand, the chart in the other.  He flipped through a couple of pages, poked a little with his finger, and said to lose the back strap […]