Cathy in the Wright

Signs Of Life

All cylinders are slowing starting to function once again. Yesterday I broke down and went to see my doctor. I like this woman quite a bit. We share a similar philosophy on medication: don't take it unless it's absolutely necessary. When I left her office, I had four prescriptions.

Guess I should have paid her a visit earlier.

I went to the pharmacy and decided I really only needed to fill two: antibiotics and the cough syrup with codine. I hesitated on the cough/codine elixir, but it's nice to have that tucked away for emergencies. The Senator once had a prescription for it and we discovered that anything that will make a coughing kid sleep through the night is more valuable than black market yellowcake. Doled out only for nighttime use in dire circumstances, we made that one bottle last three years. It would have lasted longer, but we shot past the expiration date. Nice to have a fresh supply.

Last night, I gave into temptation and tried the stuff myself. Oh sweet sleep. For the first time in a couple of weeks, my head hit the pillow and did not move until the alarm went off at six.

I awoke to golden sunlight filtering through the trees outside my window as a chorus of songbirds gathered on the sill to serenade me. Deer pranced in the lawn below and small woodland fairies scattered rose petals while fluffy grey squirrels tied garlands of tulips between the birch trees.

Or something like that. Tulips, being out of season, would have been pretty expensive.

I think I might need The VP to hide the cough syrup tonight.

Posted by Cathy at February 21, 2007 09:43 AM