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PROGRAMMING NOTE from the Author and Archivist


So obviously I just stopped blogging on this platform. I'll get back to it eventually. Or not. I'm taking a break from all social media. It seemed necessary for my mental health.

The last few years have been busy and … challenging:

- 2015 Happened.
- 2016 Let's call it The Lost Year. (Obviously words failed me.)
- 2017 about broke me. Literally. Mentally.
- 2018 was ridiculous, proving 2017 was just a warm up. (Good thing I was already broken so it couldn't hurt as much.#2018TrashCanFire I thought things were going okay, but maybe not?)

- 2019 was such a blur. I know there were highlights, but then stuff happened and carried into the next year...

- And then in March#2020 really took a turn. Who can even categorize 2020? Do we dare?


I kinda want a do-over of some of the last few years. But life doesn’t work that way.


So for now, I'm hunkering down. Regrouping. Trying to stay safe and sort some stuff out.


Stay safe everyone. Stay well.

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

May-itis

According to the ANAJAM (Auntie Nettie's Attic Journal of American Medicine), doctors (aka Dr. Nettie) are reporting a rise in reported cases of a new disease, May-itis. Doctors have found that it is similar in make-up to spring fever and senioritis, with similar contagious symptoms. It is particularly prevalent in educational institutions, striking "older" adults, beyond the traditional 18-26 age range, and is especially virulent in cubicle workers.

Symptoms include, but are not limited to:
  • headaches,
  • boredom,
  • hunger pangs, but ONLY for junk food,
  • lack of attentiveness,
  • semi-consciousness,
  • severe apathy,
  • but mostly whining, as in: May I please stop working now? May I please have someone else do my work? May I please go home? May I please go outside and play? May I PLEASE go on vacation? May-be I'll just have to call in "sick."
Cures include:
  • Dt. Coke,
  • Allergy medication,
  • junk food,
  • blogging,
  • "sick" days,
  • and vacation time, LOTS and LOTS of vacation time -- like most of the month of MAY.

If you find you are suffering from May-itis, please try one or all of the cures.

Good luck.

Be well.

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