Knocked for a loop

It's funny how, no matter how busy we as human beings can get, that there are certain things that have the power to stop us in our tracks.

One is snow, and because of the random snowstorm in Oregon last December, MANY of us were stopped cold from our schedules during the busiest season of all and left twiddling our thumbs wondering what to do with ourselves. Suddenly, nothing on our crazy agendas mattered or applied anymore, because we simply could not do them.

Another...the FLU. I have been experiencing this ever since Wednesday. Now, colds are one thing. You can typically work your way through most of your "agenda" with a cold, especially with the aid of many over-the-counter medications available. But the flu...no. Kudos to those who actually attempt to carry on with their lives with the flu. I simply cannot do it. Call me a wimp, but the flu has the power to send me straight to bed and to cancel any and everything on my agenda, including MT clients, without a second thought. It also has the power to make me not care in the slightest that dishes are piling up in the sink, the laundry basket is overflowing, and used drinking glasses are being left in random places in the apartment (typcial pet peeves of mine). Even though I may not like what's on TV, reaching for the remote and changing channels requires far too much effort, so I'll just roll over and try to ignore it. The sun is out, you say? Who cares....the sun is bright and would only make my headache worse. Stupid sun..............you get the drift. The flu has a way of making you not care about much. It's evil.

I am finally over the worst, which is a good feeling. I like the sun again. Yay sun! But anyway, it really is funny (and also a bit comforting) that the busiest or most powerful of human beings are still oh-so-vulnerable to things like frozen crystals falling from the sky or an influenza virus tinier than the eye can see.