1. My get-up-and-go got up and went and there is no indication that it will return any time soon.
2. Yesterday
was Pi Day. Somehow I resisted the temptation to do some math or eat some pie.
It’s the pie that was the hard part. I would never be tempted to do math.
3. I much prefer seeing spring flowers in front of ShopRite instead of ice melt.
4. I’m fairly certain that I was the only one NOT buying corned beef and cabbage on my most recent trip to ShopRite. Believe it or not, I have never made a corned beef – but I sure wouldn’t mind a nice, thick corned beef sandwich from Harold’s New York Deli to celebrate the day!
5. I have transformed into full-blown Felix Unger. I wake up in the morning and make lots of noise trying to clear my throat (sometimes I feel like all I need is one GOOD cough to do the trick, but that never works). That is followed by some coughing, sneezing and nose blowing. Then I have to use nasal spray to keep my nose clear. At least I don’t have to contend with a disapproving roommate like Oscar Madison!
6. The truck ahead of me had a big sign on the back but I couldn’t read it, so I moved closer, only to realize that the sign said, “Stay back 100 feet.” First of all, I had to get within that distance just to read it, and second, who really knows what 100 feet is on the road?
7. Pet Peeve: When you go from the waiting room to the doctor’s office, the first thing you have to do is get weighed (that’s NOT the pet peeve). Yet there is no place to put your coat, purse, shoes and sweatshirt (I refuse to get weighed wearing or holding any of this stuff). Then you go to the examination room and, again, there is no logical place to dump your stuff. And why do they think that I know the dosage of every medication I take? Most of the time I have a written list with me, which I seem to have to update at least weekly!
8. Pet Peeve: People who leave you messages (I’m talking about you, medical practices!) and say their name or number so fast that even if you have paper and pen ready, you still have to listen to the message several times to get the information or the number correct. Whenever I leave a message, I make sure to enunciate my name and number to the person on the other end won’t have that issue.
9. I’ll watch pretty much any sports competition, but even I have to draw the line at the ESPN telecast of Professional Pillow Fighting. For cash prizes, no less!
10. I always feel really stupid when I learn the REAL lyrics to songs I have sung incorrectly for years. You know, like the infamous “There’s a Bathroom on the Right,” instead of “There’s a Bad Moon on the Rise.”
11. My aqua aerobics instructor on Friday has been ending the class by playing my all-time favorite song, “Be My Baby,” by the Ronettes. She has no idea how much that makes me smile inside.
12. The other day I almost walked out of the house wearing two different shoes. They were both black, but one had ties and the other was a slip-on. And one had a black soul and the other had a white soul. Thank goodness I looked down before I left the house!
13. It seems like I spend half my time or more contending with water. I’m in the indoor pool at the health club for water aerobics three times a week. When I am home, I’m either filling the Brita water pitcher, using that water to refill my Yeti water bottle so I can carry it around the house and drink it (thought I know I fall short of the recommended consumption), or I’m breaking the ice cubes and refilling the tray (my ice maker died years ago). Water, water everywhere and so many drops to drink!
14. I stepped on the scale this morning and it read 2 digits instead of 3. Apparently, it was jostled during the cleaning process yesterday and was recording kilograms instead of pounds. I might just leave it that way.
15. As I walked out of the health club the other day, a woman was entering with her young child. The girl was merrily reciting the alphabet. “A B C D E F U,” she chanted. Interesting take.
16. Why do people come to the pool with their cell phones? They almost knock me over as they move around the building without looking up. I see people sitting in the hot tub checking their phones. And one day I saw a man in the lap pool walking in the lanes with his cell phone in a plastic bag so he could read it while he walked. I’m a multi-tasker, too, but not this bad. When I’m in the pool, I’m exercising. The cell phone can wait.
17. You know what is annoying? Biting the inside of your cheek. Then you can’t get your tongue to stop exploring the wound.
18. Remember when billboards were giant posters on the side of the highway? Now they are digital and change as you drive by. No wonder we are so easily distracted. You can never do just one thing at a time.
19. I don’t even know how much a stamp costs these days. I bought a bunch of stamps online, enough to last me a lifetime, and there was a discount for buying them in bulk. Still, I have no idea how much they cost.
20. Don’t even try to connect with me for a couple of weeks. It’s March Madness and I’ll be watching men’s and women’s basketball until the champs are crowned. On the weekends, there are so many games to watch that by Sunday night I can’t tell you whether the Duke women beat the Purdue men! One year I was in the hospital and I watched 11 hours worth of games in one day! I was thrilled to have something to do while lying there. For a sports fan like me, March Madness is the best time of the year!
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