Lucky Me.

It's in the mornings I feel my age.  My head is pounding, just like it did when I had an all nighter, my muscles ache, my brain is fogged in until my first cup of Energy Tea.   I doubt everything.  I am miserable that I haven't gotten rid of my flood materials, that I still have at least two dogs that are prison escapees and cold blooded killers.  I regret my lack of exercise plan, that I'm gaining weight.  I worry that I have too many people, animals, and property to support financially.  And now I'm a Shaklee distributer.  Oh my gawd. 

After my second cup, I begin to feel normal.  All I have to do is get dressed and begin my exercise program...one hour of mall walking before the stores open.  I make my own schedule, I have a steady income that is more than most people.  I have three daughters that love me, and still talk to me in spite of my idiocies.  I have a warm house.  I have two incredibly loyal women who put up with working for me part time, and work very hard for me when I need them.  I live on a beautiful acreage with all sorts of wildlife, gardens, and ancient fruit trees and a vineyard.  So it's cold in the winter?  I can get more insulation and have it partially paid for by Mid American Gas Company.  I have an IRA, even if it has lost half of its value.  I have wonderful, wonderful friends...and I am always making new friends, there are so many interesting people in this world.  I'm really very very lucky. And my headache magically disappeared... after I took my Shaklee vitamins.

Comments

[Peter]

Carol,

I think you made a typo when you wrote "idiocies". You left out a couple of syllables in the middle: SYNCRA.

Peter

PS, I looked it up and it's idiosyncrasies, not idiosyncracies. But the joke works when spoken out loud instead of written down. So, damn it, I'm still going to post this comment.