DP, hope things can get better quickly, and I'm glad that you will be able to spend time with her. My hopes and thoughts will be with you and your family.

(((DP)))) My thoughts and prayers are with you.

I have a bizarre cough this morning. Especially not thrilled because there is a supposed "chicken pox" outbreak, as well as a number of other cold/flu issues going on up here. I'm prone to getting shingles, and this is a baaaddd thing for me. For the most part, I stay home and work and only do grocery shopping and the occasional fun thing, so it's not a problem, except that today I am taking out one of J's co-workers for lunch. Bleh. I don't wanna get sick.

Chicken Pox, what a crock these days...

Some kid at my daughters school had chicken pox last week and then sent home a note warning us all about it and reminding us the the pox-shot is now mandatory. But the catch to the vaccination is that it only lasts so long. So now all these kids will be getting the pox as adults rather than kids.

Back in my day, my parents had "pox parties". As soon as a kid in the neighborhood had it we all were sent over there to play which took care of that issue toot-sweet.

Fortunately I used my parents remedy before the shot was required and both the kids have had it.

Oh, I should say that's not what I'm alarmed about. I've had chicken pox before.. the real deal, not the useless shot that they're telling everyone to get boosters for. My problem is getting shingles, the adult form of chicken pox that is usually designated for people at least 2.5 times my age. I got it a few years ago, and my doctor suggested it may be either a lowered immune system (which I find shocking considering how many sick people I came across while I was working as a dental assistant), or that my body is just somehow susceptible. My mom has had it a couple of times before, too... I'm writing it off as genetics.

At any rate, I don't want any pocked children near me so that I can become some sort of herpetic rash of a girl. I don't have insurance this time, and can't really afford to deal with this sort of thing right now.

I totally agree. I was so happy when Maddy got chicken pox a few weeks before she was supposed to get the shots.

BE - my sister just got shingles. Luckily hers wern't very painful. Hopefully you don't come down with them.

DP - my thoughts will be with you and your family.

Which sucks more: Fresno or DC?

Fresno --


So the DUCK really sucked last night. I don't know much about Hockey but they were loitering on the Ice. There was one good fight at the start but another fight had them Square Dancing around and around. Gwyren's game after everyone left was more exciting.

Hey!

Well, it is bitter east coast and all. In a contest with DC, does proximity to the holy land outweigh Fresno's drawbacks?