What’s All This Then!

You know how tough it can be fighting a cold. So during my battle, I’ve tried to be a good boy and a faithful employee these past couple of weeks showing up as though nothing was wrong. This meant blogging fell to the curb as soon as I got home. And then the adventure expanded as I picked up the flu a few days ago.

So what’s worse than having a cold and the flu? Try standing in front of the medicine aisle when you’re sick. It’s like grocery shopping when you’re hungry — so many tempting options to try to satisfy your cravings. In my case, it was to stop coughing and fever long enough to form a complete sentence. Fast acting verse long lasting? It’s difficult to make a decision between feeling good right away for a little while and feeling good later on for a longer period of time. Then there was the choice of $50 for a 1000 pills that will expire before I need them again or paying $30 for a month’s supply that also will expire before I need them again. While in my feverish state, I also found boxes that were as thick as a credit cards. I know that medicine has advanced but I didn’t know we had pills that were wafer thin … until I realized that it was in fact a card. Thank you to the few idiots who found ways to make more drugs from drugs and to you politicians that needed a phony-baloney reason to get elected. Now I have to stand in front of a guy already on a podium and prove that I’m not going to ruin the free world. Of course, I’ll have no problem hacking up a couple of golf-ball sized phlegm balls on his counter. Is that proof enough that I need the medicine?

At the moment, I think I’m passed fever induced dreams (or hallucinations) about work or how I saved the world with effortless feats of flight about the globe. I just don’t recall self-medication being this difficult of a task before now. Thank goodness for whiskey and hot toddies!

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